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[Gino Testone]

I am new to TU and I have been reading lots of very good information. I am an avid muskie hunter, love the sport. This year I decided to build my own wood lures, mostly replica of baits that I like. Last year I made about 2 dozen bucktails, and I made a tool to help me to twist the wire, works great.

I use a metal stock 1/4 by 1 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches. I get mine from a refrigeration supply house. It is a Unistrut B-Line flat joiner piece to joint a unistrut channel Part # B528

A: I cut a wire slot, for the size wire I want to twist
B: I drill / tap an 8/32 hole for a a 8/32 s/s bolt
C: use a 1 1/2 long 8/32 bolt, notch a V grove with dremmel tool. Slot needed to trap the wire
D: cut the head of the bolt, it gets in the way when you form the last eye on the wire
C: form the wire eye with a Knipex pliers, tag end should be under main shaft
D: insert wire in slot, trap tag end in V groove of the bolt
E: get a pair of pliers and twist CCW 3 or 4 turns, the wire shaft should push to the back of the slot
F: I use the dremmel to cut the tag end

I belive you can make CCW twist you just have to flip the bolt on the other side. Once you get the Jist of it you will make professional twist

I hope this will be useful to you guys. Thanks for sharing
Gino Testone

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[Ozassassin]

 Gino Testone, on 19 April 2011 - 04:54 PM, said:

I am new to TU and I have been reading lots of very good information. I am an avid muskie hunter, love the sport. This year I decided to build my own wood lures, mostly replica of baits that I like. Last year I made about 2 dozen bucktails, and I made a tool to help me to twist the wire, works great.

I use a metal stock 1/4 by 1 1/2 by 4 1/2 inches. I get mine from a refrigeration supply house. It is a Unistrut B-Line flat joiner piece to joint a unistrut channel Part # B528

A: I cut a wire slot, for the size wire I want to twist
B: I drill / tap an 8/32 hole for a a 8/32 s/s bolt
C: use a 1 1/2 long 8/32 bolt, notch a V grove with dremmel tool. Slot needed to trap the wire
D: cut the head of the bolt, it gets in the way when you form the last eye on the wire
C: form the wire eye with a Knipex pliers, tag end should be under main shaft
D: insert wire in slot, trap tag end in V groove of the bolt
E: get a pair of pliers and twist CCW 3 or 4 turns, the wire shaft should push to the back of the slot
F: I use the dremmel to cut the tag end

I belive you can make CCW twist you just have to flip the bolt on the other side. Once you get the Jist of it you will make professional twist

I hope this will be useful to you guys. Thanks for sharing
Gino Testone

Thanks for that info mate it will come in handy.

Eric