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I like to make the wooden bomber type of crankbait.

These baits have a .020" brass lip. The brass is what is

called half hard. When I cut these lips I sandwich the brass

between two pieces of 1/16" plywood. I use a photo spray

glue to hold it all together. This plywood cost about $7.50

for a 12" X 24" sheet. This runs into several dollars. You can

cut about 48 lips per sheet. I don't sell these lures.

Does anybody have ideas on how to cut this brass without

the plywood??

I use a bandsaw with a 1/8" blade.

Thanks,

Coley

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Ain't going to promise this will work on a part this small. I've used it before on knifehandles for knives I make.

Make a master of the pattern using either a hardenable steel, say 1/8-1/4" thick. A piece of flat leaf spring from a car would be good. Have this piece hardened by a local heat treater. If none are available, let me know and I can tell you how to harden it. Just make sure they harden only with no temper. If you temper then a file of the right type can file it and you will loose your template.

After you have a hard template use the spray adhesive to tack a piece of brass onto template.

Place this in a vise and use a file to file the brass down to the template. Just file until you barely scratch the template. Simple :D

You might also try chucking the bit up in a drill press if you have access to one, put the template and piece to cut in a vise and nibble away until you get it cut.

A milling machine would make short work of all this, but I'm assuming you don't have one so am trying to help with ways to do it by hand.

Hope this helps.....

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