earthworm77 Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I currently have 4 relatively detailed projects going at once: 1- 6" herring multi jointed slow sink swimbait...ready for paint 2- 5.5" bluegill glide bait......ready for weighting 3- 6" shad glide bait......quick final pool test and then ready for paint 4- 9" bass wake bait #2 has to be weighted today and then 1,2 and 3 will get paint. #4 is in the final stages of shaping. Why can't I do one at a time? Is it an addiction? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubs Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Probably 3-5 on average but half are usually balsa model airplanes. :-) bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwfflipper Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 i usually am working on 30-40 baits at a time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonister Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I hav like 20 or so just laying around and when i feel like it i will mess around with one, but i always have like 2 or 3 baits that i am focusing on. Right now i have 3 that i have been working on and am just getting to painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venutian_Lures Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I am probably the worst collector of projects. I have about 60 baits laying around needing some sort of finishing up, a bunch of jigs needing skirts, a couple dozen flies needing tying. Everything is in varying stages of being complete, but sometimes they stay in that stage for a while because I just can't stop starting new things.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNC Molds N Stuff Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 How many projects am I working on at one time.... Um. There is a reason I don't post many pictures of my shop. LOL. Inside or outside. I honestly don't know how many projects I am working on. These are some of the things I am working on that I can think of right now: Trying to work through the process for a prototype medical diagnostic device. Building actions for bolt action rifles. Machining a lower receiver for an AR-15. Making several molds including some that are shapes you might think are not possible in aluminum molds. Designing my own high pressure PCP gun regulator. Putting my aluminum boat back together. Making room for my new high speed mini milling machine in the back. Making room elsewhere for the equipment to be displaced by the new mini mill. Retrofitting another mill. Designing screen sets optimized for touch screen operation for all of my mills. Designing the P3 version of the LBS Shad. Building three new hybrid table top milling machines from the table top up. Designing a saltwater jig mold for general sale. (not custom) Working on a resin mold bait design with Vodkaman. Working on a new (maybe) style flipping hook application. Researching the patent process more thoroughly. Redoing the Curly Buzz Frog again. (It catches fish pretty good, but I have ideas I think will make it better.) Coordinating with a guy on his production process for realistic mini skate boards. If I walked out in the shop and looked around I would probably see that many more projects I have shelved for the moment. I've been doing some clean up and I have decided I need another set of shelves just for motors and pumps I've accumulated for projects. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I try and do one at a time, and finish it as quickly as possible. That's why I love PVC, Createx, and Solarez. I can make it in a day, and fish it the same day, if I want. I usually do a couple of test swims before I paint and topcoat, so it's really a two day process. If I am using AC1315, I'll wait a day for it to cure before I fish it. Did I mention I'm impatient? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I thought i was the only one!.... It is an add-iction!... I have disciplined myself to "one project at a time", but the gray area is the caregory... Designing a new soft creature bait and finishing up a new style crank bait currently... And trying to decide between starting inline spinners or tying maribou jigs next??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonister Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Mark, your not the only one! I havent gotten good at the one at a time thing, as we speak im solarezing 3 baits, that i painted today. Im teaching myself patience with this hobby, slowly. ever so slowly. Thats about the only slow thing involved in lure making for me. If i have to wait for epoxy to cure, i start something else. Im impatient, and for me waiting for something is time wasted You should see me out bass fishing, im learning finesse fishing right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I am a one-at-a-time guy. Sometimes a project will get shelved, but then technically I am no longer working on it. Dave 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 I have to confess that I love fishing more than lure making, but just barely. That's why my one day build and fish regime, using PVC, Createx, and Solarez, works so well for me. I invariably think about a lure for a while, decide to build it, and, by that time, it's Thursday, so I need to hump it to have it ready to fish Saturday. I build and test Thurs, paint and topcoat Friday, and fish Saturday. Once I have a bait that works, if I am going to make more, unless they have to have 3D eyes, I will begin work earlier in the week, and use AC1315 as a top coat. It is plenty strong with one coat, and it is lighter than Solarez. I never use Solarez on the hard plastic lures I paint, because it is too heavy and thick. So, if I decide to paint up a plastic lure, I make sure it's topcoated with the AC1315 by Thursday, so it had Friday to cure, before I try and drown it on Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNC Molds N Stuff Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) I wish I could shelve projects like that, but sometimes I'll be working on a project diligently and the solution to a problem with another project will just come to me in a flash. At the very least I have to stop what I am doing and think it through... often ordering parts to try something at that time so I don't forget. I don't think anything is ever truly shelved, unless I deem it a failure and relegate it to parts for future projects. Edited June 12, 2015 by Bob La Londe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleriver Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) Hmmm I reached my limit after one but this hobby is addictive. As long as there is wood in that blue box, I plan to keep going. Did I mention I like sardines, hormel chili with no beans and an occasion salmon patty isn't a bad thing either. Edited June 13, 2015 by littleriver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonister Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Wow, do you like carving? I definatley have quite a few blanks but not that many! i dont feel so bad now for carving one then just tossing it in th pile. I like the sardine can cantainer. it looks like it would be good for a drip can or a place to put a freshly sealed bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubs Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Man I wish I could have a bench like that Vic but we're moving so I have to keep things too clean. bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Hmmm bench 2.jpg I reached my limit after one but this hobby is addictive. As long as there is wood in that blue box, I plan to keep going. Did I mention I like sardines, hormel chili with no beans and an occasion salmon patty isn't a bad thing either. dooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh salmon patties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleriver Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Jonister i love carving. Favorite part of the process. I also like the idea of storing my lure parts in cans that once stored fish. I feel closer to my prey. Lol Scrubs it's easier than it looks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleriver Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Ben i am there with you on the patties. It is one of the dishes i learned to make from my father. I am passing the torche to my sons. They love'em. My wife adds chopped halipino to the mix. There great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonister Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 I agree littleriver! I am just amazed at so many great looking lure bodies! The cans give it extra scent. Im not too sure about the salmon patties though. Ive never had one so i cant say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 Littleriver - you need to find a source for BIGGER tins Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleriver Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 I need canned grouper .......... Those sardine cans do come in handy keeping all the hardware together while I am working on a single lure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earthworm77 Posted June 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Isn't chili with no beans technically just meat sauce? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleriver Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Technically I think your right but we may need to bring in an expert. Anyone seen Ben? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubs Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Hmmm bench 2.jpg I reached my limit after one but this hobby is addictive. As long as there is wood in that blue box, I plan to keep going. Did I mention I like sardines, hormel chili with no beans and an occasion salmon patty isn't a bad thing either. YUM on the lures and eats. bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted June 20, 2015 Report Share Posted June 20, 2015 Technically I think your right but we may need to bring in an expert. Anyone seen Ben? I'm not touching that question with a 10 foot pole. The top coat wars were bad enough, but arguing over whether chili has beans in it or not could leave more casualties than the Civil War. And you'll never hear me claim to be on expert on anything seeing as how an "ex" is a has been and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure. buhdee, buhdee, buhdee................that's all folks, Ben 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
