JRammit Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 A proper electric lure turner is high on my to do list, but in the mean time im not gonna stop making baits..... Previously ive simply hung my lures using wire and flipped once every minute until epoxy no longer runs...... However, after a couple of "butterfinger moments" i decided i need a way to flip the lures without having to handle them Here it is... It is a crude device, but i believe it will serve its purpose The frame is a cut from a 1"x4"... Alligator clips crimped onto wire clothes hangers... The hangers are formed into 2 opposing "U bends"... A bell sinker in each U bend holds the bait in position, by moving the sinker into the opposing U bend the lure is turned 180 degrees Turn once a minute until epoxy begins to set, and once every few minutes until it no longer runs... The left over epoxy will tell when to stop turning... Just tilt the mixing tray, when it stops running in the tray, it stops running on the bait This is for the new guys who still need so many things... One less thing to buy for now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted October 26, 2015 Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 That will do the job nicely. Before I built my turner, I was balancing clips in magazines on chair arms. It was always an accident waiting to happen - and it did. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted October 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2015 Yes! They do!... Plus this makes short work of turning 4 bodies (or 6 or 8 if the build was bigger), before i could only manage 2 Using it as i type this, working great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kdog Posted October 27, 2015 Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Job nicely done. Outstanding outside the box thinking. I found small hobby motors for dirt cheap on ebay and got rid of the manual turners. I also made a few from turntable motors from discarded microwave ovens. Rotation is CCW/CW and random but it is an ecomomical way to go. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted October 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2015 Thanks man!... Ill be moving into a new shop next month, wanna wait til i get it all set up before i design a motorized turner.... So ill be on the look out for motors soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkman Posted October 28, 2015 Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Excellent job, Jeremy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 (edited) Thanks Brandon!... Simple build, all household materials... No patent (ha ha) Edited October 28, 2015 by JRammit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted March 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2016 The previous contraption has been working great!.... But ive started painting jig heads and custom matching worm weights.... 4 at a time wasn't cutting it!..... So, i came up with this Made all from scraps i had laying around, except the clothes pins, those cost me a whole $2 This one will be adaptable (hopefully) when i finally get a motor... I left enough space on one end to fix a pully.... It will be nice some day to flip a switch and walk away from epoxy, but in the mean time these tools get the job done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
