A Swimbait in the Making

DSV · #1 (**permalink**) July 6th, 2008

okay guys, follow along here...

i am gonna make a lipless swimbait and document my progress here.
whether it works or not i do not know.

but here goes...

i started out with a piece of 5"x7"x3/8" basswood plywood. i cut it in half and sketched out the shape of my swimbait on one half.
then i roughed out that shape and then did some refining to get it how i wanted it. i then traced it on the other half, roughed it out with a hand saw and used rubber cement to temporarily attatch it to the other half. then i went in with a dremel and refined both halves so they were exactly equal.

here are the two halves, glued together, and refined (still pretty rough):

leaving them together, i rounded off all the corners, tapered the head and tail with the dremel, and then did some hand sanding with 80 grit paper. i also marked where i will cut the joints.

side view:

head on:

tail view:

later tonight or tomorrow morning i will cut the joints and shape them.

to be continued...

diemai · #2 (**permalink**) July 6th, 2008

@ DSV

Nice documenting pics , that you have made there , I am eager to see your procceed on that lure

.

Have you made lures out of plywood before ?

I haven't , in fact I do not trust it's glue , wether it is waterproof , since I know , that over here there is ordinary plywood around and a different kind bonded with a special waterproof glue , so that it can also be used for building boats !

Greetz , diemai

JBlaze · #3 (**permalink**) July 6th, 2008

Nice shape, I am looking forward to seeing you progress with this lure. Please keep us posted.
John

DSV · #4 (**permalink**) July 6th, 2008

nope i have never made a lure from plywood before.

this was just there so i grabbed it. i figured it would be real good for making a swimbait because each half is real thin, and when i put them together it makes a nice, 3/4" thick body. also, it eliminates me having to cut the bait down the middle which i am terrible at doing.

diemai · #5 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2008

@ DSV

I would have preferred as well to take two thinner halves of wood , rather than separating a thicker piece in its center .

And your plywood pieces look quite sturdy to me , so "Good Luck " furtheron !

greetz , diemai

LaPala · #6 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2008

I notice you are using a sanding sleeve to shape you bait. Try searching for "Kutzall" or "Saburr", you won't regret investing in a few pieces of those.

DSV · #7 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by LaPala

I notice you are using a sanding sleeve to shape you bait. Try searching for "Kutzall" or "Saburr", you won't regret investing in a few pieces of those.

those look vicious! are they any better than the dremel brand tungsten carbide power carver bits? i noticed they are a few dollars more than the dremel brand.

boomah21 · #8 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2008

Osha would not be very happy with you right now DSV!....sandles in the workshop tisk tisk lol jk. Great looking bait so far and cant wait to see where you take this.

LaPala · #9 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2008

DSV, not idea what bit you are talking about, got a pic? (or model no.)

DSV · #10 (**permalink**) July 7th, 2008

well i got too impatient so i just went a head and bought one of the bits without your approval first

havent tried it out yet, but it feels like it will be pretty good.

got a little work done on the bait this morning.

i drew in the gill detail last night and went a head and carved it out with the dremel this morning.

here is what i have done:

under the chin:

head on: