Building a Musky Drying Wheel

Musky Lure Drying Wheel
Published by emptycooler
April 12, 2008

This is a lure drying wheel I made for musky lures. It will dry 32 baits and takes up very little room.
You will need:

1. Rotisserie from a BBQ grill. I got one at Wal-Mart for about 20 bucks.
2. 64 cup hooks
3. 64 S hooks ¾” is fine
4. A pack of size #64 (3 ½” X ¼”) rubber bands. I got them at Staples. It is very important to get the right size. They will put the proper tension on your baits so they won't spin when rotated.
5. Plywood (2) 18”X 18"
6. 3 each 3/8” dowel rods 21"long

Construction:

1. Take your plywood make an X from corner to corner to find the center and mark it.
2. 3" out from center draw a circle. I used a push pin, piece of string and a pencil. Do the same thing at 6" and at 9" that will be at the edge of your wood.
3. Use a band saw or jig saw to cut out the large circle.
4. Take a straight edge and make Xs on the plywood until you have what looks like a 16 slice pizza.
5. Drill a hole in the center big enough to put the rotisserie rod through.
6. Pre-drill holes for cup hooks. Start at the 3" circle and drill hole where a line meets the circle skip a line and drill repeat until you have 8 holes. On one of the lines you skipped move out
   to the 6"line and drill a hole and repeat skipping a line. 1/4" from outer edge drill holes at every line.
7. Install cup hooks.
8. Do same on other piece of plywood.
9. Pre-drill a hole in both ends of dowel rods for a wood screw.
10. Pick 3 spots on the 6" circle for mounting dowel rods, from the back side drill and countersink
    for a wood screw. Make sure you drill same holes on other piece of plywood when they are facing each other.
11. Push rotisserie bar through 1 piece of plywood then put on the meat prongs with the points facing outwards, put on other piece of plywood and install dowel rods with wood screws.
12. Slide one prong to the plywood, mark and drill holes, then push through and tighten thumb screw. Do same on other side.
13. Build your base so the rod will be at least 12"above table for clearance of lures on outer ring.
14. These lures are 6" long if you only make smaller lures say 3" to 4" you can cut your dowel rods shorter by 2 or 3 inches.