[Ed Brabant]

http://www.lurecraft.com/catalog/ima...e%20Dipper.jpg

Has anyone used this?

[Senkosam]

Originally Posted by Ed Brabant

http://www.lurecraft.com/catalog/ima...e%20Dipper.jpg

Has anyone used this?

A friend of mine has and he says it works great!

[Ed Brabant]

Any pictures of the baits he made?

[nova]

I made my own out of scrap aluminum and spinner blades. Put a wooden handle on and it works great.

www.novalures.com

[bojon]

Has anyone tried to make a dipper like this,but made of 2 ton epoxy coated wood?

[Ed Brabant]

Forgive me if this question sounds a bit duh but here goes. From what I gather the form is dipped into the molten plastic over and over like a tube. You then pull the finished bait over the form. What do you do about the opening where the form came out of? Also how many dips do you use? Thanks. Any pictures from a form like this?

[Basseducer]

Ed,
That form makes the Basstrix style paddle tail minnow. It is supposed to be hollow. Usually dipped two or three times. You can look at any of the minnow swimbaits out there, every major manufacturer has one now. You can also get alot of info on Dels site del-mart.com

[squigster]

Bojon, I have not made one out of wood but my aluminum ones are pretty thin like the Basstrix blades and receive alot of stress when removing the plastic after it has cooled so they bend easily. I would suggest a hardwood like oak or something all depending how thin you want to make something. Gives me all kind of ideas. I have a wood lathe so I may have to tinker with the idea. Do you think the epoxy will withstand the heat? What if you drilled a 1/16" hole in one end of a wood blank however deep you wanted, inserted a portion of coat hanger and epoxied it in. Carved or turned the wood then coated it with epoxy. You would have a reinforced piece of wood plus a dipping rod hanger to boot! Just a thought.

Originally Posted by bojon

Has anyone tried to make a dipper like this,but made of 2 ton epoxy coated wood?

[loco]

ive been making these for a good while now. they work fine, but take alot of practice to get used to dipping correctly. be prepared to get several bad ones out of each batch you do. its not the easiest method to do this.

here is one of the ones i made from a simply kitchen knife. i simply used my dremel to mold the knife, then attached a spinner bait blade with jb weld. you can play with blade sizes and shapes until you get one that gives you the right tail action.

[bojon]

I have been told that Devcon two ton epoxy will withstand the heat.I have a dozen dipping rods on my table ready to dip in the plastic that are made of wood dowel covered with Devcon.I plan on trying them out soon.I promise to post the results.I have made wood dowel dipping rods covered with JB WELD,and they work very well.But JB WELD takes a bunch of heat easy.When dipping,the rods are in the plastic no more than about a half second,and then they are set aside to cool.I like working with wood,and dislike working with metal.Hope this method works.