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  1. 2 hours ago, T.McC said:

    Thanks and nice looking work! Yeah maybe a two piece. I live near lake Champlain and mainly fish for bass both largemouth and smallmouth. I’ll try to find a good video for a 2 piece to give a try. The painting process is all new to me as well. 

    For painting definitely check out Marlins baits. Do you have the equipment yet? If not make a separate post asking for help, he have guys on here who make their own baits at others who paint blanks. Both of which have decades of experience.  I bought cheap blanks on Aliexpress to practice on. 

  2. 3 hours ago, T.McC said:

    Ok maybe that’s smart. Any references on a good one to start with? Video or youtube channels? I was thinking a jointed would be great. Maybe 5-7” 

    What ever you feel like making, a three or four piece multi jointed bait like a shad or rat or wake bait. One piece baits are fun and very effective like a spook, large crank, lipless, or oversized jerk bait. Marlins baits and engineered angler are good channels. Go back to their earlier vids. 

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  3. I was out in the garage repainting some jig heads and noticed I had some chrome spray paint. I put a dark gray primer on the jig and cover it with a chrome and it looks beautiful. Do you think I can prime one of my Baits, paint the base white and black and then do the scales with this chrome spray paint? Do you think the oil and the water-based paints will get along? And do you think after I clearcoat it that it will dull the chrome? 
     

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  4. On 5/7/2024 at 12:12 PM, AZ Fisher said:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Glide baits are about the most difficult baits to get right, they will take quite a bit of testing and experimentation to get a great gliding bait.                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

    This says it all. If you are new to making baits, starting with a glide is quite ambitious (which is not a bad thing). Maybe try a few wakes and multi jointed baits first to get a feel for how your wood reacts to your weight and to get an understanding of how to balance a bait. 

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  5. I meant to post this bait of mine similar to yours earlier, take a look at the lip and the line tile location. I just poured the bait a second time to make more of a jerk bait than a crank bait. All I have to do is change the lip width and length . This has a nice wide wobble. also noticed how small the tail is. 

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  6. Looks good. Feels good to make progress. I would recommend pushing your joint back a little to at least 50/50, you should notice a difference. I use normally use 60/40. Not to say your configuration won’t work, but if you look at most of the more successful Baits on the market, they have a smaller backend.

    as for the cleaner cuts, the wood you’re using could be too soft. Take a look at Marlins Baits on YouTube. I make a 90° cut on my guideline come in with a sharp knife at an angle and sand on the backside of your cut. Your first cuts should be exaggerated so as you sand you don’t take away from the detail.

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  7. Besides your basic colors you should also get Pearl white, pearl black, silver, sepia, metallic charcoal, moss green, burnt sienna, and ochre yellow. Wish I had known about these colors when I was new to painting.

  8. On 3/8/2024 at 1:16 PM, Outback Jack said:

    I have made a DRT swim bait. Tiny klash imitation. Itsinks perfectly level. 
    very slow sink!  Glides perfectly side to side. But if I retrieve it a little quick it wants to roll and even spin. Is this weight placement?

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    I would say so. Most glides that roll for me  it’s either that or the ratio of buoyancy vs weight.   What I mean by that is if your resin bait is too heavy and you have to put less weight to get it to be slow sink, there may not be enough weight to actually stabilize it.  I hope that makes sense. The tail can also be a factor. Too long, too stiff or too short. I just made a mini mullet glide, it worked perfectly until paint and clear and now its action is different. Still trying to get it tuned. 

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  9. Lead produces fumes, not vapors. Therefore, an N95 should be sufficient. It can also be absorbed so gloves should also be worn. I use tools when melting lead so I don’t touch it until it’s cool. I believe you would need to be in contact with lead for quite a while before it becomes a health issues such as someone that works with it daily. When an employee is overexposed that have to be removed for a certain amount of time to recover.  Some amount can be removed by your body, but depending on the amount is can also be stored, so it’s best to err on the side of caution. 

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  10. I pulled some winter baits I haven’t used in a while and the clear is bubbling on the wooden ones only. I use Devcon and the wood was sealed with superglue.

    what causes this?

    can it be prevented?

    if I repaint and seal these will it happen again?

    these had foil, but the clear bubbled on the unfoiled portion. Could it be that I didn’t use primer? 

     

  11. Instead of redesigning a new bait, I took an older bait, and tried to make it into a lipless, but for some reason I had to put the line tie way up on the top of the bait, much farther than it should be to get the desired action.  I placed all of my weight into the nose of the bait because that’s where I thought it should be. Where do you place your lead on a lip? Is it the nose or is the belly or do you distribute it evenly?

  12. When I use lexan I make a wide triangular slot so it can move back and forth. I mainly use them for wake baits. I have used them for lipped divers too. But most of the time I use a silicone tails, give better action, especially for lipless jointed baits 

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