Author Topic: some wooden poppers and lures for summer... (Read 22059 times)

Lofty · « **on:** August 09, 2013, 01:17:22 AM »

right,summer is on it's way so I thought I'd start preparing...

first time attempting a tut like this...hope you enjoy...

made these last week
some of the tools you"ll need..
1st pic:I think mostly self explanatory...
2nd pic:I used a belt-sander for shaping,with 80 grit paper..
3rd pic:a piece of meranti that was lying around...cut a 115mm long pice and made it square,about 30mmx30mm

Lofty · « **Reply #1 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:24:54 AM »

I then drilled a 6mm hole through the centre with drillpress(make sure it's level using water-level before drilling)I then drew a rough pic of what I wanted the popper to look like,on the wood with pencil...then started shaping it on belt-sander...

Lofty · « **Reply #2 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:34:50 AM »

after a bit more shaping and a lot of elbow grease sanding by hand with 180grit sandpaper,I was finally happy with the shape..getting there...

then used a round grinding stone for the"cup-face"..

Lofty · « **Reply #3 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:45:28 AM »

the

in the previous pic is optional,but got thirsty working with this "hard" wood...I then mixed about 70% of this sealer to 30% thinners and soaked it for about 20 min.
I hung it outside in the sun till dry,then lightly sanded it again for a smooth finish...this you can repeat till satisfied with finish,next up is primer(grey)

Lofty · « **Reply #4 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:58:31 AM »

just realised didn't show that I added the wire through the popper...drilled a 6mm hole for powerswivel that joined the "main"hole that was drilled with drill-press from top to bottom,used 1,6mm wire that was passed through the one "eye"of the swivel... I then sprayed the first coat of grey primer...checked finish and 2nd coat of primer went on
last pic I sprayed the first coat of mirror chrome and hung to dry again...

Lofty · « **Reply #5 on:** August 09, 2013, 02:07:20 AM »

1st pic:once dry the second coat was sprayed on...
2nd pic:decided to go red-head...taped it of and painted with red cutex..."leant" from my wife...

3rd:same

Lofty · « **Reply #6 on:** August 09, 2013, 02:22:26 AM »

I then made it "shine" a bit by adding some blue and green glitter and then sprayed a couple coats clear coat and added split-rings and hooks...6/0 4xh/duty bandit mid-body and a 7/0 4x/h/duty at the back...and it's done...

3rd pic:hooks,split-rings and swivels used...more to come...

Lofty · « **Reply #7 on:** August 09, 2013, 02:29:16 AM »

b.t.w.this red-head popper weighs about 2 1/2 -3 ounces...unfortunately no scale to give accurate weight,will add the next "project"later...

John F · « **Reply #8 on:** August 09, 2013, 06:29:26 AM »

Nice! No eyes?

Have you tried to swim it or see how it sits in the water?

Can't go wrong with red head!

isivuba · « **Reply #9 on:** August 09, 2013, 07:53:45 AM »

Nice Tut Nicky

. How long does it take to make this from scratch?

REEFMAN · « **Reply #10 on:** August 09, 2013, 08:04:05 AM »

Great work Nicky!

How did you get the wire through for the belly hook?

Lenny · « **Reply #11 on:** August 09, 2013, 08:07:31 AM »

Thanks for Sharing Nicky .

A broomstick works for smaller plugs .

Kent · « **Reply #12 on:** August 09, 2013, 08:28:31 AM »

Lofty · « **Reply #13 on:** August 09, 2013, 12:26:45 PM »

Quote from: REEFMAN on August 09, 2013, 08:04:05 AM

Great work Nicky!
How did you get the wire through for the belly hook?

Quote from: isivuba on August 09, 2013, 07:53:45 AM

Nice Tut Nicky . How long does it take to make this from scratch?

Quote from: John F on August 09, 2013, 06:29:26 AM

Nice! No eyes?

Have you tried to swim it or see how it sits in the water?

Can't go wrong with red head!

@

JohnF,no eyes yet...but looking for some,hard to find here in Mosselbay...

the weather has been bad here but she and the others will definately go for a swim this weekend...
@Mike,this 1 took about 3 days,it's a hard wood and not that easy to work with(over hundred years old too...was taken from C.Town station toilets' doorframes, when my dad renovated the station for W.Cup soccer,he was site foreman)a lot of sanding and also waiting for paint and clearcoat to dry...gotta be patient there...

have made mistakes...
@mr. Reefs,extra

to you for all your tuts,as this tut was a bit more work than I thought...

resizing pics and then organising them to be shown in the right post...I only stopped using Tippex to delete/backspace a year ago...

joking

.Here is a pic of how I bent the wire...the wire enters the front/mouth and is pushed through the eye/ring of the swivel that I'm holding in the 6mm hole that was drilled at bottom....the tag end at the back I just feed in from behind once front "eye"is sitting right...

Lofty · « **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:04:34 PM »

this one was made with 2 pieces of pine,20mm x 20mm x 125mm,both must be identical in size so shape them accordingly,then lightly glue the two together...the shape of the lure is drawn on paper,to scale(125mm x20mm)of what you want the side-on profile and top/bottom shape to be...then 1st trace both the sides onto the wood and cut the excess wood off using a jigsaw(cut on outside of the lines so that you can shape it on belt-sander).once that's done do the top and bottom,keep in mind where you want the back and front eye to be...the sky's the limit to shapes/sizes one can do...and that makes it exciting because the fish might bite any of them...and you created it too...

1st pic:pine-wood
pic 2:rough sketch just to show you...
3rd pic:the shaping is done...

Lofty · « **Reply #15 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:16:49 PM »

forgot to take pics of the lure being cut appart with carpet-knife,and rebate cut into centre of the lure for wire to lie in

,hope the 1st pic explains...it was then glued back together and placed in a clamp for 20 min. for glue to set,gave it another light sand-off with 180grit sandpaper.
2nd pic:after being submerged in the wood-sealer solution for 20 min.
3rd pic:different angle...

Lofty · « **Reply #16 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:36:20 PM »

small tip,if you dont have wood filler you can use some of the white wood glue and mix that with the sanded wood(powder)from beltsander and mix the two to make a paste,then use as needed and sand off once dry...
1st pic:once you are happy with the finish,you can spray it with a light coat of primer...
pic 2:repeat this stage once it has dried...
pic 3:I decided to use a combination of blu and yellow on the top,and white and mirror chrome on the belly...this was sprayed from a distance of between 400mm-450mm,normal spraycan used...once dry I dusted it slightly with green glitter and sprayed the first coat of clearcoat...

Lofty · « **Reply #17 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:41:45 PM »

some more..
pic 2&3:more coats clearcoat..got I think 3/4 coats...

Lofty · « **Reply #18 on:** August 09, 2013, 01:47:29 PM »

pic 1:what it looked like after final coat dried...

pic 2/3:armed and ready...4/0 4xh/duty front and 5/0 4xh/duty at the tail...and voila...

I actually prefer this ones colour scheme...just gotta look for some eyes and it's done...
p.s:this one weighs about 1 1/2 ounce...

Lofty · « **Reply #19 on:** August 09, 2013, 02:01:46 PM »

this was my 2nd attempt at this...here are my first attempts,the white and red popper has also got a cupface...I like the hooks as they look strong/sharp and have a short shank...

and kob of course...come on summer...

...done for now...