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So a while back a member here (Nate) was looking for a Blackdog floating Shellcracker with a lip, which if you looked around aren't easy to come by. I offered to cut the bait and install the lip for him if he couldn't find one, something I had done twice on my own baits. After a while he decided to send me the bait and the lip which I believe he got from a member here. The first pic shows the factory bait and the lip angle. The next pic shows the sharpie line I drew on the bait to make sure the lip angle and placement was as close to stock as possible. After I was happy with the line, I used masking tape and taped the whole area and traced the line thru the tape with a sharpie. Now that I've done a few of these and learned a lot along the way. One a table saw will tear the bait up and tends to rip the paint off too, learned that on my first one band saw blade is too thin, and the cut tends to not be super straight. so I use a dremel with a cutting wheel and de burring tool now. I make the first cut with the wheel in the center of the tape and slowly work the area open allowing a for little room for the epoxy to adhere. Once I'm happy with the depth I use the deburring tool and clean up the cut and area around the slot. All my pics looked awful, but you can get the visual idea. after the cut is made and I'm happy with edges, I use some thinned etex epoxy to reseal the exposed wood. then once that cures, I use a two part water proof epoxy from home depot, I've tried a few different ones and this one seems to be the strongest. I tape the lip and surrounding area of the bait to allow the excess epoxy to be easily removed. In the pic you can see the clear coat peeling up from the cut, these baits are notorious for peeling and paint adhering problems. In the next pic you can see the angle and epoxy, its gray in color, which gets covered later on. Then after 24-48 hours I remove all the tape and clean up any excess epoxy with a new razor blade, then a serious of clear nail polish coats, about 5 coats total, on the epoxy, edge of the lip and anywhere the paint may have an issue, I also put some coats on any of the hook rash or open areas, just to help it down the road. Then I re-tape the lip and area and covered the gray epoxy with black nail polish, 2 coats, followed by 3 coats of clear. So now the lip is sealed, epoxied and blended in and strong in the bait After a couple days, I put the hardware back on and test swam it, wakes awesome. Its not a difficult mod to do, just slow and time consuming and I like my mods to be as clean as possible. Hope that helps someone who wants a billed shellcracker. Hope you stick a pig on it Nate!!! Tight lines buddy