chefchris Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 so havent been able to turn plugs since 2013 due to moving, getting maried last year , family health issues (cancer), running two resturants amd lack of time etc. well finally got my shop semi put back together and was able to turn a few bodies. these are based off an original wood atom 40, about 8" long. going to cut em single v joint, around 4", pinned swivel hook hangers, lexan lip and custom rubber tails. basically making my version of an MS Slammer, Pats perch, etc. going to make 3 deep cranks and 3 wakers. designed for catching Largemouth bass, but going to make strong enough to handle stripers here in New England. Plan on making a bunch more and a few different joint designs, 2, 3 and 4 piece baits over the fall winter. Ill keep updating this thread as I progress with them, waiting on a bunch of hardware, eyes, lips etc to show up. the freshwater swimbait guys easily pay $50-125 for a bait like this. first pic is my turning with a custom painted ms slammer as reference. 2nd pic is the 6 bodies, marked up for eyes, joint cut and hook placement timcauliffe, Lurejerk, fishnchips35 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 LOOKS GOOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomah21 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Looking good bud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batallas22 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Cool can't wait to see the final product timcauliffe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallyc Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 Nice looking Slammer type Chris. I've been dabbling with some of my own. What type of wood you using ? I went with white maple, but, think I'll switch over to cedar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 Nice looking Slammer type Chris. I've been dabbling with some of my own. What type of wood you using ? I went with white maple, but, think I'll switch over to cedar. these are AYC, alaskan yellow cedar. I use maple for sinking baits as its denser and takes less lead to sink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted August 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 was finally able to spend some time in the shop and make some progress. only working on two out of the 6 now. waker will have zero weights added. deep crank has two belly weights in the front section and one belly weight in the tail section, hoping that it will suspend on the pause once its cranked down. Used 12mm clear eyes, which gives you different effects once you paint the bait or you can paint the eyes whatever color you want from behind before installing them. for tail, wasnt sure if i wanted to notch it like a pats/slammer so instead I epoxied in a spring for different tails, at least on the these protos. Medium TT tail fits great, also pictured is a savage gear tail that I cut down, going to use the savage tail on the waker and TT on the deep crank. the ronz tails looks great too. installed and epoxied in the lips, cut and sanded the joint and installed the screw eyes, installed the line tie screw eyes in the nose and added the screw eyes for the hooks for now, may go with pinned swivels for the production version but ive caught 30lb plus stripers on screw eye baits so cant see the need. Dipped in sealer and curing now. Should be able to test em later this week, stay tuned timcauliffe and SpaceGhost 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted August 2, 2015 Report Share Posted August 2, 2015 that deep crank is giving me wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timcauliffe Posted August 3, 2015 Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Cool can't wait to see the final product Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 finally finished em, epoxy coated iwth some gold flake mixed in, owner st 41 hooks. waker has a bill hurley tail, deep crank has a triple trout tail, which i like better. plugs make a nice knocking sound my buddies will be testing them out this weekend in some nice freshwater lakes in Mass and RI need to make some tweaks on the next ones, like swivel hangers for the hooks and probably bigger screw eyes for the joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted September 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 heres the first finished two, 4 more in the shop VAngler, Lurejerk, SpaceGhost and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwimbaitSam123 Posted September 24, 2015 Report Share Posted September 24, 2015 How deep do they dive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurejerk Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Turned out nice Chris, time to catch some fish now! I really like that wake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassing305 Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 Thank you for posting them, they came out good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00 mod Posted September 25, 2015 Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 They look great! How do hey swim? Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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