danthefisherman Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 I've been wondering if there's anywhere else you guys get your magnum 0.092 screws from besides Lure Parts Online. I normally get my standard 0.072 screws from Janns Netcraft, but they don't carry the magnum sizes. While I'm at it I might as well also ask where to get those mega-sized screws for those of you with experience in making rats or big wakes. I tried finding an appropriate sized stainless option but they all run about $5+ a pop which I think to be a bit excessive. Any help appreciated, thanks! Dan Willluvstafish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 5 hours ago, danthefisherman said: I've been wondering if there's anywhere else you guys get your magnum 0.092 screws from besides Lure Parts Online. I normally get my standard 0.072 screws from Janns Netcraft, but they don't carry the magnum sizes. While I'm at it I might as well also ask where to get those mega-sized screws for those of you with experience in making rats or big wakes. I tried finding an appropriate sized stainless option but they all run about $5+ a pop which I think to be a bit excessive. Any help appreciated, thanks! Dan I get mine at LPO, but theres a seller on ebay that has em too, much cheaper, I can send you the info if you want. He has open and closed and in a few lengths and has the .072 as well. Mega sized screw eyes, like on a slammer? If you're talking about those, theres a few options. I wanted to find the ones i wanted in person first before ordering without seeing them. West marine had some (any good marine supply shop should have em), if you have a grainger or mcmaster carr around you, they carry em too, if none of those are an option find a good machine/bolt shop and they should have em too, once you find what you like size and length wise you can easily find em online for a lot cheaper. Home depot even had some in stock, I have a few packs left I can let you know which size they are later. I was only able to find closed screw eyes of those sizes. So I used a flat head screwdriver and hammer, used a thinner one at first, placed it in on a piece of scrap wood, placed the screwdriver between the eye and shank, banged it in and pryed it open a little, then used a bigger thicker flathead and was able to pry it open enough to get the other screw eye inside. danthefisherman and VolunteerSwimbaits 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolunteerSwimbaits Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Working on a new bait Dan? I am already excited haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted April 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 3 hours ago, chefchris said: I get mine at LPO, but theres a seller on ebay that has em too, much cheaper, I can send you the info if you want. He has open and closed and in a few lengths and has the .072 as well. Mega sized screw eyes, like on a slammer? If you're talking about those, theres a few options. I wanted to find the ones i wanted in person first before ordering without seeing them. West marine had some (any good marine supply shop should have em), if you have a grainger or mcmaster carr around you, they carry em too, if none of those are an option find a good machine/bolt shop and they should have em too, once you find what you like size and length wise you can easily find em online for a lot cheaper. Home depot even had some in stock, I have a few packs left I can let you know which size they are later. I was only able to find closed screw eyes of those sizes. So I used a flat head screwdriver and hammer, used a thinner one at first, placed it in on a piece of scrap wood, placed the screwdriver between the eye and shank, banged it in and pryed it open a little, then used a bigger thicker flathead and was able to pry it open enough to get the other screw eye inside. Thanks Chris, exactly what I was looking for. Is it an established company selling through ebay? I feel more confortable putting in hardware from bigger name brands like LPO even though they probably all get them from the same place haha. Yes, I'm referring to the bigger screws like those in a slammer. For some reason I can't find any of reasonable price online, but maybe that's because I don't know what to look for. There are some local shops pretty close to me so maybe I'll pay them a visit. Thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted April 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 1 hour ago, VolunteerSwimbaits said: Working on a new bait Dan? I am already excited haha. I have so many projects that I want to work on and not enough time to start/finish them. Most are only drafts at the moment, but I can't keep myself from working on something new at all times even when I have old projects to finish up haha VolunteerSwimbaits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 13 minutes ago, danthefisherman said: Thanks Chris, exactly what I was looking for. Is it an established company selling through ebay? I feel more confortable putting in hardware from bigger name brands like LPO even though they probably all get them from the same place haha. Yes, I'm referring to the bigger screws like those in a slammer. For some reason I can't find any of reasonable price online, but maybe that's because I don't know what to look for. There are some local shops pretty close to me so maybe I'll pay them a visit. Thanks for the help! yes the ones on ebay are the same as the LPO ones, guess the guy use to have a small bait company and build some muskie/pike lures and stopped for whatever reason, some of the ones Ive bought from him came in LPO bags. I'll send you the info for the guy. danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonister Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 I found the right slammer eyes at Lowes for pretty cheap 25 or 50 packs. I think I even read somewhere if I remember correctly that slammers are actually just lowes brand eyes anyway? danthefisherman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfk9 Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 Joinster ...do they have both open/closed eyes??? like chefchris mentioned above they're a b%*@ch to open, lol...are they zinc plated, stainless, or galvanized ??...thanks ...michel..Go Fish!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDBowhunter Posted April 25, 2019 Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) I use LPO for magnums or Barlows Tackle BT has big packs for cheap https://www.barlowstackle.com/ Edited April 25, 2019 by MDBowhunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonister Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 I never looked for open eyes, I believe I bought zinc plated but don't see why you couldn't get them in stainless. Heck maybe I got the stainless ones and am just spacing. Have you tried opening them with a big pair of lineman pliers, kleins, etc? The wire cutter end on big ones worked for me, and I managed to not cut the eye itself. Just use the cutter end as a wedge. I'm sure your typical Diags would work too. It you are really into it, make a die and press them open on a vise. surfk9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted April 26, 2019 Report Share Posted April 26, 2019 These are the ones Home Depot carries, I open up like I mentioned above with a flat head screw driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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