New Idea (?) fishermen, wood guys w/pictures. Feedback?

[Daren]

The light colored (almost white) is just curly maple. There is some spalted curly maple in there, and some spalted curly elm. My favorite (and I don't have very much) is the stuff that looks blueish, it is curly walnut. The curly walnut is some heart/sap mix, it is pretty. They are just about all different stuff, spalted curly red maple crotch... just stuff I have stashed back knowing one day I would find a way to use even the little pieces and make something nice. I think those dudes look like little jewels.

[Snag]

The blueish one is the one that really had me wondering.  Never had the opportunity to see curly walnut.  They sure look good.  Nice job.

[jon12345]

Heres another idea, glue  2 contrasting strips together then you could really have the variety, like a dark back and light belly  ???

[Max sawdust]

Heres another idea, glue  2 contrasting strips together then you could really have the variety, like a dark back and light belly  ???

I was cutting white birch firewood and thinking about the contrasting colors between the heart wood and sap wood it would be interesting to try and turn it so the top is dark and the bottom is light.  Seems like that could be done with walnut or any other wood with contrasting sap wood ???

max

[Daren]

Whatcha mean, like this?  :



I'm way ahead of ya fellas. I even put the eyes on a the "lateral line", just like a real fish. I said I had thought about it awhile.

[Larry]

Daren, I think ya should send off your lure pictures to some of the high end juried craft shows and see if you can get in next year.  Might be the start of something and a way to get your foot in the door on other items.

I think your lures are unique, beautiful, and original.

[Snag]

Are those heart/sap or did you glue together?  I might just hafta break down and get one of them mini lathes...

[Daren]

No glue ups, I just picked the certain special pieces I was wanting. Snag, are you gonna start make lures too? Between you and Max the market will be flooded and I won't be able to sell mine, I can't believe you guys are doing a brother like that. :D

[Snag]

I might... but just for my own tackle box.  I have been thinking of getting one to try making some pens, yo-yo's, fishing lures  ;) and other stuff.  Since I have gotten my Peterson I have a ton of spalted/curly "chunks" from tailings I have been stockpiling. I've also been getting my sons into woodworking and a mini lathe might be something we could "tackle" :D  :.   

[Daren]

Snag, I tell you what those little lathes are big fun. I think it is the most fun tool in my woodshop. Quiet, smooth I can actually listen to the radio while I am working. My bigger lathes seem violent now that I have been playing with the little one. There ain't nothing fun about an 8lb chunk of wet sweet gum flying off the big lathe and running up your arm on the way to your head. I think everyone needs one of those little ones. Maybe your son could make some of these.




They sell for more than fishing lures to the right people  ;), They are just not my type. I would rather talk to a fisherman than a doll collector, that's just me. Another good thing about the mini lathe when you have an OOPS it's only a mini piece of wood, they burn good and nobody is the wizer  :D

[jon12345]

So what kind of little lathes would one recommend? Where do ya get ur hardware for the lures, I tried findin it before and couldn't  ???   I love fishin with plugs and other topwaters but can't afford the lures.  can prolly scrape up enough for a lathe tho, that cant get lost on a tree branch  :D

[Radar67]

You won't go wrong with a JET.

Stew

[Patty]

Yep, I bought a Jet mini lathe a while back. It works just fine.  8)

[Daren]

I'm with everyone else. I have a JET, bought it at that online auction place E-..., paid $100 new in the box with the tools (the tools are not much to brag about, but I already had a decent set). Mine is the little cheapy pen lathe. They really make some nice ones just a tad bigger too.

[Max sawdust]

No glue ups, I just picked the certain special pieces I was wanting. Snag, are you gonna start make lures too? Between you and Max the market will be flooded and I won't be able to sell mine, I can't believe you guys are doing a brother like that. :D

No need to worry about me Daren, I am just day dreaming ;D
As you stated earlier, you have put some thought into this.  Which really shows in the quality of your work ;)
You are just giving me something fun to think about while I am chunking up cord after cord of firewood.  Especially when I find a figured chunk;)
max

[Furby]

Lure hardware can be found at Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops or lots of local bait shops.
There are also a ton of mail order places that sell almost everything you can think of for lures.