woodlathe turning

[aljo159]

i;m new here and might be asking the wrong question, but anyway, i just got into woodturning .fishings plugs and i was wondering if anyone here do the same. i use a small woodlathe to turn 2x2x71/2'' of poplar into fishingplugs.

[tauntdesigns]

I'm mostly into metal, but I have a small Rikon mini wood lathe that I make pens on. I've made a couple of candle holders and about 30 writing pens.

Are you making really large fishing lures.... 2x2x71/2" would make a large piece of bait.

Welcome,
Jack

[keelhauled]

I used to make a killer salmon bait here 10 years ago it was a wooden "Devon". I used to start out with 3/4 dowel and drill it on the lathe to accept a 1/4 copper liner. I'd shove the liner into the bait and mount it to turn it into a minnow. I'd cut and stick two wings into the body to make it spin and then paint it to make it more appealing. There is nothing more satisfying than making your own lures or flies and catching fish on them.;

[aljo159]

in the area where i live long island ny there are a lot of people who uses fishing plugs to fish and right now a lot of them are getting or have been building them for awhlie i'ts anice hobby espeically if your a fisherman like i am. but finding certain woods to turn is kind of hard , maple,cedar, ayc,brich, etc.

[keelhauled]

I nearly always turned from a dowel as I never had the patience to turn from square stock. Even nowadays I always knock the corners off my spindles on the spindle moulder or table saw. I wonder if you could get some ash or hickory shovel handles and cut them up as blanks?

[wwendorf]

Out of curiosity, what do you mean when you mention not having patience to turn square stock? I do a lot of woodturning and turning square stock into a round piece takes about 30 seconds with a roughing gouge. If you are using a spindle gouge, I could see the impatience.

Just curious,
Wade

[fish1234]

I do a lot of turning on the wood lathe and I agree it only takes a minimal amount of time to rough turn a block down to round. In the long run your cost should be less by starting with the square blank than paying for someone else to do it for you! Another plus is that if you are able to buy larger blanks and cut them to the desired size on your own, more savings and flexablity. I have two lathes one is a Powermatic 3420b and an old chinese lathe I use mostly for minatures and pens. So I hope this gives you the confidence and desire to start with the square stock! Keep the curls flying!

Good luck!

Jeff

[tauntdesigns]

Powermatic 3420b, Now, I'm jealous.........

nice machine,
Jack

[wwendorf]

Heck, I even sometimes use my curved lacer skew to rough turn something extremely quickly. I can take a 4" x 4" x 18"L piece of wood and rough turn it round with a skew in about 45 seconds. It takes me longer with my 1" roughing gouge.

Wade

[tauntdesigns]

Has anyone used the Crown Skewchigouge? It has become my favorite tool.

[fish1234]

Don't be jealeous Jack, I love the big butterscotch beast it lets me do just about anything I can think of on the lathe! I make a lot of bowls and hollow vessels that I sell at a couple of galleries and shops and also on e-bay. I am not getting rich but it sure is fun! I like the look of the skewchigouge and will have to get one and try it out! Thanks for the tip. I put in a couple of my turnings.

Have a great day!
Jeff

[tauntdesigns]

very nice work Jeff,

The natural edge bowl looks like it would be hard to keep all the bark on. That vessel looks huge and beautiful all at the same time.

Nicely done,
Jack