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JD LURES
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Posted: 04 Jul 2012 at 5:43pm |
Hi everyone
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Aussbasstony
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Mine floats well and truly .
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bluey
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mine float head down arse up ready to dive
regards George
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JD LURES
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Thanks guys
Back to the drawing board then as I want them exact.
JD
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Darby
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Jamie, been a while since I've swum one, but they did float albeit slightly head down as George said.
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goldtrev68
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yes head down askem up,,as I recall,,,Gary
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JD LURES
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Might level out if I substitute the zinc bibs for alloy.
Trouble being I have about 100 of these zinc ones now
JD
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Darby
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Jamie,.... I reckon you could sell them off easy enough with all these NQ lure makers around
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dalbykayakin
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mine have more bouiyancy than most other lures. they nearly jump an inch out of the water when you stop retreiving them
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puglee62
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,ive found when restoring some old Darwin darts that the galvanised bibs
were the same thickness as the old 70 year old corrugated iron on my chook pen . maybe this is the case with the stingers?.i can measure the thickness if that helps Jamie
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puglee62
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looks like .046 mm Jamie my verniers are a bit worn so it could be just a tad more
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Nicho
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mine are old yellow glass eyed, metal bib.....they sink slowly head down.
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JD LURES
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Thanks for all the feedback guys
I was told by the team at Lively Lures that on occasion if the temperature was exceptionaly cool when moulding them that the wouldnt " Blow " quite as much and if rigged with heavier running gear they would sink slowly.
One of those variences that has been pretty much overcome nowdays with temp controled systems etc.
I would think judging by the old Dam Buster I had to work from that the original material was about 0.6 to 0.8mm thick. Closest I can get now is 0.5 that I thought was to flimsy and 1mm that obviously was a bit heavy but strong.
I am getting some alloy sample bibs cut in 1mm so I hope this brings the ballance back somewhat.
Failing that I will have to try 0.5mm metal of some description.
I have completed the 90mm Stinger and have had no trouble with that one at all.
Cheers
JD
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puglee62
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yeah thats probably right about the poly not foaming out as much in colder times ,in summer the problems are the opposite with them having too much bouyancy and when its humid they look more like aero bars than lures.just a thought but did you measure a painted bib or a raw steel one? theres probably a .015to .02 mm difference between painted and unpainted.just a thought
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JD LURES
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The problem I had with the original Dam Buster sample Puglee was the bib was rusted a fair bit and only served as a template for the laser cutters to run the new ones off.
Its a bit hard to get an exact measure but as long as I can get them strong enough, floating and with that nice head down swimming action found with metal bibbed lures it will be as clsoe as I can get to the original.
Im only doing them in lmited numbers, metal bibs cut at the laser cutters now are pricy
JD
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handbrake
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Please keep me in mind if you are planning on launching a new /old set of Eddy's.
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dalbykayakin
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Is the eyes on the stinger bigger than the original than the original stingers?
Lookin good
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JD LURES
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Seemed the eyes were about the same size as the original mate.
Hard to say given that they are the modern day version I guess but they would be very close.
I have around 100 Stingers ready to be painted up and sold.
There not cheap as the components to make them now and in low numbers are not cheap either.
I would have to ask $16.00 each for the Stingers and $17.50 each for a Dam Buster.
Not the best pic but this is where im at with it.
JD
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puglee62
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that sounds fair enough and these are a special lure after all
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JD LURES
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Problem solved. Alloy bibs did the trick, evened out the weight difference and they are now sitting and floating nicely.
JD
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mishka68
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Bought an old tackle box from garage sale,found a old dam buster dolls eye( good nick) and floppy's in perfect condition (plastic) but not in box.how much is dam buster worth and floppy's worth if I decide to sell.ps mishka.thanks
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