Re: wood finishing questions

Sorry,
I didn't read that closely...if you care about your finish, obviously you are not going to use them for fishing...sorry...Now I'm ashamed...

Bob

Re: wood finishing questions

If your putting that much effort into finishing them, I sure hope your not going to fish with them. One big pike or musky and they're gonna be tore up anyway. There's some lure making forums out thee, but don't remember where and have long since cleaned ujp...

Re: wood finishing questions

FB,
I would try posting this in the General Carving section...

I'll have a go at it, though... First a few questions...

1. Do you want to be able to fish with them, or are they decorative?

2. Are you painting them,...

Hi
I'm not sure which group to post this question in, so I'll shoot it off here. Ok, I'm making fishing lures out of cedar - musky/pike lures and wondering about finishing the wood. Look below for what I have in mind for finishing off a lure, start at wood read up.

2 part expoxy -...

Re: how to surface wood

You may be able to save money initally without buying the tools but where is the fun in that. You get a chance to play with the big boys toys. You can also build other things not just resaw wood. Like said depends on how much you want to get involved in this for...

Re: how to surface wood

You'd save alot of money buying the lumber in the thickness you need unless you plan on doing this alot.

Re: how to surface wood

Like it has been mentioned a bandsaw is the ideal tool to thin the 4/4 lumber down to close to 1/4'. This needs to be a bandsaw that is able to accept a riser block kit which will allow you to cut 12' boards. Then you can surface plane them to exact thickness...

Re: how to surface wood

shaun

to get the right thickness you do need a planer. there is an alternative if you have a router with a straight bit. build a jig a little larger than the width of the board and afix the router to a base you can slide up and down the length...