Jointed Wood Swimbait
process of making a hard swimbait?
how do i make my own hard swim-baits from wood and other materials? not soft plastic ones but the hard ones like the tru tungsten tru- life swim baits and others with that particular design. any other designs i should try? basicallyly i want to know how the joints are made were it wiggles on the bait and how to design it so it wiggles in the water pleas no softbait swimbait sugestions or softbait swimbait making help just hard swimbaits HARD SWIMBAITS ONLY!!!
for your joints, use 4 long screw eyes with small eyes.
upper and lower half. put 2 screw eyes in one section of (cut where you want joint to be) bait.
put two screw eyes in the next section where the eyes will meet with each other.
use a rod of some sort: long small diameter machine screw, cotter pin, brass rod with ends peened over to prevent slipping out. l like a hollow brass tube that takes just a light whack with hammer and punch to spread the ends.
there's your hinge joint.