| #1  06-16-2008, 05:35 PM | ||||
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| homemade floats first attempt had a go at making floats , probably will be used for pike , bought some dowell pin from b&q and cut it to the size i wanted [ the size that would fit in my box that i keep my floats in ] lol   ABOVE cut to size ,  ABOVE drill a small hole under the diameter of a swivel and super glue a swivel in place , make sure the glue doesnt stop it doing its name sake.  ABOVE carve with a sharp stanley knife the shape of any contours u are wanting , the wood is easy to work with , and its not as hard as it looks , either that or put your float inside a drill chuch , turn drill on and use a file to shape ,  sand after to make it smooth  select the colour you wish , i used left overs from cars iv had , but fluresent would be best !!!  mask up where u want colour to start and paint the bottom end black [ i used gloss but i would recommend matt finish ]  remove masking tape and paint the colour , its always best to paint white first , the colour shows up better with a white under coat ,always varnish after , it is a extra coating to stop water absorbing  a rough quick effort finished . i'll take more time next time with better coloured paints  __________________ No matter how much you give a homeless person for tea... you never get that tea.     |
| #2 06-17-2008, 01:47 PM | ||||
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| Re: homemade floats first attempt look the biz mate. intresting to hear how you get in with them. nice one! __________________ 2007.doggies,black bream,bass,turbot,congers,silver eel,tope,whiting,mackrel,wrasse,blenny,weever,pout ,pollock,garfish,brill,dab,dragonettes fishing is a pleasure,to catch something is an added bonus |
| #3 06-17-2008, 02:50 PM | ||||
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| Re: homemade floats first attempt tried and tested now , well the big black/red 1 anyway , sits right on the white line with a 7mm shot!! perfect , didnt see it go down unfortunatly !! __________________ No matter how much you give a homeless person for tea... you never get that tea. |
| #4 06-17-2008, 03:14 PM | ||||
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| Re: homemade floats first attempt Nice one mate - nothing better making your own tackle __________________ Richard|Sea Fishing |Carp Fishing| Spud Gun | Zander fishing | Fishing Reports | Hunting Reports |
| #5 06-17-2008, 03:42 PM | ||||
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| Re: homemade floats first attempt cool  dave __________________ 24 beers in a case and 24 hours in a day , Game on www.exmouthsaa.co.uk I have the body of a God, Pity its Buddha :-0 |
| #6 06-17-2008, 03:48 PM | ||||
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| Re: homemade floats first attempt a really need to find a good fluresant paint , they also need to be water friendly and fish safe [ non toxic] which is quite important and shortens the list of available paint ...... __________________ No matter how much you give a homeless person for tea... you never get that tea. |
