A little help from machines

This week I took my materials to my grandfathers workshop to use some small woodworking tools to help me expedite the process of making my fishing lures. The tools I chose to use were a belt sander, a drill, a band saw, and a high speed pneumatic carving tool. All of these tools still required me to have a plan and a design, but they helped me create more functional, stronger, more ascetically pleasing lure. The more specialized tools took out the problems I had while making the lures with only a pocket knife and a scalpel. I could more easily attach the hook and line eye. It also made the attachments stronger.

In my machine assisted process I made a few changes to the way I designed the lures and the size of the lures. Before, I felt I needed the lures to be thicker if they were going to have any durability. This was mostly because I was using a softer wood for carving. The machines helped me use a more dense wood for a stronger lure. I could also make the lures smaller and more functional. The process I used in the the machine assisted process is as follows:

1. I drilled he holes in a square blank of wood for the line eye and the hooks.
2. I shaped the lure very roughly with the band saw
3. I used the belt sander to refine the shape I wanted.
4. I used the pneumatic tool to carve eyes and details into the lure.
5. I then attached the hook
6. I finished by using wood filler to fill the holes and painting.

Next week I have a new material I am planning on using. I will use a wood turning lathe to turn tagua nuts into fishing lures. The tagua nut is an actual nut that is dried for crafting. When turned an polished it looks like ivory. It is extremely strong and will probably last for a long time.