foam

[jschmidt63 0]

spinned up a few

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I like 'em! Especially the second from the top right.

[FL H2O 0]

Cool!

Keep 'em comin'

[Po0gs 0]

Here I am hammering you with questions again, howd u make those.(the foam parts)

[jschmidt63 0]

QUOTE (luvinbluegills @ May 13 2005, 02:47 PM)

I like 'em! Especially the second from the top right.

er, um, well actually the two in the upper right ar balsa, forgot to crop them out

 

 

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dont mind you askin at all. For foam I dont have a dremmel (i think that is was they are called). I take some foam and rough carve it to a cylinder. Foam is much harder to carve than balsa so it looks bad at this point. I stick a finish nail in my drill and impale the foam on the nail. I lay it on my shop table, crank it up, then lay sandpaper along it and work it until it is a smooth cylinder. I cut the ends nice a neat with a razor blade, I then put zap a gap on a hook with a little thread base, slide it on, sometimes wrap thread around the tail good and tight and add cement. Then I zap a gap eyes on it, couple dabs of permanent marker sometimes and tie on a tail.

[rougetrout 0]

very nice looking, and an interesting technique for fly tiers who don't have a dremel. I have a small bench lathe that I normally use for turning pen blanks and other small items and I use that to create my balsa popper bodies, I don't have a dremel and I think i will try your drill technique to make some foam bodies, thanks.

[Blueman89 0]

I just read an article about that. My dad has a dremmel so I'm going to try it. Jschmidt where did you get the foam?

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QUOTE (jschmidt63 @ May 13 2005, 10:42 PM)

QUOTE (luvinbluegills @ May 13 2005, 02:47 PM) I like 'em! Especially the second from the top right. er, um, well actually the two in the upper right ar balsa, forgot to crop them out     Po0gs   dont mind you askin at all. For foam I dont have a dremmel (i think that is was they are called). I take some foam and rough carve it to a cylinder. Foam is much harder to carve than balsa so it looks bad at this point. I stick a finish nail in my drill and impale the foam on the nail. I lay it on my shop table, crank it up, then lay sandpaper along it and work it until it is a smooth cylinder. I cut the ends nice a neat with a razor blade, I then put zap a gap on a hook with a little thread base, slide it on, sometimes wrap thread around the tail good and tight and add cement. Then I zap a gap eyes on it, couple dabs of permanent marker sometimes and tie on a tail. Are they foam blocks? If so where do u get those? Thanks for the answers m8

[sparkleminnow 0]

Clouser's Fly Shop sells foam cylindars of various diameters. Check with Rod Champion. He may have them, too.

[jschmidt63 0]

I picked up my foam cylinders from a local fly shop but I would guess you can get them via the web at a zillion places

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QUOTE (jschmidt63 @ May 13 2005, 11:42 PM)

QUOTE (luvinbluegills @ May 13 2005, 02:47 PM) I like 'em! Especially the second from the top right. er, um, well actually the two in the upper right ar balsa, forgot to crop them out