Hello, new to this site. Have been pouring soft plastics for 3 years now, bass and crappiefor 2.
Made my cutter similair to snake river but i clamped blades together, then lightly super glued the top of blades. Next, take some liquid steel and mold a block into top and edges of blades to bond them. Makes a nice hitting block, to futher enchance this, take a block of wood and bond this to surface of liquid steel for even better hitting surface. Hit mine with a rubber mallet.
Also found that keeping blades and bait lubed is very good. If blades are not clean and dry after extended non-use periods, they will rust.
I usually split my baits in half first as this keeps the plastic from bunching up to high in cutter and then tearing up as you pull then out
Great site.