I'm going to try to start soldering some jigs, any advice on techniques?
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I'm going to try to start soldering some jigs, any advice on techniques?
use gold hooks, or you have scrape the finish of the bronze hooks...and use rosin core soldier
use gold hooks as pbug said, I used very small no lead solder wire from radio shack, something like .030 inch wire or so. I bought the hottest soldering iron they had, and it works great. they also has a small tin of soldering iron tip conditioner, which is good stuff too. and I clamped the hook to the ice jig blade with a pair of 3 dollar hemostats with locking handles. then I used an old fly vise to hold the hemostats in the right position with the ice blade cup facing upward so the solder would puddle up there. my solder wire didn't have acid core, and I rubbed a little flux on the ice blade with a qtip. you must however clean the ice jigs very well tho after ward because the flux gums up the bait , and it will also rust the gold hook in time. kip
thanks guys, i'm excited to get going when my stuff gets in!
hey rivercrappievt i will post a few pics today of the ones i made
you guys got everything right, you have to use gold hooks . If you are using nickel blades make sure that you scratch the surface where you were going to Sautter I use a RadioShack soldering gun with a fine pencil tip . I believe that I posted this in the past, and I believe I send it to you. Pbug on a old post.
you sure did. And i bought everything you told me to and it all came together ive made a few hundred for me and my buddies
Here is a thread I started with instructions on how to solder and my you tube video on soldering. Hope it helps some. The key is using the gold hook.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...pinmins-2.html
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...wless-jig.html
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...CarterJigs.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...arterJigs2.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...dropJigs-1.gif
Take your time and have fun
when you paint are you dipping with vinyle or airbrushing
Powder paint and cure at 325 for 15 minutes. Then I use drill bits and a thin wire to use the vinyl paint to add eyes or stripes.
I hear the vinyl paint is real toxic to breathe, and ways to avoid that?
I just wear a respirator or put a painting mask on.
Will JB Weld work?
i got my blades, hooks, & solder on order for jannsnetcraft, i went with gold hooks but i noticed the nickel hooks are much cheaper any probs with nickel?? I couldnt find anywhere else to order from.
I just ordered nickel blades as well. How come only one person said to scratch the nickel finish? Is that something neccessary that everybody does or only him?
You need to scratch the surface of the blade so the solder will adhear to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fisherman123
What about flux. I read about that as well. Is scratching the surface an equivalent to using flux or do you have to do both?
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...1/IMG_0768.gif
Here are a few threads with directions.
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/panfi...r-crappie.html
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...s-pinmins.html
Well Im not soldering jigs, but I am using solder. Here are some of my home made jigs. I made these at work in my spare time:
In the vise:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...916_112219.jpg
In my 'portable drying rack':
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...915_143815.jpg
And now with color paint. A final coat to seal them up, and its off to the stream/ice I go. Trout and panfish seem to love them:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...918_170659.jpg
Ignore the mess in my truck. I did these when I was working 12-18 hrs a day, 7 days a week.
They are made with wet fly hooks, lead wire wrapped around the hook, white paint as a base, and color paint. A top coat of clear polish to seal everything in. Some were painted with paint, and some were painted with nail polish (or as I like to call it, MALE polish). Hahaha.