DIY Jighead Holder For Gluing On Eyes

I have had over the years several people ask me about my holder with Micanopy asking today. It’s very simple. All material were purchased at Lowes. The board is a precut board that is held together by 4 screws, 2 on each side. Make sure to pre-drill and countersink screws. I then used two pieces of weather stripping that has adhesive backing on one side. I ran them side by side on one piece of wood and then screwed the two pieces wood together. You won’t be able to slide jig in on side to at has the adhesive backing but will the other side. Has worked perfectly for years now.

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Pretty slick DrNip! Love that last shot with the jigs in it. I have the metal clamps from CS coatings I use for baking I can turn on the side. I think I might make one of these with some scrap wood I have. Thanks for sharing this idea.

Good idea.

Thank you very much. That will be perfect for me, too.

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Originally Posted by Micanopy

Thank you very much. That will be perfect for me, too.

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You’re welcome. I need to make another too as sometimes I fill it up. Don’t know if you saw my post awhile back but I switched to BSI 30 epoxy for gluing my eyes.

Thats a slick idea thank you.

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Originally Posted by Timbertodd

Thats a slick idea thank you.

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You’re welcome.

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Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Pretty slick DrNip! Love that last shot with the jigs in it. I have the metal clamps from CS coatings I use for baking I can turn on the side. I think I might make one of these with some scrap wood I have. Thanks for sharing this idea.

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Yeah this was my cheap alternative to the clamps years ago. I never used the clamps for baking until several months ago.

Great idea. I’d have to try putting a hinge on it. It wouldn’t hold as many but it would help with time invested. I see it works just fine.

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

Great idea. I’d have to try putting a hinge on it. It wouldn’t hold as many but it would help with time invested. I see it works just fine.

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Jigheads slide right in with ease and stay put this way.

I haven’t made one yet, but I figured a way to clamp my jig clamps to my desk, and this holds the heads flat. What a difference this makes for putting on eyes.

So now I attach the eye ( some stick well - some flop off easily ) and then I can give a quick brush of UV resin. Not coating, just enough to secure. Then the UV light to quick harden the resin. Then I go for the job of overcoating of the entire jig head. This encapsulates the eye and secures it.

Before this system of holding the jigs flat, the resin would find it’s way to the hook eye and fill it. I noticed that several times that while cleaning the eye that the cured resin would release away from the jig. It must have issues sticking to the smooth surface of the powder paint. So I am now encapsulating the entire head to prevent this.

Thanks again for the idea.

Good stuff! Definitely a game changer having jigs held horizontally. I use to glue eyes on by holding jig and sucked.