Seeing this little plug has brought so much interst I've decided to share it's build.
As always, protect your lungs and eyes...
you will need a piece of cedar or pine, 4"X2"X1/2", some 3/4" SS screw eyes, either a lead pot or small 00 split shot, some 1/0 hooks and 5H split rings, I used glass eyes but you can buy doll eyes or animal eyes at your local craft store, or simply paint them on.
First trace out your design, once you make one you like, trace it onto a piece of scrap wood and shape it the way you want...this will be you template, now trace your pattern and cut it out with a coping saw, jig saw or as I did, with a scroll saw, be sure to leave the lines,just rough it out.... now bring it to your disc sander, if you dont have a disc sander, a disc sander can be used on an electric drill...
Now your plug, make a line down the center of the plug, top and bottom, make a gill mark using a compass at 1.25" from the nose, make another mark for the eye at .750", using an awl, scribe your gill marke, center punch the eye.. on top of the plug ceterpucnh a mark at 1.50" on center from the nose, repeat on the bottom, center punch another mark .750 from the tail,these will house you screw eyes for you line pull and hooks..
Now drill you weight holes, they will be evenly spaced, from the nose to the screw eye.
Now bring your plug to the belt sander, following the countors that you have drawn rough shape your plug with your belt sander, again this could be done with a disc on a drill, it's just alot harder..
when this is done you can weight you holes and fill with putty, I lkke the Elmers 2 part epoxy wood repair putty.
Tracing the Hand carved Bunker
Cutting The Blank
Before Shaping
After shaping
Marking The Plug
Drilling Weight Holes
Weighting The holes
As always, protect your lungs and eyes...
you will need a piece of cedar or pine, 4"X2"X1/2", some 3/4" SS screw eyes, either a lead pot or small 00 split shot, some 1/0 hooks and 5H split rings, I used glass eyes but you can buy doll eyes or animal eyes at your local craft store, or simply paint them on.
First trace out your design, once you make one you like, trace it onto a piece of scrap wood and shape it the way you want...this will be you template, now trace your pattern and cut it out with a coping saw, jig saw or as I did, with a scroll saw, be sure to leave the lines,just rough it out.... now bring it to your disc sander, if you dont have a disc sander, a disc sander can be used on an electric drill...
Now your plug, make a line down the center of the plug, top and bottom, make a gill mark using a compass at 1.25" from the nose, make another mark for the eye at .750", using an awl, scribe your gill marke, center punch the eye.. on top of the plug ceterpucnh a mark at 1.50" on center from the nose, repeat on the bottom, center punch another mark .750 from the tail,these will house you screw eyes for you line pull and hooks..
Now drill you weight holes, they will be evenly spaced, from the nose to the screw eye.
Now bring your plug to the belt sander, following the countors that you have drawn rough shape your plug with your belt sander, again this could be done with a disc on a drill, it's just alot harder..
when this is done you can weight you holes and fill with putty, I lkke the Elmers 2 part epoxy wood repair putty.
Tracing the Hand carved Bunker
Cutting The Blank
Before Shaping
After shaping
Marking The Plug
Drilling Weight Holes
Weighting The holes