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Advice for Painting Crankbaits from Dakota Lakes Tackle

build07 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:25:52 +0000

I am always interested to know how to do everything and when it comes to fishing one of the best DIY projects is painting your own lures (crankbaits). My friend Jake has posted some great videos on Youtube covering the best methods to paint them yourself. You can visit Jake at www.dakotalakestackle.com to purchase the unpainted crankbait bodies and stencils.

How to Make Wooden Farm Toys Book

build07 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 00:51:36 +0000

I have just released a new book with the plans for the wooden farm toys I have been making for my kids. It’s called How to Make Wooden Farm Toys: Scroll Saw Patterns and Plans. It includes plans to build a toy combine with two interchangeable heads, a toy skid steer loader, a tractor and a disk to pull behind the tractor. Some pictures of the completed combine along with a link to buy the book on Amazon are posted below.

Flower Coat Hook Pattern

build — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:45:13 +0000

After the article “Paint the Flowers on the Wall” we have had some interest in the pattern to make one of these flower coat hooks. I made a pattern and some instructions to cut out one of these flower hooks yourself you can download a pdf of the plans by clicking here or on the image below.

Remember to drill the center to 1/2 inch diameter and to glue and pound in a

3 1/2 inch shaker peg as seen in the photo below.

Add some hanging hooks to the back and you will have nice flower coat hook.

Initial Design of an Entryway Locker

build — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:24:53 +0000

I have just finished creating a model of an entryway locker that I plan to start building soon as a donation to for a local charity dinner. When finished I will post pictures of the construction and detailed plans.

Click on the picture below to be able to interact with a 3D PDF model of the Locker. Note you will need Adobe Acrobat reader installed in order to view and interact with the model.

Featherboard Pattern

build — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:21:53 +0000

I needed a feather-board to guide some wood through my router so I drew up this quick feather-board pattern. Click here for the full size pdf pattern or click on the picture of the pattern below.

Pattern to cut featherboard

I made my featherboard from some 1/2″ thick plastic I had purchased from a surplus pile at a local hardware store.

Featherboard cut from pattern