singingdog Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 OK, this is for you lure makers. I have been making my own in-line spinners for musky. I ran out of the right size clevis (clevii?) and built one with the blade mounted straight on the wire. It seems to work just fine...spins as easily as the ones I that I have built with a clevis. Is there a reason that no-one builds them this way? If they work just as well, it seems like a way to skip a finicky piece, and a step in the lure-making process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 The problem with leaving that piece out is that now, instead of two smooth flat (usually brass/bronze) surfaces rotating on the wire, you have a sharp edge. After time it will wear a groove into the wire, causing a reduction in strength. What he said. You can probably get away with that on small blades such as Panther Martin does. And BTW, the plural of clevis is clevises. I know this because it's in the dictionary just after cleavage/cleavages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singingdog Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Thanks. It's a .51 wire, so it will probably stand-up for awhile. Time to order some clevises I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted June 14, 2010 Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 I am going to order some cleavages, if it's all the same to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bare foot wader Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 i've been making spinners for quite a few years now for steelies, bass, pike and a few musky bucktails and don't necessarily agree that it will weaken the wire...aka not at all in any of my experience...I've never had an issues and look at a mepps xp or a panther martin...shaft through blade design and no issues for years with either of those models IMO a clevis will allow the blade to spin with less force and it will put out a bit more vibration than a shaft through blade design...but you'll only notice that on smaller spinners...far less impact on a musky sized spinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singingdog Posted June 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 i've been making spinners for quite a few years now for steelies, bass, pike and a few musky bucktails and don't necessarily agree that it will weaken the wire...aka not at all in any of my experience...I've never had an issues and look at a mepps xp or a panther martin...shaft through blade design and no issues for years with either of those models IMO a clevis will allow the blade to spin with less force and it will put out a bit more vibration than a shaft through blade design...but you'll only notice that on smaller spinners...far less impact on a musky sized spinner Thanks. I was worried about it being harder to spin, but I don't notice a difference when testing them side-by-side with the clevised spinners I have made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moosebunk Posted June 15, 2010 Report Share Posted June 15, 2010 I am going to order some cleavages, if it's all the same to you. If you're paying I'll take some off ya as well. Cleavages are a great lure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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