I've been thinking about foam hopper bodies. i know they make a foam hopper body cutter, but does anyone have any homemade, (thus cheap) foam hopper body cutters?
thanks,
hNt
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I've been thinking about foam hopper bodies. i know they make a foam hopper body cutter, but does anyone have any homemade, (thus cheap) foam hopper body cutters?
thanks,
hNt
Walmart carries them, they are called scissors. Seriously, cut out a strip of foam tie it to the hook from the eye back, double it. create segments with thread. Or use a metal tube with a sharpen end in your drill, cut a cylinder in the side of a foam flip flop or child's foam puzzle. Cut a slit in the cylinder and superglue to hook, add wings, legs, creek chubs love them.
I took a refrigerator magnet and cut out a pattern on it for these. It lays extremely flat, I draw it out then cut it with scissors.
http://i821.photobucket.com/albums/z...r/P9090043.jpg
Jason,
There are several ways you can make foam bodies real cheap, http://bigbluegill.com/photo/albums/...oam-body-flies http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...082205fotw.php You can use a piece of copper tubing to make a plug cutter for foam bodies http://www.warmfly.com/smf/index.php?topic=4718.0
http://riverbassin.com/forum/showthr...r-foam-poppers
I used to use an x-acto knife and steel straightedge, then went high-tech and bummed my wife's rotary paper trimmer to cut foam strips for hopper bodies; if I want to taper the ends I use scissors. Almost bought one of those River Road cutters for Crease Flies, but I realized how much other stuff I could buy (not necessarily any more important, just more stuff) for the $45, so I made cardboard templates that work just as well.
Regards,
Scott
Look at March 14, 2011 fly of the week...bikini spider...and use this...just segment it when tying into hook.
Nothing better for cutting strips like the old fashioned swing arm paper cutter...like your teacher (me) used to use. Total control of width of strip, and uber-fast..
The newer rotary ones work just as well on sheet foam.
Cheers,
A.
I don't bother with a cutter. Simply ttie on a foam strip witha taper cut back tip and segment the body with your thread as in the the Swedish Hopper by Nick Runarsson. (see FAOL site) After yhe body is attached you can add any combination of legs and wings. Just don't be too skimpy with the foam for floatation. Good luck.
Assuming you're talking about cutting hopper bodies out of craft foam sheets, you might try 'Decorative' Craft Scissors: http://www.michaels.com/Decorative-S...wilton&start=3, aka, 'Paper Edgers': http://www.tackleunderground.com/com...-the-easy-way/, they come in a wide variety of blade shapes . . . and altho I haven't looked at them up close and personal, these might also serve to cut body shapes out of thin foam: http://www.michaels.com/Scallop-Sent...skars&start=69 and http://www.michaels.com/Squeeze-Punc...skars&start=85