How To Make Fishing Bobbers from Wine Corks

hello I've got a bunch of old wine corks laying around and thought I'd make some fishing boppers out of them and I'm going to show you how I do it the bombers are made from wine corks and wooden dowels I found that 3/16 inch hardwood dowel works well I cut the dowel into 8 inch sections I don't even really measure that well I ended up cutting it down later anyway I drew a single 3/16 inch hole in each quark I use my mini lathe that I built from a cheap drill for this step and several of it the link in the description for my video and how I built it if you're interested I try to drill the holes as close to the center of the cork as possible and I try to keep them straight but I don't really spend much time fussing over it to be honest then I glue the dowel pieces into the corks and let the glue dry completely I use my homemade drill lathe to shape the corks I do the primary shaping with a strip of 60 grit sandpaper sometimes I have a shape in mind beforehand but usually I let the natural shape of the court dictate how I shape the bobber a lot of the bobbers I've made have traditional shapes but sometimes I go crazy and come up with some funky shapes a lot of times I do quite a bit of shaping but if I find a cork with cool printing I'm a new minimum shaping to preserve the text and graphics once the primary shaping is done I worked out a 220 grit sandpaper to get a nice smooth surface at this point I cut the dowel to its final size with the utility knife and I usually just eyeball the length whatever looks right for that particular bottle then I sand the dowel within the sanding disc attach my homemade lathe the bottom gets sanded flat and the top gets rounded over a bit next I take a standard safety pin and cut it so I'm left with the coiled part on the bottom plus about a quarter inch on each leg I use two pairs of pliers to bend these legs so that the parallel then I make shallow indentions on opposite sides of the dowel on the bottom of the bobber with diagonal cutting pliers being careful to only use a little bit of force it's easy to cut all the way through the safety pin coil legs slide into these intentions and they help hold the coil in place to keep the coil in place permanently I wrap it with plain polyester sewing thread a fly tying bobber is very helpful here there are links in the description to supplies if you do any fly tying or rod building you are probably familiar with this technique if you've never done anything like that it might take a couple of tries to get the hang of it but it isn't too hard I wrap all the way up to safety pin legs and then a little further up the dowel to finish it off I slip a piece of looped thread under one why name wrap another seven times or so then cut the wrapping thread while maintaining tension so it doesn't unwind from the dowel then I slip the cut thread through the loop and pull both threads until the loop is tight against the windings then I give it a quick tug to pull both threads back through the windings I hope the video makes it clear how it's done you may need to practice a little get the hang of it painting the bobbers is pretty straightforward I first dipped the bottom of the bobbers in gesso that's been thin one to one with water and slowly pull them out of a gesso I'll let that dry for about 20 minutes then dip the bottom in regular acrylic craft paint and slowly lift the bobber out I like to touch the coil to a paper towel to remove excess paint before letting the paint dry overnight I paint the top in the same way first priming with didn't gesso then painting with a crow and paint I use standard wooden clothes pins with the tips cut flat to hold the bobber as well dip in and they seem to work well once the paint is completely dry add a protective coating by dipping I've used polyurethane and spar urethane and both work but I think I prefer the spar urethane I usually do three or four coats of spar urethane following the directions on the can it's important to tend to any drips so you don't get a drip of finished drying on the end of your bobber functionally it's not really a big deal but I think the barbers look better without noticeable drips once the finish has completely dried the bars are ready to go so I think the bobbers turned out well they certainly look cool and they work well they're dirt cheap although they're a little time-consuming the make but you can make a bunch at the same time then it's not so bad and of course there's a certain satisfaction from catching fish on gear you made yourself I hope you liked the video if you did give it a thumbs up you can also subscribe to keep up to date with my newest videos you can follow me on twitter at makeup i won thanks for watching

Channel: Makify1

Views: 512,300

Keywords: wine cork, cork, bobber, float, fishing, Fishing (TV Genre), Do It Yourself (Hobby), DIY, lathe, wood turning, homemade, how to, how-to, howto, make

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Length: 5min 30sec (330 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 30 2015