flipfloppers materials

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Comment by Greg McWilliams on July 30, 2010 at 6:34am

Kirbaer, I don't have a drill press, some guys at SmallMouth rendevous were doing this a couple of years ago. Sounds like if we need flipflops we need to see Keith!!!!!!

Comment by Matthew J. Breuer on July 29, 2010 at 10:24pm

Awesome idea! Thanks for the directions!

Comment by klrbaer on July 29, 2010 at 9:29pm

That's what I'm talking about. This works good. I mounted the pipe in my drill press and used it to cut them out. The drill press was NOT on. I ust used the handle to move it up and down to cut them. I placed an old cutting board under them. Works great.

Comment by Keith Owen on July 29, 2010 at 7:07pm

Greg-

The tornado in May tore a path through the state park where I work. During part of the clean up volunteers picking up trash and debris filled an entire "contractor" size trash bag with nothing but flip-flops and pieces of life-jacket foam. One of my maint. techs snagged it all to use for sein floats and trotline bouys!

Keith

Comment by Greg McWilliams on July 29, 2010 at 5:58pm

It is simple and quick to make but are not as pretty as your's are Steve. Hope you don't mind me sending folks to you for detailed instructions. Afterall you wrote the book on that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Greg McWilliams on July 29, 2010 at 1:47pm

John, Bassandgrass is correct I punch out the bodiies using the nipples and a hammer. You can get the nipples at any hardware store maybe 4 or 5 dollars if that much. I grind off the threads on one end so it will go thru the flip-flop.
Then I take a large sewing needle run it thru the punched out body and slide it on the hook.http://www.bigbluegill.com/photo/making-mickey-popper-step-1?contex.... Steve Miller show that on his mickey popper.

Comment by Bassandgrass on July 29, 2010 at 8:16am

looks like he punches them out with the pipes and a hammer?

Comment by John Sheehan on July 29, 2010 at 6:44am

Very resourceful Greg and the poppers look great!


Where do you buy the pipe nipples ?Are they expensive ? and please explain the process of drilling out those bodies.

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