Dubbing Block

[cheeler]

After seeing Badger's dubbing brushes, I decided to build a simple one out of some cheap wood and a few parts that cost less than $10 rather than pay $70 for one that only had a 6" long narrow dubbing tray. I also used an old standard screwdriver bit so that most any power tool can be used to spin it. (I haven't tried the dremel yet, but that could be fun )

 

Dubbing tray is 14 inches long:

 

 

Hand knobs are for people with patience:

 

 

Wire tension can be adjusted depending on the gauge used by adjusting the lower knob. The wire is placed between the rubber washer and brass washers:

 

 

Dubbing brush twisted in less than 30 seconds:

 

 

Dubbing brush of UV purple and black peacock ice dubs (trying out bloom's leech patterns with this one):

 

[Badger]

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[Lundvike]

That looks really good man. What kind of wire or thread are you using for the brushes?

[Weedy1]

That's excellent Cheeler. You'll be making some nice looking flies with that rig. Good move making a long dubbing tray, it will come in handy when doing the larger flies.

[admin]

That is sweet. I love the idea of adding some power, and the longer tray.

[cheeler]

That looks really good man. What kind of wire or thread are you using for the brushes?

 

Thanks for the replies!

 

I can't recall the exact size of wire, but its 30 or 32 gauge, with a red plastic coating (which can be burned off). I've seen 36 suggested, but my only source for that right now is the fly shops, which probably means it would much cheaper somewhere else, but the stuff I have is plentiful and free for me since it's just stuff that gets used once at work for cathodic protection surveys.

[Badger]

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[Guest bigbadbrent]

Warren,

if you're not busy next weekend, wanna bring ur tube tying stuff by the shop and show me your setup?