I’m working on 7” glide bait, and I started by gluing two 1” boards together to give me the right thickness and a center line. The issue I’m running into is that the dry glue is pushing the drill bit slightly to one side while I’m drilling for hook hangers and joint hardware. Any solutions out there? I’m sure it doesn’t help that I’m using white pine.

vise and a drill press?

1 hour ago, Rockhopper said:

vise and a drill press?

Yeah that’ll probably do it 👍

In case anyone has the same issue, other answers given were:

A three layer sandwich.

Use a sharp awl to poke a pilot hole 1/8-1/4” so that the eye emerges in the middle.

Only use one piece.

 

Drill press, fence and clamps. This is simple stuff. Get some books and watch some videos.  

2 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Drill press, fence and clamps.

If you don't have a fence for the drill press, just clamp something in place on the table...I do milling work with my drill press by clamping a pair of angle aluminum lengths to the table and running the piece between them.

 

If I need keyed rods, I don't pay the excessive price for them, just get blank rods and mill out the keyways I need on the press.

The table should have a channel or at least some holes to screw in a fence. Mine is just made from scraps and a pricey strip of maple to sit in the channel. However you make the tooling, the concept is the same. I'd also be questioning the clamping on the glue job. Wood glue shouldn't be so thick that it causes bit chatter. 

Thanks for all the tips! Still new to lure making and for the most part woodworking  in general.

I recommend getting into some beginner videos that focus on the workshop tools. Building jigs, sleds, fences, and other tooling was was really eye opening for me. 

Having run a cabinet-making business, I'd recommend Peter Korn's book as one of the best out there for a beginning wood-craftsman. While geared more towards furniture and such, many of the basics in this book apply to all aspects of wood-working

Action is an 8/10, paint is a 6/10, if it catches fish I won’t care about either! About 9” and 6.2oz before hardware.