I got tired of trying to monitor Steve’s Lures to buy Paul Browns so I decided to make my own. It’s taken me about 4 weeks and it’s not perfect but I finally have a process that is consistently producing. I’ll post more colors this weekend….and yes I used a 3D printed mold!
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how’d you get the rattler in there?
small rubberband
I think I’ve got the design where I want it. Does anyone know a company that can CNC an aluminum mold?
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Got my mold. They come out perfect! You can see how many iterations it took…this work is very challenging but the 3D printer made it possible to learn from my mistakes
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Does this one rattle?
Looking great!!
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Looks really good and professional.
This is so cool!
If you need more molds I can get them done on the cheap. I get a lot of CNC work done and have a few great shops that we work with.
Thanks @snickers ! I’ll be in touch. I’m fighting deflection with my current mold. I have to hold pressure several minutes to avoid it. It appears that I need more venting. Let me know if you have any thoughts.
Making progress with the dotting brush. The orange and chartreuse are really for an air brush gun. But putting those colors on top of white really pop! Almost looks as bright as an LED!
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I’ve been working like a chain gang convict for about the same pay, but I intend to give your lures a good workout reel* soon.
This week my psoas is in full revolt, but I got a plan for when the weather breaks.
They look great
I think I’ve got the process down for the internal core of the Killer. Here’s a pic of the final step where I vacuum seal the foil around the cork and rattle. It’s hard as a rock. Next I’ll trim the foil and coat it in bonding agent for the plastisol.
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These turned out pretty good. The purple insert was put in the current baby trout design. The green was inspired by the old Christmas tree green grubs. After thinking about it. I should have put a red eye on the Christmas Tree Killer….i fished a red jig head with those grubs.
I’m now having a problem with scorching the plastic. The process requires stirring that I have to do by hand but I have to stop stirring when injecting.
I’ve got a design in my head for an automatic stirring setup with a stepper motor and mcu.
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Have you considered something along these lines…
https://a.co/d/675n9iu
Im truly enjoying watching your progression. Thanks for the behind the scenes access.
@StumpNocker I looked at those. Metal pot holds heat better for plastisol so the magnet spinner would not work.
I went with a hot PCB bed with a PLC controller. $60 bucks on Amazon
Also using a $20 toaster from Big Lots to heat up the mold
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