CADD Crankbait

First step to your own lure manufactury ?

greetz , Dieter

Spoopa that is freakin awesome! Very very neat! Was that done with a CNC machine? Just out of curiosity, how long did it take to make that (just machine time)?

Jacob.

Fantastic job. You are leading the way at the forefront of technology.

Probably not practical for lure making directly, but for creating masters for molding or in my case, duplicating, this technology is perfect.

Dave

Yeah, I cannot figure out if the parts of the body have been made on a CNC machine, or you have just used an X-acto knife to make them

Anyway, that's quite a work (maybe more of a PITA in making them, than in designing the parts on a computer).

Now that you have the hang for it, you could make many other models. Great work.

Hey guys,

Thanks for all the kind words, much appreciated

The lure is made out of a ABS plastic that is printed layer by layer. The way that the printer works is that there is a clip of plastic and it is melted inside the chamber that lays down each line of plastic. Each line of plastic is about 1mm thick.

The total time it took for the printer to print the lure was 4 hours. Like Dave said this wouldnt be a very good way to make lures for mass production but for molds it would be great!

Thanks, Jacob

So was the 4hrs the "best" setting or "fast draft"

Cool stuff! That gizmo doesn't sound cheap.

So was the 4hrs the "best" setting or "fast draft"

Cool stuff! That gizmo doesn't sound cheap.

haha i dont know if there is a fast setting on that machine. I dont think it was expensive enough for that

can u dump microballoons in it

Hmmm... so how much do you think it would cost you per bait (assuming the plastic was suitable) to do? heck, you don't even have to paint it!

can u dump microballoons in it

Hmmm... so how much do you think it would cost you per bait (assuming the plastic was suitable) to do? heck, you don't even have to paint it!

When you made the lure on CADD you could make air pockets and fill them with foam.

Well cost of this lure to print was around 20 dollars due to the large size but a normal size crankbait.... around 2 inches long would be about 5 or more dollars.