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I don't understand the question. Ben

The words "too many" and "lures" used in the same sentence? Excuse me?

Now a clever husband would turn his lure making skills to fashioning lure earings to match his wife's favorite shoes, and would, therefore, be blessed in his lure making endeavors forevermore. This from a man with three exes! I guess maybe my mistake was I made them all matching brooms instead.

At harbour freight they call them Helping Hands on sale for $2.99 http://www.harborfreight.com/helping-hands-319.html

If i stopped collecting fishing lures i would just go back to drinking and chasing women....And collecting lures is by far cheaper.

Tested a few baits tonight... the ones in question (turned milky) would "crumble/fall apart" when squeezed / twisted. I left them in straight acetone for 15 minutes... this may have been too long, but even still there was a difference between the feel of a "milky" bait and one I assume to be fully kicked. J.

Also, here's the link whereI learned about the light. http://www.thebassholes.com/bassin-forums/192-plastic-pouring-how-s/24633-lee-production-pot.html

Mike... Maybe I didn't explain it well. Lee pot coils are either full on or full off. There is a thermostat connected to the heat knob. When it reaches a certain temp in the housing, (ever noticed that the crucible on a plastic pot touches the housing and on a lead pot it doesn't) the contacts open, stopping current to the coil, when it cools sufficently (depending on where the knob is set) to close the contacts, full power is again sent to the coils. The light is wired in the lead between the thermostat and the element. Using the light. I can tell if my pot is heating or not when I get to about the correct temp. As the plastic cools, I can also turn the knob until the light just comes on (heating) instead of guessing how much to rotate the switch. I never run the knob on max temp and the light just lets me know if I'm heating or not. Another interesting think I learned from the Lee guys a while back. The plastic pots actually use a 220v element running on 110v to keep it cool enough for plastic (along with modding the open / close temp of the t/stat)

LMAO!!!! I agree with Mark. Skeeter

The dimmer switch dosen't have to be wired in, just buy the lamp, dimmer switch that is sold at lowes or home depot, plug the dimmer switch in and then plug the pot into the dimmer switch. Its that simple. Also do not bother with the small lee pots, they are too hard to clean, the larger pots has a much bigger pour spout and really are easier to use. I usually started my pots out on 4 or 5, keep in mind that this will very from pot to pot, no two are the same. It usually takes about an hour for the plastic to heat, halfway through is when you want to start adjusting the heat down, the main thing is you have to learn your pot and colors like white will not do well with lee pots.

I've been away from painting for a couple yeas now. I stopped when I graduated college a couple years ago and then I started grad school. Ive since got married and now I teach high school history and coach football, so I've stayed busy since I stopped painting. I've kept up to date on things by reading posts from you guys. I now have some time since we are in the offseason with football. I decided to pick it back up. I sold all of my stuff so I'm starting from scratch. First thing I wanted was a new booth design. I really like what I came up with. I've attached an image of it. The racks are on a lazy susan swivel and I went with hackle pliers to hold the baits. So far it's been great.