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That looks really awesome! Btw. What kind of wood do you use to carve? I havent made a foiled lure in a couple of years but when I saw your video I now want to do it again :)! I have tried many types of foiling techniques. I generally like to put the foil all around the lure so I can use the airbrush to make a smooth transition between foil and paint BUT I didnt have any picture of any lures when I did so haha! /David

Here you are an European (German) solution. https://www.bleigussformen-shop.de/navi.php?qs=bullet Bye. Cami

action has a lot to do with design, Some baits will loose action in soft as well is in medium, Plastic itself don't define action IMO. Take a swimbait for example, to soft the tail is just a wet noodle, stiffen it up a bit, the body gets some of the action with it.

Not to be pessimistic, but if you are set on pouring this mold with bismuth/tin, I would advise against it. First of all the keeper barely holds on when you use lead especially in the really small size. So in my opinion this is a task that I would not even think of doing. Second, that alloy is so hard, that you will either have really good success getting the jig out or you will fight with it trying not to destroy the jig head. In my experience, the latter is more common. If you get to the point of actually getting good heads, painting may be an issue. You can hand paint them without any problem, however using powder paint will be a challenge. Bismuth/tin has a very low melting point, and it will usually melt if you decide to try powder paint. However if you paint and bake way below the melting point, than you should be OK. Finally, if you use Drop-out for a mold release, it works great for lead, not so much for tin/bismuth. To me it seems that when tin/bismuth cools it expands a lot making it very tight in the cavity. Just and FYI but almost all the lead free jigs I pour are a b$$$h to get out of the cavity except for the round head jigs. I hope this helps some. All said and done, if you want to go for it let us know your results, I'm curious.

If I were you, I would call up Lee and tell them the problem and how old your pot is. They may be able to fix it and test it with all new components for less than you can get parts and install. They may even replace parts for you for free. I have had 3 pots serviced by them and I was very happy with their work, customer service and turn-around time. I will tell you this, that as many times as I've had a Lee pot, they will all leak at some point in time. Some more than others.

Be careful with baitmold.com, ordered a mold that they said they were making. Finally arrived 3 months later but it wasn't anything like they said it would be, have been trying to return it, can't get them to respond to my emails. Buyers beware.

Are you going to make a two piece silicone mold? You can use clay that you can melt and then pour to the center line of the bait and you will get a pretty awesome seam line. I recommend this clay cause it is high quality stuff I used for at least 5 years. Chavant NSP (Sulphur free). And you can reuse it as many times as you want.

Looks exactly like the ones that come in the little Zebco kits when you buy a little 33classic. I have a dozen of them laying around. It's no-name Chinese junk, made for pan fish.... but they work lol.

I use those Essential molds and Baitjunky's medium degassed plastic, and don't get bubbles. Maybe you're stirring your plastic too hard. I use a metal coat hanger, bent so there are two long wires connected by an inch of flat at the bottom. It stirs without making bubbles.

Mark, I have tried this a long time ago and it did not work for me. What happened when I mixed black with green pumpkin, I got black speckles on green pumpkin. I would try a small amount first to see your results and write down your ratio. I haven't done this in awhile so maybe my memory is not 100% accurate. Let us know if it works.

Yes I have, they are in the Ukraine and as you could imagine its takes a while for the molds to come in. I ordered 5 molds and took right at 4wks to receive them. Edik is very helpful, Im currently designing a few custom molds with them right now just some common baits that i coundlnt find molds for in the US. If you dont mind the shipping time I highly recommend them. They have a facebook page as well.