cadman

I've been catching a lot of largemouth in a lake north of me about an hour drive on my jigs. A lot of fish in the 2 lb range and every trip out there at least a 4-5lb fish. But constant action all the time. At least 20 fish days every time out for a 6 hour period.

"Faw Shaw" it is mighty quiet. I think everyone is out fishing all of their new jigs.

If I lived closer,I would pick up around 500#. BTW PM me on how much you are looking for per/lb for the ingots. I may do a flat rate mail.

Try this place hope it helps. http://www.livingrubber.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=5

Scott, When Do-It came out with this idea I was skeptical. But I have several of their molds that accept flat eye and regular hook eye in one cavity and never had a problem. Definitely a good idea. Just my thoughts.

Excellent service and excellent prices.

I have plans that I've been sending this entire time to all who ask, so yes they are available. Are you looking for plans, or what are you requesting?

I have not used Columbia's as I have my own brand. But Columbia makes excellent powder paint, and you shouldn't have any problems with it.

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Bryan, Yes the screen name Cadman came from the fact that I've worked on numerous cad and nc software. I am a sheetmetal designer and programmer. I have been doing this for about 30 years, the last 18 on cad. I started with Cadkey, then AutoCad, Metalsoft and Profold in between and now I'm using Solidworks for the last 5 years. Yes knowing cad and 3d solids makes designing much easier. I have designed some lead jig molds for my friends and myself and it has worked out great.

The painted price is not out of line. It all depends if you are getting, 2d or 3d eyes if any and if there is more than one color paint. Multi-color jigs or spinner baits are very time consuming to do. Finally although not needed, but are they putting a clear coat over them as a final process. Just some of my thoughts and comments. In the long run it is cheaper to paint your own and if you can afford it pour your own. PM sent.

Tommy, The only reason I questioned you about the Do-It mold was not to offend, but was to give credit where credit is due and that belongs to Do-It. I have spoken with them many times, and they are very easy going and easy to work with. That is great that they will let you copy their mold. I will tell you like Sdsaw mentioned Do-It molds do not machine their molds only the faces, their molds are cast, which makes them affordable to you and me for $40.00 each. You will not get a machined mold for that price. If you want to have someone copy the poison tail mold be prepared to shell out some big money, there are many multiple contours in the jig face. Also it is much easier and cheaper to use high temp pins for what you want to do then buying a custom mold. Finally yes I would consider painting other poured jigs. However here are the criteria. #1 your jigs have to be flawless in the raw state. If they are not any gouges or flash marks will only be accentuated by painting them. I know my work and I've seen others. Some have high quality raw jigs and some are happy with sprue mark and minor defects. You can paint any jig but you can not cover up poor or shoddy prep work. Send me a PM on what you are interested in. I will take a look at your spinnerbait thread shortly.

Are you referring to heads being poured or are you referring to having this mold copied and duplicated without a weedguard hole. If you are referring to the latter, that design belongs to Do-IT molds and if I were you I would not copy it. Or you better ask Do-It molds for permission if you can do that. Also it would be very expensive to make a mold like that with all the features.

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Yes, you can cut your base hole pin just short of the head where it protrudes into the mold and then file the remainder of the lead off after it is cast. It looks really good as I've done this many times. Or you can use high temp pins shown in white in the pic below. You still have to file the head. I don't use metal pins anymore they are a pain in the a$$. If you ever do a lot of jigs, the metal pins many times are hard to pull out, and many times I've gotten stuck with the hook. Once you go high temp pins you will never use a metal pin ever again.

You are absolutely correct his work was excellent, and I commend you for sticking by him. But let's face it if you can't deliver for months and then years and you collect the money and don't respond to numerous phone calls and emails well I guess it catches up to you. You can't run a business that way either hire more people or you will have some real big issues. I wouldn't wait 6 moths or a year for anything unless it was a lottery payment. I do have another source for mold making. This guy is just starting out. If you are interested let me know.

Hi Jerry, Happy belated birthday, hope you had a good one as well.

Romeo thanks for your feedback on the product and glad you like it.

Doesn't surprise me. Haven't you kept up with all the reports, on this site and other sites about him. There are very many un-happy people.

BBK I'm glad you like it. It's funny because I have the same complaint although I would rather have that than half filled pours or voids in my jigs. I have a lot of customers who like smaller hooks in the Do-It molds, and like you mentioned when I pour, since the hook wire diameter is slightly smaller, the lead fills really well and some might go down the shank of the hook. It's not a really big problem, but it shows you what a little mold release spray will do for you. **For those of you guys who haven't tried it yet, you don't know what you're missing as far as ease of pouring**

Yes she is absolutely correct they will refurbish it for half the cost. On another note I know mine isn't as old as yours, but I bought my original in 2002 and it still works to this day no problems. Poured a lot of jigs through that pot though. For the money you can't beat a Lee IV bottom pour pot .

I don't have any of them, however I've seen what they look like. If the flexible lip is not glued on then I don't see why you can't slip it off and paint the head and slip it back on again. It may be a tighter fit after painting but it shouldn't be a problem.

jnurn, Like everyone stated above all good places to buy components. For lead you can buy it here as well http://www.rotometals.com/ On lead molds I've been buying them lately from http://www.zeiners.com/

I hope she doesn't read TU and know your screen name.