smallmouthaholic

MEK

I guess these don't work any more? https://www.google.com/search?q=Drop+shot+stand+out+hook&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1

Wishing all TU members and their familiesa safe and healthy holiday season

Selling large numbers of chunks for years that had a patent- certainly not a smart move knowing Chambers @ Zoom will protect his interests w/ a legal C&D to those who copy and sell. It sounds like you support patent infringements on a smaller scale.! Have a nice Holiday season!

If they have a website,big brother has an eye on them! Competitors will dime them out.

I would appreciate you elaborating on your statement. Millions in revenue over a few days for soft plastic baits?

Patents are only as good as the money and lawyers you have to protect them.A basic trademark infringement suit can be expensive,but patent infringement suits can be prohibitively expensive- especially if you loose.If you create a new product and sell it,others can't patent it on a later date and send you a C&D. It gets real tricky and expensive when some changes are made to your patented baits and you object. Quoting the" Paper weights" Dave Mc1 mentioned concerning the production molds Carolina Mike had made- most patents have an expiring date so you write them(the molds) off on an accelerated depreciation schedule and continue w/ your business until the patents expire,then flood the market w/ them-if they are still popularand you're in business New plastic injection designs seem to appear every couple of months. 10k worth of molds is not a big deal to someone in the business full time. That said- Most,if not all posting on TU are NOT getting rich in the business

It certainly does- shows a lack of business / patent investigation maturity before spending the $ on production molds. Ed Chambers of Zoom protects almost all of his baits .You didn't need a law degree from Harvard to investigate Chambers/Zoom patents. You need deep,deep pockets to challenge the big boys and the $ to pay their legal fees if you loose in patent/trademark court Additional content concerning Zoom Baits- Interesting facts about Zoom: - 102 full-time employees and 52 part-time employees at full capacity - 45,000 packages a day can be produced when running at full capacity - 40 worms a minute per station and there are more than 30 stations - 8,000 gallons of plastic are used in about 10 days at Zoom. - 100 packages per case of regular to small baits and 50 packages per case of big baits - 303 colors on the books at this time - 40,000 square-foot facility

I believe Carolina Mike is no longer in business

I agree that baits that extrude secondary plastisol in a short period of time are messy.I believe the salt content of the soft-bait will draw in worm oil. Salted baits also attract moisture and can create one helluva mess w/ various plastisols.Place you freshly poured baits on cardboard for a week or so to remove excess oils I tried mineral oil years ago and I thought it made the baits harder and a bit smaller. Possibly there are different types of mineral oil

IMO and experience, a complicated and laborious set-up that puts more holes in the worm making it weaker. Nothing beats a properly designed and weighted hook that excels in simplicity,speed and performance

Mend-it contains MEK and will not hold small parts together- I 'm not aware of any plastisol glue that will do so

Good luck!

Use 2-3 coats of CS seal coat if you're looking for a spray able.easy to apply coat of protection. I agree w/ APdriver 100% that no top coat,epoxy or otherwise will last forever . I want to try Bob Smiths.brush on - 30 minute epoxy before placing the lead baits on a turning wheel to dry evenly.

My experience w/ hard packing 1- MF - does not happen-PERIOD! 2- Chemionics- separates but no serious hard packing- easily stirred 3-Spike-it-minor hard packing over time- easily stirred 4-Lurecraft- hard packs like concrete!

NO- not in my experience. However, it will gain moisture inside which- 1- Will be a problem if micro wave heated 2- Not a problem in heated in pots w/ a mechanical stirror

Correct-save the money and keep on guessing! I guess I'm old school. Many come on here w/ their problems associated w/pouring lead. Sometimes one has to chuckle w/ some of the responses. To each his own.

If you like 5-7 tails stuck together unless his finished product changed

Temperature and the source/type of you lead is very important but most here will not spend the $ for a digital pyrometer.

I put a double L bend on the wire that goes inside the jig to prevent the wire from pulling out. This causes the wire to rest closely to the end of the cavity. I manufacture 5 different types of wire guard jigs ,some w/ single and some w/ double wire. Small cavity jigs including tube jigs is where the problem arises. This problem bugged me for quite some time until I decided to try something and viola,problem solved- no more holes. Inserting a single ,coated wire into a tube mold ,without a double L bend that is resting just inside the mold, w/not cause problems. That said, they will pull out prematurely and I can't have that happen. Smallmouth bass have an extremely strong bite and will loosen up a poorly placed,insecure wire guard w/out L bends. That causes them to loose position and render them ineffective.

Aren't you the gentleman that blamed 3 RCBS pots for not melting your lead when you were using FREE LINO lead that can have a BRN rating up to 22? Gimme a break w/ your lack of expertise. BTW- Surflon 90 coated cable is extremely heavy for a tube jig and will cause the angler to to miss bass in cold water w/ their sluggish ,mush-mouthed bite. The aforementioned statement is based on years of experience and thousand's of wire guard jigs sold and personally used.

Here's your problem- If the wire guard is plastic coated it's reacting w/ the hot lead.You need to strip a short section of the plastic coating w/ these- Available @ McMaster Carr- not cheap but it will stop your problem if you're using coated wire

1- What is your source of soft lead ? 2- You must know the temperature of your lead a-A digital pyrometer is best b- infrared gun will not work on lead 3- what are you using to flux your lead?

I use 2 -6x4" woodworking vises attached to either side of the outside of my exhaust booth

With all due respect- hand pouring is for those who don't want to spend the $ for injection molds. I started out hand pouring 9 years ago and you couldn't begin to get me to do that neanderthal way of making swims,craws,creatures.lizards and worms-ever again. Too many caveats- not to mention trimming along w/ poor quality,finished product. !