LimpNoodle

That's probably the one that Illinois casting uses. It's not that great of a system since it doesn't really cure the paint. It used infrared heating elements and the items are only "cured" for a few seconds.

Buy/build a bigger curing oven. My friend has one large enough to roll a rack into. Racks are 3'x3' and 6' tall. He can cure thousands of jigs at a time.

Why? It's not hard to cure the paint.

Here ya go. https://contenti.com/jewelry-casting-supplies/spin-casting/mold-making-spincasting/teflon-wire Down to .039". That size is $1.88 for 10 feet.

I received my Apex Anvil today and I'm impressed. The included base is plenty heavy enough that I can use it to hold the vise. The vise holds a 5/0 7150 or 635 hook with no problems. It has a thumb screw you can loosen to rotate the hook. It provides a very good and solid lockup and it's very easy to adjust the jaws. All in all I'm extremely happy with the vise. I paid $88 and change delivered on Amazon. Now I've got to order some more bucktails.

The opening is larger.

I used a lot of D2T thinned with denatured alcohol in the past. If I were going to do it today I'd use concrete sealer. Thinner coat, cheaper, much longer working life.

Hagen's has the pins also.

When/if the RCBS dies I'll take it off your hands. I have both. The RCBS is capable of releasing a lot more lead.

Fine pointed tweezers keep the finger tips cool.

I've got an Apex Anvil on the way. I'm going to tie bucktails with it. Up to a 5/0 hook. I'll review it when it arrives.

https://goo.gl/photos/LmLLzgFePSyCMYUc7 Here's the racks I made and use.

Lee pot won't pour 4 ounce head without a lot of lines in it.

https://goo.gl/photos/dV5Riid7FpJFCjdV6 Jig cooking rack Herring head underspin mold

I'll get the mold and forms and take some pics.

I've been able to put them in my mold either way.

Not my idea. Just learned about it myself a couple of weeks ago.

I use the rack that came with the oven. The wire in my rack runs front to back and that is what makes this method work. Get some threaded rod, I use 7/16 or 1/2 as I'm doing larger jigs. Now put one jig on each wire and then take a piece of threaded rod and roll the jigs to the back of the rack. Repeat till the rack is full. I just bought a new oven last month. I can do well over 200 1-1.5 ounce jigs at a time. This is the oven. http://www.walmart.com/ip/16503576 It cam with two racks. If I were doing smaller jigs I'd get some smaller threaded rod and use both racks. I've also used 1/4" x 1/2" angle aluminum and cut it to size to fit in the oven and then drilled holes in it. I used cup hooks in the holes and hung jigs and slabs from the hooks. Works great for slabs but the you can't get quite as many jigs as the above method. The aluminum is available at most any hardware store. I used 1/4" cup hooks which I had to order. You can either cut the aluminum to fit where the racks fit in the oven or modify the rack that came with the oven to support it. I found modifying the racks to work better as every oven I've seen only has partial support on the right hand side.

I'm kind of the opposite. The good stuff I fish. Anything else the rest of the people in my boat can fish.

I've learned to stay ahead of my needs on things like hooks and forms. If you need 100 hooks then order 200. When you get into the second 100 order another 100 or 200.

It always helps if you mention the hook model or at least the mold number. If it's the 3326 mold then it uses Eagle Claw 410/413 hooks which almost any tackle making supply house has in stock. Barlow's has the 413 up to a 7/0 as does Capt. Hook's.

Capt. Hooks = Shorty's retail arm. It happens. If it's mission critical then call first.

Fishair would be my guess.

I use the bend and twist or use the gate cutters. After that I paint and fish. I'm not looking for perfection on a jig head or slab.

I refuse to count those hooks and inserts. I know there's more than 2000 size 4 570 hooks in there alone.