Elrik

Thanks for the great feedback guys. FT5, i have sent you a pm.

Thank you for the great feedback so far guys. so far appears the lack of canadian retailers in this market is due to a lack of canadians pouring, or is it vice versa? : Fishon-son, thank you for the offer. I am driving with my family and can't really stop mid-drive in pursuit of my "crazy hobbies", but the offer is appreciated. I looked up Bait Junkies and they are about an hour away from my in-laws (which with Atlanta traffic could easily be closer to 4 hours!), so may reach out to them about stopping by for a pop-in. My main interest in pouring my own is for panfishing, so I am most interested in smaller molds, and I have been quite intrigued with the threads that arkansasman has had both here and on crappie.com about the making of his new mold in conjunction with these guys, and it is a mold I would strongly consider getting. Think I need to sign up for a membership on crappie.com and cross post there, as it seems there are several guys from the ATL area on that board and it is looking that I have a better chance of meeting up with someone while at my in-laws than I do here at home. As far as setup, that is one of the primary reasons I want to be able to work with someone else before committing myself. I don't want to spend the money on equipment to find that I can't get sufficient ventilation without major investment construction, but that will depend on how bad the fuming is. I have a library in the basement at the back of the house. The closet in the room backs onto the furnace room and there is a space where I can put in an exhaust vent that is currently unused that vents out the side of the house.I have a hood vent laying around from our kitchen reno a few years ago that I figured I could put in there, and then keep the microwave there, and I have a desk/workspace just beside the closet where I could do the actual pouring. The window for the room is at the opposite end, and I would plan to work with it open with a fan pushing air out as well as have one at the workspace pushing air towards the window. The only problem with this plan is that it would then rely on just getting passive air draw from the rest of the house and there would be no source of fresh outside air. Would this be a concern?

Hi guys. I have been lurking around reading posts and watching videos and am interested in getting into pouring my own plastics. I am trying to be realistic about it though, and don't want to jump in head first buying a bunch of stuff to find I am not that into it. My main concerns are that i will find the fumes too annoying or the process too tedious/dangerous for the rewards. To that end, i was wondering if there is anyone here on the forums who lives in the toronto area and wouldn't mind having me come over and join them for an hour or so one night to help out while they pour and get some first hand experience and decide if it is something i would enjoy doing or not. Alternately, if there are no Toronto people, i will be visiting my inlaws in Acworth GA for a week around Christmas if there is anyone in that area that would be willing to give me a quick intro to the hobby. Much appreciated Tony