Reaper lures Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 I have made and mastered the tube mold. I am not going into specifics YET because I going to talk with Del about having him make the molds from Aluminum. I will say this much it is a two piece mold and pours very much like pouring senko's. The tubes are hollow and the process is exactly the same as if you would have hand dipped the tube as a matter of fact I used a hand dipped tube to make my mold. I can pour a tube in about 3-4 seconds so as you can imagine this is allot faster than dipping. I will talk with Del and if he is not interested I will give the plans along with full instructions and pics here. The mold is easy to make and easy to pour I will keep you guy's posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redg8r Posted December 23, 2003 Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 will it pour a tube with a frayed tail/skirt?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper lures Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2003 Red, No you still have to cut your own skirt. Maybe Del could do this in his molds if he is so interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delw Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 In order to have the skirts built in you have to use and injector. Which costs pretty big bucks. hand injectors are kinda dangeious and alot slower than pouring. Yes they do poour as fast as a stick using Calhoun Plastic. The problem with tube molds is you can still get an air gap in about 80% of the baits(with other plastics), I got it down to where I get no airgap. using 2 size's. But I am also using calhoun plastic which I can get hotter, m-f plastic didnt not work so well. I havent tried lure craft plastic yet( I need to order some stuff so I was going to order a gal of that. I am going to put some text up on the site to explain this, cause I dont want people to buy something that they will have problems with. I am not trying to put a plug for Calhoun plastic but its just this plastic will get hotter and run more watery. Ive been playing with another way to get the skirt built into the the bait, its going to be an extra charge of about $50. Ive played with it a bit and it works pretty good so far. granted the molds will run about $150 but you will have a complete tube with no cutting. This will be avail after the first of the year. the regular tubes will be avail monday afternoon. I got only 5 molds made right now I am trying to get some more made before I sell them. cause I dont want people to have to wait for me to make them. I know most of ya have heard this before but like I said I want something thats easy to pour and works flawlessly before I let it out, I hate angry mobs LOL Delw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
