Boogie1 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 I have only done 1 and 2 piece rtv and pop molds . I am interested in dipping blades I love the paddle tail baits. I have never tried any. I looked for a thread that talked about how to make blades but didn't find anything,. I have some ideas but thought you guys that have donw this already might save me some trial and error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redg8r Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 There are examples on here, one I remember involved modifying a butter knife. Do a search on "basstrix" and "dipping" There are commercial ones offered by a couple of suppliers also. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear21211 Posted February 1, 2009 Report Share Posted February 1, 2009 Looks like some good info on it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diemai Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 (edited) @ Boogie1 I have been making 100's of spoons and spinnerblades(1 1/2" to 4 1/2" in length) through many years , I cut these out of sheet metal , that I gather from the scrabyard of my work . For spinnerblades I most likely use 0,5 millimetre thick stainless steel sheet , also 1,0 mm aluminium is possible , but not as versatile , since it can't be shiny polished . All blades can be painted or decorated with decal foil , stainless steel blades also can be heated to red glow after polishing to achieve a dark blue/purple/brownish color . Copper and brass sheet of 0,5 mm would be too soft and easily lose their cupped shape due to bending , but for small blades it should work out . Thicker blades of those materials would be too heavy and spin at a quite slow speed . Those 0,5 millimetre and 1,0 millimetre aluminium sheets can still be cut out with shears , previously marking their outer shape on the sheets by means of a metal marking template and a marker needle . After initial cutting out they are ground to final outer shape(filing in a vise takes a lot longer) . To put them into the cupped shape , I utilize a smaller ballpeen hammer and a plane steelplate/anvil . Well , this was all in very brief , feel free to call back in for more detailed info , if you're interested ! greetz , diemai PS: After reading again , I guess , that I may be at a wrong topic with this kind of blades , I am sorry to have misunderstood , but though , I'm not quite sure ! But if it should be so , just ignore my post ! Edited February 2, 2009 by diemai Posting at wrong topic ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
