WannabeeFishing Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 I have a pretty detailed half-side (it's actually a refrigerator magnet) replica of a bream. It's a good size to make a mold for a small swimbait, but it's only one side of the fish. Does anyone have a technique to reverse the image to make a mold for the other side? Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdman Posted February 4, 2009 Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Hey Wanna, In order to try and answer your question, I need to know what type of material would you be pouring into your reverse mold. Lead? Plastic? Composite? Some molding requires centrifical/centrifusual force and or injection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannabeeFishing Posted February 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2009 Birdman, first understand I'm new to this whole casting baits thing and am looking for projects to get me started. I haven't decided whether to do a hard or soft version. If I go with a hard bait, I'll probably use something like Featherlite or Smooth-on's heavier product. If I go for a soft bait, I'll use Plastisol or something similar. Either would most likely be a two part mold. Here's a snapshot of the item I'm trying to cast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foo G Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 The only thing that I can think of would probably be fairly expensive. If you took it to an upscale prototyping or machine shop with 3D scanning capabilities, they should be able to scan the model into a CAD software package as a dummy solid, and then mirror that dummy solid. If your goal was have an aluminum CNC mold made, it might be worth it. All that would be left is a little mold design work, some CAM programming, and then some machining. But, there's no guarantee that it will swim and behave the way you want once it hits the water. Some rapid prototyping services may have 3D scanning capabilities and could produce a complete RP version for you that you could use to pour your own molds with. But again, that will set you back a couple hundred bucks (at least). Sorry I don't have any cheaper or easier ideas for you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WannabeeFishing Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 That's most likely overkill for this application. Thanks for the input. One of these days, I want to get one of the copycrafter machines that Sears and other folks sell. Maybe that will have the software to do something similar. Thanks for your input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYqpHUNTER Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 looks like it wouldnt swim the tail is to short check lurecraft they sell two molds that are of bream or perch on is 2.5 inchs and the other is about 4 inchs the bigger one is made from a real fish it has good detail...........shane:twocents: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
