mizer78 Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 I have been fishing Lake Erie and St. Clair for quite some time now, and figure that it would be cheaper for me to make my own tubes. Does anyone sell tube molds or could give me advise on how to make my own mold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Appears to be 2 different approaches to this, one is a mold such as the one sold by Delmart and the other is dipping like the devise sold by Lurecraft. Your start up cost can get as high as you will let it so consider other types of baits as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer78 Posted April 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Thank you for the info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastorshane Posted April 12, 2009 Report Share Posted April 12, 2009 Kmolds.com has a mold too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 I would do the math on how much you actually spend on tubes before you assume it would be cheaper to make them. The startup cost plus time plus electricity plus the learning curve adds up to a significant investment...and tubes are not the easiest to make. Good quality generic tubes are about $30 per 100. If you just want to do it because of the challenge and because you want to catch fish on something you made then that's different. Rarely is it cost effective to take up pouring to make a readily available bait like that. There are exceptions, like swimbaits which are so expensive and relatively easy to pour. Not trying to discourage you...new addicts are always welcome on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxfish Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Horizontal dipping is another option. Its nothing more than a small loaf pan, some metal rods and a hot plate and of course the plastic, glitter etc. It is labor intensive but does make some nice tubes. There's info on that on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigdestroyer Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Everytime tubes come up someone says, "Talk to bojon. He has a great system with a dvd, etc". I will be that guy this time. Talk to bojon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 Everytime tubes come up someone says, "Talk to bojon. He has a great system with a dvd, etc". I will be that guy this time. Talk to bojon. I will Second that !! JSC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizer78 Posted April 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2009 Thanks to all for the info.... Ive ordered the molds and looking forward to the end product... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
