patrick reif Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Just a quick survey. I just ordered another mold from Basstackle. A 2 cavity 2.5" Paca chunk for JNP. This will be one of the last molds I'll order and will bring my inventory up to 4 aluminum molds for plastics, 3 rtv molds and 2 jig molds. I want a hollow bodied swimbait mold and the 5" Kalin style grub mold as well...maybe a tube mold one day, but I'm about done. Keep in mind that I'm only pouring for myself and a couple buddies, and will only go through about 1 gallon of plastic a year. How many molds do you guys have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 right now i have 230 molds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 If it was just for me and my buds, I'd say I'd need about 8 styles, in maybe 2 sizes, and probably 10-15 of those molds each... I have just sold around 50 molds but I have around 500 with many being 3-5 cavity molds. I just added on many hand injections molds so I can do some styles that were limited with hand pouring. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 That's like me saying I'm only going to have a couple beers I haven't counted my molds...I'm guessing 150 or so...most are home made but I have some LC RTV. Most are POP. I don't own an aluminum...I'm a member of the old school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 I haven't counted my molds...I'm guessing 150 or so...most are home made but I have some LC RTV. Most are POP. I don't own an aluminum...I'm a member of the old school. Some of my best, fish producing molds are "old school" pop and durham's!! Just like saying the boat doesn't catch the fish when you see a 50,000+ boat ride by!!!! Aluminum molds don't make the baits any better for sure but I do wish I could upgrade my boat to a $50+ deal!!! LOL!!! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piscivorous Pike Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 I have a plastic storeage bin full of molds, about 40-50 in POP, DWP and RTV (even home made H2O accelerated RTV). I only pour for myself and buds; I have no commercial molds, make all my own, (part of the fun!) I have a duffle bag full of different color patterns of the lures that I fish with and it weighs about 35#'s! There is one jerk fluke design with many variation, mainly different sizes and have 3-5 molds per each, (4 styles). Same for some fluke/slug combos. Got a copies of the javallon and a 9" reaper too. One sytle of swim bait and miscellaneous molds, a few odd ball stuff that I have a single mold for. I started making molds and melting down soft baits to pour years before the internet but never got deep into it. Then I found a killer fluke that was no longer made and I wanted some copies and that is what propelled me into TU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 That's like me saying I'm only going to have a couple beers I haven't counted my molds...I'm guessing 150 or so...most are home made but I have some LC RTV. Most are POP. I don't own an aluminum...I'm a member of the old school. I'm with you except for the beer;lol. I do have 5 aluminum molds and a few rtv that I very rarely use(thinking about selling them). 99% of my molds are pop and are of my own design. Old school is the way to go for my money; the "latest and greatest" is not always the way to go. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
