uncustered Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Has anyone tried to make a curved bill like the rapala scatter series? Can you heat and permanently reshape the circuit board? How would you make one?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Hazmail did a lot of work on this. He designed a tool for the job. Try this link, should get you started. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Saw somthing in member submitted tutorials about using hot oil to soften lexan for bending.... Havnt tried it yet, i gotta get one with a regular lip to work first... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobP Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I used hot veggy oil to heat polycarbonate until it became limp, then laid it on a curved surface of the shape I wanted, just as an experiment. It seemed to work pretty easily but it's a "touchy" process as far as how limp you want the polycarbonate to get, and getting the lip onto its mold without marring it, causing it to develop bubbles, or bending it while it gets too cool and develops strain marks. With some experimentation, you can probably work out a process but it's pretty finicky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aulrich Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Would it microwave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kajay920 Posted May 8, 2015 Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 I tried this a couple of times and had mixed results by using a heat gun.I just clamped it with some vise-grips, fanned it over the heat gun then molded it with a roll of masking tape or something round. first one came out great. the second one got too hot and bubbled. I have no idea about the circuit board and if you try the microwave I hope that you have a spare and not use tho one in the kitchen.... Just in case As far as performance went it didn't get erratic until it got to pretty high speed on the retrieve. At a medium retrieve it had a nice wobble but did not search. http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/gallery/image/12344-scatter-lip-crank/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
