cadman Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Does anyone have this mold? If so how is the fit of the components and how is the pouring? From the looks of the inside of the mold halves, the cavities look very rough. I have a customer that is looking for some and am looking for feedback. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 cadman, I am new to this site. This is my first post. I have this mold and love it. The key is pre warm it. I get it pretty hot then it works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Leatherhead, Welcome to Tackle Underground. Thanks for the reply. I have been browsing the i-net, and noticed that this mold is really course on the inside. I believe these are sand cast, however I've seen some poured heads, and they look really rough. Are your poured heads smooth or really course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Cadman, so far they have come out smooth. I think the key is getting the mold hot. during a pour, i will have some that dont pour all the way. I then reheat the mold. So far so good. before i had this mold, i used an ultra minnow mold that i had modified to accept an under belly wire. It worked good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I was going to do that to my ultra-minnow mold as well, but never did, as I didn't have a reason to until now. Guess I'll have to go out and get the mold as soon as I hear back from my customer. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Im new to this... but if you need some ,I can make them for you if you dont want to buy the mold and components. I can make them for you at whatever the materials cost so you can get them to your customer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 Im new to this... but if you need some ,I can make them for you if you dont want to buy the mold and components. I can make them for you at whatever the materials cost so you can get them to your customer. I'll let you know, and then we can discuss the particulars via PM's and e-mail. Thank You for the offer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leatherhead Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 you are very welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 you are very welcome. You have a PM from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpNoodle Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I've been casting this mold since it became available. Components fit quite well. I'm using VMC Barbarian jig hooks in it with great success. There's a lot of detail on the heads and they look quite good coming out of the the mold. I've got some of the largest size sitting on the bench waiting to be painted if you'd like some pictures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted December 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I've been casting this mold since it became available. Components fit quite well. I'm using VMC Barbarian jig hooks in it with great success. There's a lot of detail on the heads and they look quite good coming out of the the mold. I've got some of the largest size sitting on the bench waiting to be painted if you'd like some pictures. Yes, you can PM me some pics. PM sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 I've been casting this mold since it became available. Components fit quite well. I'm using VMC Barbarian jig hooks in it with great success. There's a lot of detail on the heads and they look quite good coming out of the the mold. I've got some of the largest size sitting on the bench waiting to be painted if you'd like some pictures. Post them here, if it's okay with Nate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted December 29, 2015 Report Share Posted December 29, 2015 It has relevance to the thread so a picture posted here would be appropriate. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpNoodle Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 I'll take some pics tomorrow and get them posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cadman Posted December 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Leatherhead,Thanks for the pic. I do have a question for you guys that have this mold. I see the bottom wire form has the opening to the back where you slip on the barrel swivel or ball bearing swivel, can you make the wire form opening face forward? Reason being, it would make more sense doing it that way then having a possibility of the swivel and blade coming off if the wireform is not closed properly. Just an observation. I also noticed that the finished head is somewhat smooth, so that is good for painting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpNoodle Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 I've managed to get the wire form opening to the front. I'll take a look at the mold to confirm something that's been bugging me about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodtimesfishing Posted December 30, 2015 Report Share Posted December 30, 2015 Cadman- I have the same thought every time I see one of those. Seems everyone has the opening facing the least ideal way. With the opening forward it would have less chance of losing swivel and blade. I would think it would fit either direction but I don't have the mold so I don't know, but curious myself about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom351 Posted December 31, 2015 Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 yes, you can turn the opening to the front. they come out of my mold pretty smooth, although the nose as cast does seem a little lumpy. only thing i dislike is to pour the 5/8 you have to tilt the mold when pouring or it wont get down to the hook keeper... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted December 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2015 Tom 351, Thanks for the info: "yes, you can turn the opening to the front." Well that is good to know, we are so used to see things one way,never understand why we just think outside the box. "they come out of my mold pretty smooth, although the nose as cast does seem a little lumpy." I have a mold ordered, so we'll see how mine pours. "only thing i dislike is to pour the 5/8 you have to tilt the mold when pouring or it wont get down to the hook keeper." I've had to do that in the past, no bigee for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter1 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 On related note; I am not happy with the standard blade clearance and would like to know if a homemade wire can be extended out through the bottom of the mold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom351 Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 (edited) On related note; I am not happy with the standard blade clearance and would like to know if a homemade wire can be extended out through the bottom of the mold the wire is pretty much pointing at the nose of the next cavity, except on the 5/8... the 5/8 can be extended...the others are only about 1/8th of an inch from the next cavity... Edited January 1, 2016 by tom351 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimpNoodle Posted January 1, 2016 Report Share Posted January 1, 2016 What size and type of blades are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
