Jig Man Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 I poured 6 dozen heads today 1/6, 3/32, and 1/8. Maybe 2 of the 1/16 had to be cleaned up. Several of the 1/8 and over 1/2 of the 3/32 needed attention. I am using the Victory hooks. I haven’t poured more than a half dozen at a time before. Those of you who have it what are you seeing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishermanbt Posted May 4, 2022 Report Share Posted May 4, 2022 Flashing around the Victory hook on a few of mine but nothing terrible or consistent. I modified my mold to also accept a 90° Eagle Claw and wire keeper. Had trouble with those flashing around the tie eye but that was somewhat expected. As for body flashing no issues with either hook style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted May 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2022 Mine isn’t bad just irritating. It is at the eye sometimes blocking half the eye. I may have to put some high temp silicone on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted May 6, 2022 Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 Jig Man, just so you know, the original non-weedless Midwest Finesse Jig mold did the same thing to me. I finally broke down and filled in the hook eye cavity with hi-temp RTV silicone gasket maker - Permatex. I was able to minimize it without the silicone but had to use the silicone to eliminate the problem. On my mold it seemed to get worse as the mold got hotter. I use an RCBS pro melt and found that slowing down the flow of lead did help but I'd still end up with too many with lead in or around the eye. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted May 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 2 hours ago, smalljaw said: Jig Man, just so you know, the original non-weedless Midwest Finesse Jig mold did the same thing to me. I finally broke down and filled in the hook eye cavity with hi-temp RTV silicone gasket maker - Permatex. I was able to minimize it without the silicone but had to use the silicone to eliminate the problem. On my mold it seemed to get worse as the mold got hotter. I use an RCBS pro melt and found that slowing down the flow of lead did help but I'd still end up with too many with lead in or around the eye. I had that same issue with the original one and did the silicone. I have a more recent one and it works good. I guess I’ll put some silicone in the eye sockets and see if that cures the problem. I hadn’t considered cutting down the flow but had considered cutting back the temp. Thanks for the info. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted May 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2022 I went ahead and filled the hook eye sockets I’ll check them out after it cures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted May 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2022 It worked flawlessly today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw4 Posted May 17, 2022 Report Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 5/7/2022 at 8:25 AM, Jig Man said: It worked flawlessly today. you dont happen to have a picture of this do you? i'd be interested in seeing how to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw4 Posted May 17, 2022 Report Share Posted May 17, 2022 18 minutes ago, Outlaw4 said: you dont happen to have a picture of this do you? i'd be interested in seeing how to do NVM lol i see the pic in the other post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
