Hand Crafted Angling Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 Been lurking here for a while finally made an account. I made this rain bait mold on my 3d printer. The files can be downloaded here for free if anyone is interested:https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5471523 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
21xdc Posted September 12, 2022 Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 Those look great. What is the length? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand Crafted Angling Posted September 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2022 1 hour ago, 21xdc said: Those look great. What is the length? Thanks! They are a hair over 4 inches Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aulrich Posted September 13, 2022 Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 A quick question, I just got myself a resin printer, at least for proto typing can you get away with Standard "abs like" resin then print a "production" mold out of the high heat plastic, when you are sure the body works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand Crafted Angling Posted September 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 5 hours ago, aulrich said: A quick question, I just got myself a resin printer, at least for proto typing can you get away with Standard "abs like" resin then print a "production" mold out of the high heat plastic, when you are sure the body works. I’ve never attempted it I think the heat deflection temperatures of most resins is pretty low. I use petg for mold on my fdm and that works decently well. It’s deflection temperature is much lower than that of the plastisol but I’m not sure resin would compare. Plastic is a bad conducted of heat. I’m assuming your just trying to save on resin and money right? You could prototype single cavity molds or print out just the lure out of any resin so you can see it and judge if it will work or not. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aulrich Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 Yes, just managing costs I did get a bit of sticker shock, for me expensive filament is $40CAD/KG where basic resin is $80 CAD/kg and the high heat or flexible resins increase costs fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hand Crafted Angling Posted September 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 8 minutes ago, aulrich said: Yes, just managing costs I did get a bit of sticker shock, for me expensive filament is $40CAD/KG where basic resin is $80 CAD/kg and the high heat or flexible resins increase costs fast. That’s crazy the resin I’m using is $40 usd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aulrich Posted September 14, 2022 Report Share Posted September 14, 2022 Yea I'll have to do some shopping around, this was from a local shop and I don't mind paying a bit of a premium for shopping local but for at least the high end stuff amazon is cheaper. But I do like being able to get some thing in a half hour vs tomorrow so I will still get some stuff local. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
