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has anyone seen or posted plans for a crankbait copy machine.....$1,000,000 question maybe

Excellent videos! I especially like the cutter video. Never dawned on me to put the cutter on the base of the press!!!! Pretty obvious...except to me! Cutting the tails has always been the big obstacle for me.

I also use fingernail polish. It might chip now and then, but it's easily touched up.

Bob, Every time I see the tittle of this thread, I think you're talking about me!

Glitter and scents, bags etc, none of our old colorant.

Ditto, except beer was my poison. LOL

When I do Ice blades I have the same issue. Cadman suggested after painting and before curing to wipe off the overspray with some Lacquer thinner. It works good and my blades end up shiny as new on the back. I use a q-tip for small ice blades but for spoons a cotton ball or rag dipped in the lacquer thinner would likely be better.

This ^^^^ I paint mine using an .051 wire ran through the center, with a 90degree bend on the end (with the shoulder/barb down against the wire bend). I used to hang them from a wire to cure but paint so many inline spinner and slip heads, now, that I build a bunch of racks for baking. I use 5-6 wires while painting, by time I paint the 5th or 6th (size dependent) the 1rst one is ready to be removed from the wire so the wire can be reused. When you get to much paint buildup on the wire, a knife will scrape it off. If you paint with an open flame (like I do), you can also burn the paint off and have a spotless wire ready for the next time you paint. Almost forgot, as soon as I'm done painting, I push the head up past the paint buildup. It's a lot easier than letting the head cool then trying to get it to break free from the buildup.

I would think you could run a wire that is slightly smaller then the hole through it right after powder painting but before baking it to set the paint. The paint would be uncured so you would be able to push it out and the hole would smooth out after baking it. Baking to cure the paint would/could be difficult, have to hang on a small wire to cure. That's how I did buzz blades and the holes stayed open.

If just doing a few, you can use vise grips in a bench vise. I know Moore’s Lures makes a vise with a coil adaptor head, though I’ve never seen or tried it.

Alright I will give her a call, thanks!

If you email them or call them Pamela over at Dolphin Sports (they own what's left of the Hilts mold dies) is friendly and responsive. If the mold you want is still available maybe she would send you a picture or two. I don't want to speak out of turn of course I know she is very busy. Can't hurt to ask.

Google: Metallic Random Mesh Rolls Metallic Silver One of the links: http://www.bbcrafts.com/tulle-fabric/metallic-random-mesh-rolls/

Its a lace fabric. multiple layers of paint. @mdojet Loves painting with that stuff. Check with him, he is pretty good with it.