Fireball Lures

Hey I haven't looked for any lately but when I use to make 16" worms I got my bags from veripack and from what I can remember they were pretty reasonable. They have all different sizes and thickness bags. Nathan Firebaugh

I think this number should work 706-629-9077

I used LC plastic for years then got turned to Calhoun by the guys here and I thought plastic was plastic.... boy was I wrong. Calhoun's plastic seems to be a better quality and much softer and feels more life like to me. I got a 5 gallon sample free and never bought LC again. Call them and get a sample and give it a shot. Nathan Firebaugh Fireball Lureshttp://www.LunkerCabin.com' rel="external nofollow">

Some of you guys might remember me figured I would drop in and say Hi to all you guys here at the forums, haven't had alot of time to make lures up until now and I think I'm gonna try to get back in to the swing of things this year. I have alot of new ideas and stuff to share once I get some pictures I will post them. Tournament season getting ready to kick off next weekend I'm trying to get back into that also fishing the BFL events in the shenandoah division this year as a co-angler to get my feet wet again. The website looks great and it's come along way you guys keep up the good work and I'll let you know how the tourney goes. Nathan Firebaugh Fireball Lures

Once you have the machine setup and operating properly which takes time and some trial and error. The software is the biggest learning curve to the whole project I would recommend taking a class at a local community college on the CAD part which would help out greatly. The software that runs the machine isn't as bad as I first thought it does take time to setup and get properly adjusted and working correctly but comes with pretty good instructions that can be dowloaded and reviewed. The servo's you are talking about 200 oz in. probably will work good not sure if you're going direct drive or with a pulley configuration? I have ordered 258 oz in. steppers for mine and at the moment I am running some 116 oz in. steppers that came with my controls using direct drive method I can't run high feed rates and it doesn't have enough holding torque for large cuts. Nathan

Most large companies use injection machines and alot of the smaller companies just own the molds and have different comapnies shoot the plastics for them. Alot of the smaller guys here use production pots or something similar holding up to a gallon of plastisol at a time. The injection machines are huge and can produce a large volume of baits in one shot, these molds are custom made and can have as many cavities (or baits) as size permits. Hope this helps you out. Nathan

I have invested about $1,600 total in my project machine total including software Bobcad v17, this doesn't include trial and error parts and other materials I have purchased which I could not use. It takes alot of patience building one of these machines and I had no prior experience in anything like this before. I purchased the same mill you are talking about and have converted it to cnc using a kit from kdn tools. I can give you all the info and specs on the stuff that will work with this mill if you would like them. I need to still do a few things limit and home switches and purchase a few more tools for my project but I am happy with it so far and you can do alot more than make fishing lures with it. I have been doing some engraving with it for some friends who own different shops, as my first cnc projects starting out small to figure this machining process out but I must say it's a very interesting hobby. I still have alot to learn and have made some mistakes and would be glad to help anyone who is thinking about getting into this type of project.

I finally have almost finished my home built converted cnc mill, it is a small machine which I bought and converted to a cnc machine using Xylotex drivers and stepper motors. It wasn't too bad of a conversion and I plan on building a cnc router from scratch next and it will be a larger footprint machine capable of doing more than what I currently have. There are many cnc forums to help any of you guys build your own machine if you would like any info I would be glad to help out. The 4 axis software I believe you can run Mach2 if I'm not mistaken it can run 6 axis. Nathan

Thanks Chris but I am the one looking for sponsorship Trying to find some sponsors to allow me to fish this BASS open tourney, the old David vs Goliath thing. Nathan

If anyone here has any good ideas on ways to find sponsorships let me know, I am trying to work up a one time deal to fish the upcoming BASS northern open tournament being held on my hometown lake here in VA, which is my testing waters for my baits. Anyone who has luck in the past picking up sponsors you guys can help me out a bunch. Nathan

Sounds like my experiment with aquarium salt, but sounds like your case is mild. Has the salt been sitting in an open container it will draw in moisture from the air. Thus when you add it to the plastic you are adding a small amount of water to the plastic which creates the bubbles. Nathan

I have had that problem with some two part molds due to shrinkage in really cold weather but never on a two part mold, it seems to happen more with aluminum due to the better heat transfer capabilities of a metal rather than a silicon mold. Nathan

Hey guys I have a 6'9" Kistler Drop Shot rod that I broke the tip on putting it into my boat last weekend during a tournament. I've never built rods or even repaired one before but the tip broke about 2" below the top eye on the rod tip. Is there any hope in fixing it or do I just get a new one, just wanted some more opinions before I spend another $169.00 for a new one. Nathan

The smaller baits also seem to work well for me in the summer time and sometimes catch big fish. Glad to see some alot of new faces around this place, it's been a while since I have been here. I'm just getting back into the swing of things and have some really exciting stuff to share with you guys in the coming months. Nathan

Hey Del I got the Sieg mill it's the one from Harbor Freight (no shipping charges) I talked to a guys who makes table top injection machines and asked him what he uses to make his mold and he told me how he did his mill. So i pretty much copied his mill, it's a 3 axis mill with a kit from www.KDNtool.com, I purchased the steppers from ebay and the drivers from Xylotex. I think it will be a descent machine to play around with, I did my homework and looked around alot before I bought anything. It's still gonna take me sometime to get it all together and up and running but I'm not gonna rush it. I think it will do alright for what I wanna do but we will see. Nathan