piddler
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patents can cost upwards of $7000 and you have to get an international patent too or china will rip you off which they will probably do anyway. if they think they can sell enough of your product, they will produce it anyway and take their chances. your patent lawyer should be willing to prosecute infringements. injection molding tooling is relatively expensive depending on complexity of your parts.
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the baits i've tried similar to that got tangled during the cast.
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i use protec white all the time and never had any problem. i use a flow bed and put in on heavy to cover casting imperfections.
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your powder is wet if it lumps.
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what is silicone hair? what do you do with coated wire?
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i've tried them all. Sampo swivels are the only way to go. the cheap stuff is ok for rookies but when you get really tuned in to what your spinner is doing, you'll see and feel the difference.
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i put my gates where the skirt covers it up and it doesn't have to be perfect.
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Cad what head design are you using? i've tried several and with soft lead, they've all wallered out where the wire enters the head after you catch a fish or 2. thanks.
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yes, that's what i use. i even put a spout and plunger in mine just like the little LEE pots. all the trash floats and nothing but clean stuff comes out the bottom.
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i thought plumber's lead was pure lead and very soft. i don't like soft lead for spinnerbaits. it lets the wire get loose in the head. use wheel weights.
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where's the best place to get the foam material to mold crankbait bodies? thanks
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i've seen those made by cutting the wire just above the bend and crimping the cable onto it with a metal sleeve. don't waste your time. the cable bends too easy and let's the bait get hung up and it's too limber to transfer the blade vibration to your line. it's even worse than titanium.
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nice jig. where do you get that skirt material? thanks
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all single blade buzzbaits run to one side or the other depending on blade rotation. you may alter this to some degree by bending the wire but it will still try to run to side. double blade buzzbaits with counter rotating blades will run straight.
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most of the problems were mis-alignment, excessive pressure, and parting line leakage. one bait would be thinner than the next. maybe the guy i was watching didn't make his molds right or didn't have the machine setup right. he also got a crud(not lead) buildup on the molds that had to be scraped off. he was the top molder in our area so i figured he knew what he was doing.
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can you use aluminum molds in spin casting equipment? i see a lot of inconsistency with rubber molds.
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the original spider jig used a plastic tube skirt with both ends slit into multiple strands followed by a double tail trailer. the head had a molded-in barb to hold the skirt and trailer and it also had a very heavy mono weed guard that was inserted into the trailer. it was amazing how the fish hit those things the first year or 2.
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sorry, I was refering to deep throat jig hooks.
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Does anybody else make a hook with the deep throat bend besides Owner? I like the bend but can't handle the price in the small packs. Or does anybody know where to buy the Owner's in bulk at a reasonable price? Thanks
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what about Rat Trap skirts? are they still in business? i know they were starting to get some of their stuff from Nam but i thought they made some too.
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silicone won't move in the water as much as the older style latex rubber skirts.
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i've tried every swivel i can find and have found none that spins as smooth and as long as a sampo. i've got a thousand worth's that i use on baits when someone is bumming. easy spinning is critical for slow speed blade rotation and less torqueing on the bait. when buying in volume, sampo's are about the same price. i use worth blades for the small front blades but the quality isn't good enough for the main blade on my baits.
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In my opinion, they're not as good as sampo.
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compare the textures of all vendors before purchasing large amounts of rubber. color is important but so is action.
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cable spinnerbaits are worse to get hung up in brush.