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Great job Apdriver. Do you also have cavities cut into the other half of the mold? And did you do this using a Dremel tool?

Here's the homemade rack I use. I bought 2 of the galvanized plates used to nail 2x4s together. Drilled holes in them for a couple of small diameter threaded rods. On one plate the rods are secured using hex nuts. One the other plate, wing nuts. I got a sack full of small flat washers from an industrial supply house and put them on the rods, then the free moving plate and wing nuts. I can hang my jigs on the rods using the washers as spacers. Then tighten the wing nuts to hold them tight. I flip the rack over then so my jigs are standing up. This prevents any excess paint from making a cone head.

Thanks guys, I ordered the smaller sized spoon forms from Barlows. I use the process of elimination to solve a lot of problems it seems. Lol

I ordered the spoon wire forms from the Do-It website. They only gave me one option on the size, so of course I got the wrong one. I now see in their catalog they have two sizes of the spoon forms. They must be out of stock on the smaller size.

Thanks for your input on this guys, but I'm a little confused. Here's a pic of the Do-It spoon wire form and the WEY375 wire form. The loop end is way too large to fit in my mold.

I'm gonna try to cut these forms and see if they'll work for me. I'l try a circular bend to hold it in the head better.

I've been in contact with an engineer with Do-it about the WEY375 wire forms and he's been very interested in my problem. Here's a picture I emailed him showing the newer form on the left and the older form, which fits my mold, on the right. There's obvious differences.

Another way to get a splatter effect is to use a small piece of sea sponge. Wet the sponge and squeeze the water out. Then lightly touch the bait with a small amount of paint.

Thanks Toadfrog, I just ordered 100 of the hammered spoon wire forms from Do-It. I'l give them a try.

Thanks Cadman. I think Do-It may have just made a bad batch of wire forms. I ordered some more from a different online supplier where I'd gotten good ones before. The forms I'd been using for about a year had a gunmetal, dark color to them and they would stay in place in my mold. These I got recently were an aluminum color and wouldn't stay in place in my mold. I'l call Do-It tomorrow. Thanks

I own the smaller version Do-It mold for the Herring Head Underspin jigs. They require the WEY375 wire form for attaching the blade assembly. The last wire forms I got from Barlows Tackle were a silver, instead of a black color. They won't fit my mold either. I've emailed Do-It without any response. Has anyone else had problems?