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1 hour ago, mark poulson said:
You can also use a drill press to extend the hook eye spot so the larger hooks fit.
That is what I was thinking. I will try the other hooks mentioned first. then decide if that’s the route I want to go with milling out the hook placement on the mold
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How much heavier is the 604 hook?
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1 hour ago, smalljaw said:
The reason the hooks don't fit is the 604 the mold calls for has a shorter leg than the other hooks. Try a VMC 7249 or the Victory 10604, both of those should work.
I will try those hooks. On the other plate out of the view of the camera it also says eagle claw 570 or 575 hook. I tried a 3/0 red 570 and it fit better but, the hook is still a tad off center and crooked
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I bought the do-it mold GRC-7-A. Which, is the gama swim head mold. I would like to make light wire swim bait jig heads. With the mold I purchased 1/0,2/0, and 3/0 eagle claw L3052 light wire jig hooks. The 1/0 and 2/0 work fine. However, the 3/0 will not fit in the 1/4oz spot. I have the gama 114 and owner 5101 lite wire hooks in 1/0 and they will fit in the 1/16 spot
Even when I try the eagle claw 570 3/0 hook it is slightly crooked. Should I try differnt brands of hooks like the gama 114 in 3/0 or the owner hook? Can I kill out the eye slot further to the right with a dremel?
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On 6/1/2022 at 10:29 PM, Kasilofchrisn said:
You might try Bob lalonde at cNc molds N stuff.
http://www.cncmolds.com/webstore/
He's made a couple molds for me and I'm quite happy with them.
I will try and contact them. I looked through the web site but, didn’t see anything close.
there is a mold maker cnc-works on eBay that I sworn had one very similar but, now I don’t see it.
there is way more than enough of a market fir these. I might have to just develop a prototype and go from there.
I don’t have a spin cast machine though. Just my lee electric ladle
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I need a couple molds to produce a 3/4-1 oz walleye jigs ( see picture). I want the jig to look like the picture but, bigger. Do-it does not produce the walleye jig in that size. 5/8 is the largest size in the mold I currently have. I understand it’s going to be more money, like possibly $200-300. Who do you suggest I go through?
I need it to make jigs for the Detroit river next spring. The molds would have paid for them selfs already if I had them.
im hoping after this next order to have made enough profit to buy them and not use my own money.
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Ok thank you. I will get a hold of them. I had 8 bad total and I believe they shorted me 4-5 hooks also.
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So I had a customer order 100 1/2 oz sickle walleye jigs. The hooks are eagle claws. I go to start pouring them and right off the bat I find 5 hooks that didn’t have the hook eyes formed. I bought from LPO. Is this normal or just the nature of the beast? I guess I should order more than 100 hooks at a time. Luckily the customer agreed to sub in 5 Mustad black nickel hooks
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On 4/8/2022 at 7:01 AM, mjs said:
I use candy if I want something under to show through, but if you want a straight orange color why use a candy and have to go through multiple dips when you could use an opaque regular orange and get darker look with one dip? Less runny and fussy. Unless I am missing something I can't see in the picture.
I agree with Smalljaw. I bought an oven thermometer that you put in the toaster oven(temp way off). Don't have to buy a new oven. New one likely to be off too
That’s just what the customer wanted. I guess I could have steered him towards disco orange. Eventually I’d have to learn how to do it any how
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4 hours ago, Kasilofchrisn said:
They look good to me as well.
I gave up selling jigs a few years ago and I'm sure glad I did.
It certainly was more hassle for me than it was worth with a quarterly taxes and all that crap.
The good luck to you and your jig sales venture.
Thanks, things had started out slow. However, within the last 4 days I’ve sold 100 jigs. Hopefully I’m making more than what I owe in taxes. I still need to get with the tax lady. I was waiting for tax season to be done.
I had been kicking around this idea for a while and finally found a job that would allow me to do it. As soon as I get the courage up I’m going to go hit some bait stores up .
Bass jigs have been slow but, the season is young. Walleye jigs are going like gang busters. I figured I’d have local sales but, All if mine have been out of state
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11 hours ago, Apdriver said:
Really nice powder paint on these jigs. I don’t see anything wrong. Sometimes we are, as tacklecrafters, our own worse critics. You should be proud of those, for sure
Your right. I think I was imagining problems that weren’t there as this was my first big sale.
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On 4/4/2022 at 4:35 AM, smalljaw said:
You said you are curing the jig at 275 for 30 minutes, right? Are you using a toaster oven? If you are, is the 275 what you set on the dial or did you check the temp with an oven thermometer?
If you are using a toaster oven and just set the dial at 275 that is probably your problem. Toaster ovens are notorious for being off......By a lot! I have my toaster oven set at 325 and the actual temp is 354, that is 29 degrees. So if your oven is off by say 25 degrees, it is only 300 but 30 minutes at that temp is probably too long.
Your right I have no idea what the actual temp is. It’s a 30 dollar one from Walmart that I bought almost ten years ago. So who knows what it’s actually at. when I get more money coming in I will buy a better toaster oven
so I did make more jigs. Heating them up just so the paints gets dull did get rid of the running problem. I re-dipped in the candy orange twice after the white. Candy orange was still light after curing. So heated them up again for 4 seconds on each side and re dipped another 2 coats. After the 2nd curing they looked good. So I’m at least on the right track now.
So I totally re-learned on the fly how to powder paint in the fly . However it all came out good
the candy orange ones are top right.
These just went out to Wisconsin. I originally messaged the guy to tell him I needed an extra day due to the issues with the candy orange and needing the time for the epoxy to cure. They guy was so impressed after I showed him the picture he bought 20 more.
the 30 minute thing came from a you tube video and basic premise was lower temp longer time as to not discolor the hooks. It is probably to long. When I cured the last batch I did kicked the temp up to 300 for 20 minutes
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Next time I make jigs which, is hopefully soon. I will cut the heating time as you guys have suggested. Thanks
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It is a short time frame. I only mix a little up at a time. Maybe a dime size dollop of resin and hardener. I can usually get 5-6 jigs out of it before it starts setting up
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3 hours ago, Jig Man said:
How hot are you heating the heads? By that I mean is the paint shiny or dull when you dip it? If it is shiny, try less heat on both coats. Dull finishes produce a thinner paint coat and are less likely to run.
It’s shiny. I held it over the heat gun for a 15 count. White I dipped once. the orange twice because, I didn’t think the orange was dark enough
I have this issue also when I use make up brushes for the 2nd color around the eye. Any where else on the jig I don’t have an issue
so maybe next time I’ll cut how long I heat the jig
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5 hours ago, Apdriver said:
Are you dipping straight from the jar or using a fluid bed?
Fluid bed.
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Devcon 2 tom epoxy. As long as it is mixed right it is simple to apply and works well. If the jig does chip. The chip is isolated to a little spot instead of taking a bunch of paint with it.
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So I am having issue with paint running from the eye of the hook. When using a base coat and than another color on top of. I’ve tried adjusting curing times and it helps only a little bit.
in the photo example I used a white base coat. Let it cooled and than re heated up with heat gun and than re applied candy orange.
Also, it looks like my candy orange is migrating down the while curing. I’m using the clamps from tj’s tackle. Would that be from curing to long? I do a lot of disco colors for walleye. I’ve found for the disco colors it’s best to do at 275 for 30 minutes. I’ve been applying that to all of my jigs to cure
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I installed fast eddy bearings ( which aren't as good ceramics but, better than stock) in my slx and it did gain a bit of casting distance. I’m actually replacing the bushing in the slx with another bearing from fast Eddie’s. Like I said they are not as good as ceramics but, you get 8-10 of them for $12.99 and they come with removable rubber seals on the sides.
I went this route for my sub $120 bait casters IE black maxx, pfluegar supreme, Quantum accurist, and slx. More expensive than that I’d probably spend the money on ceramics.
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New mold came why I was up north from lure parts. It is 1/4-1/2 brush jig mold. It works very well for large rivers. When I mean large rivers I’m talking From 6ft-30ft deep. 3rd picture is of a jig I bought via ebay already painted but, added my own skirt. So this will go with my flat eyed arkie 1/4-1/2, poison tail 1/2-1 oz bass molds.
cought a lot of smallies on the Tittabawassee last year using a black and blue skirt/jig with black and blue chigger craw.
I just have to work on making a black and blue swirled jig head
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So if using a dremle how would some one make sure to get the collar the same size on each half of the mold?
ive been kicking around getting this mold for a couple of years now
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On 11/14/2020 at 10:20 PM, Cuda said:
I'll 2nd the 1/0 hook option.
I also tie up an 1/8 oz. classic ballhead jig with marabou for smallies up in Door County. Slow and steady retrieve is the ticket just off the bottom for smallies.
I also throw them in ponds with my boys. In this application, I run them through the water column a bit faster and on the high side. I also throw a half or quarter section of a 3 inch senko style bait on for the boys to make casting easier.
That looks really good. The senko is a good idea if anything else to give it more weight to feel and cast. I’m rebuilding my boat this winter so won’t be doing much fishing if we have open water. However, next year I plan on fishing untill The launches lock up.
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Those are both good ideas. Almost wonder if an index card would be a good idea. With a name, recipe, and maybe a picture
i don’t sell mine but, if I ever did it would be nice to have easy access to the info
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How does every body track or records what jigs they make or maybe you don’t. Just trying to make a way to remember jig patterns I have made. I’ve made more jigs than I could ever possibly use. Some patterns/colors work well while others that I have made not so well. For example black/blue and anything summer craw has worked really well this year
. I’ve also had other jigs/ chatter baits that have worked at times but, not others. I’m just worried about focusing on what’s currently working but, forgetting about some thing that work 2-3 months or 3 years ago. If you take notes do you always note every jig you make, just the successful ones or even experimenting certain colors or jigs.
Do it GRC-7-A help
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I just ordered the 2/0 and 3/0 vmc hooks and 3/0 and 4/0 of the victory hooks from Barlows. They seem to be the only place that Carrie’s them.