camrynekai Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Took the bull by the horns several years ago seeking to replicate the Senko. Many, many proto types later and here she is. A perfect Senko making system that puts out an accurate salt to plastic ratio from the first to the last drop (without flour salt...YUK), accurate temperature control and sized to make 100 5" sticks. The Shooting Star blending system is the bomb!!! all the years of gravity feed pouring is long gone. This is not any form of plug....unit NOT for sale. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Man, that looks terrific! Congratulations!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxer Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Thats some peice of equipment you got there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Neat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archery1 Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 wow.. how much did it cost you ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apdriver Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Very nice indeed! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dink Mendez Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Took the bull by the horns several years ago seeking to replicate the Senko. Many, many proto types later and here she is. A perfect Senko making system that puts out an accurate salt to plastic ratio from the first to the last drop (without flour salt...YUK), accurate temperature control and sized to make 100 5" sticks. The Shooting Star blending system is the bomb!!! all the years of gravity feed pouring is long gone. This is not any form of plug....unit NOT for sale. 2colormachine.JPG Just an idea; maybe you can put together a How to book on building one and supplies needed. I would be interested for sure. Or put some unit together for sale I would also would interested in one. Great effort and time for sure. I LIKE IT! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ute Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I talked to Rupert at Ultramolds about 6 months ago and they were working on a smaller Shooting Star unit. I have tried to call and and email for the past month and have not been able to get in touch with Rupert or Chris. The last I knew they were still waiting on one or two components. Maybe someone else has some news on the smaller unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 I talked to Rupert at Ultramolds about 6 months ago and they were working on a smaller Shooting Star unit. I have tried to call and and email for the past month and have not been able to get in touch with Rupert or Chris. The last I knew they were still waiting on one or two components. Maybe someone else has some news on the smaller unit. I talked to Rupert before Christmas and he was leaving for England until the end of Feb i believe to deal with some family matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camrynekai Posted February 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Thanks guys. The one you see in the photo cost me about 1350.00...using all top shelf components. I also have 3 other proto types(gravity feed types) that I have made over the years....so all in all I have spent a few grand on this project. On the out side it looks like your standard paddle blade mixer, but its anything but that. Problem I had with 99% of the marketed units is that salt content from stat to finish is not consistent enough for me and that the size is a bit much for my personal use. I went outside the box and designed a pump that would move my product from bottom to top instead of round and round and topped it off with robotic stepper motors to do the work....end result is a bait made with the correct salt and are within grains from the first worm to the last. I cant say enough great things about the shooting star system.....its just plain BAD ASS!!! very well engineered piece that is just spot on! Don't think I will be doing any kind of book on how to build this unit....at least on my pump design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Brits Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Hi, this is Rupert from Ultramolds. I'm back from England now. Apologies to anyone who has being trying to contact us, Chris has been "snowed" under with work while I've been home on personal business. Apologies for any non returned messages/emails. Awesome looking system you have there!! Great customization and ingenuity, absolutely love it! Yes we have our mini system working and on sale. Please contact me directly. Sorry for stealing your thread Camrynekai 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camrynekai Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Thank you Rupert, Great job on the genII Shooting Star, very, very well thought out piece and it just works flawlessly. Here is a shot of the rear of the unit in case any of you wanted to see the electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Brits Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Thank you for your kind words. You have really made an excellent job of your system, must have taken several days/weeks to work all that wiring out!! Edited February 3, 2015 by 2Brits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camrynekai Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Thank you for your kind words. You have really made an excellent job of your system, must have taken several days/weeks to work all that wiring out!! Thank you again, The wiring was not as bad as it looks, takes much longer to cut, drill and tap all the aluminum parts with limited shop tools. Here is my 3rd prototype that has been in service for over 3 years and many, many 1,000's of stick baits have been poured through it. Its just a gravity feed unit....mainly was seeing how well the pump performance was before venturing into a two color unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Thank you Rupert, Great job on the genII Shooting Star, very, very well thought out piece and it just works flawlessly. Here is a shot of the rear of the unit in case any of you wanted to see the electronics. Wow!!! It looks like a control panel from NASA, or a music system. Hat's off to you! Edited February 5, 2015 by mark poulson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassinfool Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Holy crap...the work some of you guys are able to achieve is absolutely incredible. Wish I had the skills/knowledge to build something like that! I went in another way with my knowledge which would be medical knowledge on how the body works/why it doesn't/how to fix it when it's broken but would LOVE to when day be able to learn how to do some metal working and wiring when I retire many many years from now haha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camrynekai Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Wow!!! It looks like a control panel from NASA, or a music system. Hat's off to you! LMAO....funny how you mentioned Music Systems.....its what I do for a living. Here is my latest one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowFISH Posted February 5, 2015 Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Really nice setup... it looks like the perfect hobbist machine.... not so big that you feel you need to use 1 gallon of plastic to fire it up. Would love if there were more things in this size for personal use. Again - nice setup - very impressive. J. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camrynekai Posted February 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2015 Thank you all again for the posisitive comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 LMAO....funny how you mentioned Music Systems.....its what I do for a living. Here is my latest one. I fish with a guy who is a musician, and does the studio work for sets as an electronic engineer. You guys are sure wired different! Hahaha I'm glad you found a way to make your day job knowledge help you in your hobby. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camrynekai Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Man Cave corner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Wow.......I'm speechless. Great stuff, camrynekai!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowFISH Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 One quick question.... are you using the 20lb Lee LEAD pots and assume the PID thermal controllers are just keeping there temps in the plastics range? J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camrynekai Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Yes, they are the Lee 4-20 lead pots. I used them instead of the plastic version because they have the two support rods. Only thing I had to do was drill out the nozzle to 1/4", reposition one support rod so that it cleared the mixing valve and install the PID. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted February 6, 2015 Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 Man that is outstanding !!!!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
