Groucho Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 I have move the last statement from lizard molds to this thread. The question I have is can you convert an injection mold to a hand pour mold. It seams to be a lot more choices for injection molds. Give me your takes. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 A hand pour mold needs a larger sprue hole, and one for each cavity. You need to be able to have a steady stream of hot plastic pour into each cavity, to fill from the bottom up. Trying to handpour a multiple cavity injection mold will almost certainly result in unfilled cavities, because the plastic will cool in the shared sprue before it fills each cavity. This problem is why injecting was invented in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Posted November 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 But can you cut the tube that feeds both cavities off down to the sprue then enlarge the sprue. I really need to see an injection mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 I think an injector costs about as much as the mold you would risk destroying Not saying it cant be done... If you have the tools and the cash, go for it But you could make the mold you want for less than half that price Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 not sure this is what you had in mind,, but to hand pour a 2 pc Lizard mold will not work well at all. the curly legs and tail will not hand pour fill. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toadfrog Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Then there is this , if you have a mold already someone might trade a hand pour for your injection . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteSS Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 I am selling a nice injector for $50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Posted November 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 There was 2 reasons I went to hand pour maybe not good reasons now First is I use bead medium in my pour instead of salt for weight and didn't want to scar the injector. Secondly don't you have to take your injector apart everytime you make a pour. I can see if your in production but if you have a one cavity or two cavity mold it seems like a lot of time wasted. Now I don't mine wasting time but like to be a little efficient too. I grant you I haven't ever used an injector so I might like one. I'm just doing plastics for myself and friends. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallmouthaholic Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Most anglers,including myself,want a lizard to float upwards on a carolina rig.I cannot see the advantage to using glass beads or any weight in a lizard bait.I personally would never go back to hand pouring again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 I still do a lot of hand pouring.. mostly 2 pc aluminum molds.. and with hand pouring you have way less waist on runners, sprues,, cleaning injectors ect. But I also inject and at times its better, but not always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Posted November 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 I really don't use the Carolina rig. I'm mostly fishing in rivers with trees growing 25' out over the water and have to get under them. also roots, submerged stumps and fallen trees are in the mix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteSS Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) I clean my injector maybe once a month and that takes 5 mins. Couple drops of oil each use. Glass beads will scratch but not affect performance as the o-rings seal fine still Edited November 20, 2015 by MonteSS 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groucho Posted November 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Thanks all for all the good info Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
