stein3411 Posted October 26, 2019 Report Share Posted October 26, 2019 I just watched a few videos of making soft plastic baits with a centrifugal spin cast mold. Anybody got any experience with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted October 27, 2019 Report Share Posted October 27, 2019 Why would you want to? Salt, flake and laminates become next to impossible to make with this method. Very good reason why you don't see this setup used in mass production. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein3411 Posted October 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2019 Thanks. That's the type of information I was looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keakar Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 On 10/26/2019 at 11:51 AM, stein3411 said: I just watched a few videos of making soft plastic baits with a centrifugal spin cast mold. Anybody got any experience with this? centrifugal spin cast molds are for pouring lead not plastics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted October 30, 2019 Report Share Posted October 30, 2019 1 hour ago, keakar said: centrifugal spin cast molds are for pouring lead not plastics The Ukrainian guys are selling the centrifuge and molds to bolt onto it. Makes 100% zero sense to do this in the grand scheme of things, simple hand injection can out produce it while maintaining the ability to shoot 2-3 colour laminates, any flake you want and salt. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cami Posted October 31, 2019 Report Share Posted October 31, 2019 Perhaps is not possible to obtain classical "horizontal" laminates, but it is possible to obtain "vertical" ones (ex. tails with different colors) and vertical swirlings. Bye Cami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keakar Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, Cami said: Perhaps is not possible to obtain classical "horizontal" laminates, but it is possible to obtain "vertical" ones (ex. tails with different colors) and vertical swirlings. Bye Cami yes but bottom line is its easier, cheaper and 5x faster to do it with regular injection molds so unless you just like wasting money, buying a centrifugal spin mold setup is only worth it for large manufacturers making 100k baits a week thats all we are trying to tell him with enough time and practice you can do all the different tail laminates and probably do them as fast as with a regular injection mold, but there is still no way to do the top and bottom half laminates as far as i know Edited November 1, 2019 by keakar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 2 hours ago, keakar said: yes but bottom line is its easier, cheaper and 5x faster to do it with regular injection molds so unless you just like wasting money, buying a centrifugal spin mold setup is only worth it for large manufacturers making 100k baits a week thats all we are trying to tell him No, I am saying it isn't even worth it for them. I have yet to see or hear of a large manufacturer using spincasting for soft plastics. They all either use vertical or horizontal injection machines. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baitjunkys Posted November 1, 2019 Report Share Posted November 1, 2019 even large manufacturers this process would suck. Pie molds in general suck layed out round. I built a pie mold last fall, and laid it out square and got 60 cavities, were i could get 30 in round orientation. and it only takes 65-80 seconds to cycle were i don't have to spin, etc. Spin cast works in lead so well, because of its weight. and you can force it in tight spaces faster then it can cool. With a cooled mold and the same number of cavities he has in the video, Dave Mc could have shot 2x the baits with glitter and salt, laminated in the same time frame. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveMc1 Posted November 3, 2019 Report Share Posted November 3, 2019 On 11/1/2019 at 4:06 PM, Baitjunkys said: even large manufacturers this process would suck. Pie molds in general suck layed out round. I built a pie mold last fall, and laid it out square and got 60 cavities, were i could get 30 in round orientation. and it only takes 65-80 seconds to cycle were i don't have to spin, etc. Spin cast works in lead so well, because of its weight. and you can force it in tight spaces faster then it can cool. With a cooled mold and the same number of cavities he has in the video, Dave Mc could have shot 2x the baits with glitter and salt, laminated in the same time frame. Exactly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
