[BaloneyTony]

Im trying to find the cheapest, easiest way possible to make a mold for a lure shape that I dont have....so i cant just like....pour up some bondo and stick a lures into it and pull it out quickly...

Ive never done this luremaking stuff before, but heres what ide like to try to do...

So I saw one of those videos on youtube about this Doug Hannon snake lure, which looks really neat....but at 40 bucks...yikes. Plus they're about 11 inches long or something and he says he doesnt catch fish often, but then fish that it does catch are usually huge. Here in RI, there are almost no 'huge' bass....so Ide like to make a smaller snake-shaped rubber lure....maybe something more like this..


I had the idea if cutting up some old floating worms that I have, melting them and pouring them into that shape...but then Im not quite sure the easiest way to go about making a mold for a shape I dont already own. I thought maybe I could just take a plank of wood and use a dremel and slowly carve out the shape into the wood, and then cover the carved portion with a few layers of tin foil and press it down into the shape, and pour into that. Would this work?

Also, if I melt a floating rubber worm, repour the rubber...will the resulting bait also be a floating bait? Thanks guys.

-Alex

[nova]

The cheapest way to do it is with plaster of paris (POP).
Do a search for this and you will find tons of posts about it.

www.novalures.com

[HJS]

Alex - Not sure. Two things: I'm assuming the snake lures pictured are not in your possession. Also, when at rest, do the snake lures have a wavy set to them like the ones pictured or are they straight?

[Gloomisman]

see if you can find some rubber snakes in the toy section at walfart or kmart.

[Vodkaman]

It may sound silly, but why not make the master out of plasticine, I think it's called silly putty in USA. Simply roll it out (get the kids to help), you can easily carve the markings on the surface, even press some netting into the surface for instant scales.

I molded a tarantula a few months ago, just as an experiment. The spider was made of plasticine and it came out great.

You will need to bottom pour, ie. fix the master to the bottom of a tin and pour the pop over the master.

[Spike-A-Pike]

Alex,

Another method you may employ is to cut existing plastic worms and use a soldering iron or plastic superglue to piece together the "snake" shape/style your looking for.

OR

I under stand guys use wax as a medium to carve masters and make mold based on those molds.

[Delw]

A piece of nylon rope and a lighter will make you a great master for a mold. use the lighter to form the head ( make sure you wear glooves cause nylon is nasty when it gets hot.

when you say remelt floating plastic , if its the strike king worms that doesnt work very well.
remelts do work from a few different companies, like cabelas and brass proshops own stuff, some of them use calhoun plastic and its remeltable.

zoom, berkely senkos and a few others use additives in there plastic and you will never get the same hardness softness, plus it stinks alot. Not to mention you can get a quart or gallon of fresh plastic for around 30 bucks or less from any of the companies who sell it

[loco]

i have that mold. its a lurecraft snake. i beleive its only 15.00. you might want to save yourself some effort and just pick one up from them.

[Vodkaman]

This took about 15 minutes. I tried to cram it into my mold box, but just could not get it in. I'll have to make a bigger box.

snake1.jpg

[Cthulhu]

I've used an oil-based clay for my new designs. Very easy to eork with and the detailing is excellent. Just sculpt the shape you want, then pour some plaster or hydrostone over it as per instructions on other threads.