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I started with a Ladle pour pot and always thought it would be nice to have a bottom pour. Bought one lightly used and I really abused it by never cleaning it and it’s been 3+ years without cleaning. They can take some abuse and lack of maintenance. Mine is proof positive.

Posted this video yesterday. It's how I use my Little Blue Bender for my buzzbaits and spinnerbaits. The Little Blue Bender

Read this: The PVC decking I use (Azek) is as buoyant as poplar, and plenty strong to hold screw eyes. You can reduce the risk of pull outs on the belly hanger(s) by using a strong Spro swivel as your hook hanger, and passing a piece of spinnerbait wire from side to side through the eye that's embedded in the bait. That will keep the fish from being able to use the lure's weight as leverage to rip out the trebles.

I run a piece of .040 wire up from the bottom occasionally to keep the flow going and when it starts to drip I grab the top of the plunger with my pliers and give it a couple of quick twists with slight pressure and go back to pouring.

My old 10lb lee I had to clean all the time. I would take it apart and run a brass bristle brush chucked in a drill with a couple extensions on the plunger seat to remove gunk.. then I wire wheeled the steel plunger. It would make the pot run smooth as butter for a while. I switched to the 20lb lee a few years back and haven't had to clean it once. Never drips when up to temp and almost always smooth flow. I do have a piece of steel wire that I run up the spout from the bottom with pliers to knock out any junk in there if the flow gets restricted. Takes 3 second and back to good again. But have never even emptied the thing in the years I've owned it. I pour down to half a pot and then stop and refill until 3/4 and go again. Always refilling to 3/4 before shutting it off.

Iv been buying all my flake from do it or lure works

I bought a new circular saw. Its layout was slightly different to my old one. First time of using I touched the side of the blade. Fortunately it only ripped my nail off! Correct, no alcohol, except as a disinfectant Dave

Yeah. Don't touch the shiny silver piece... I've done thousands over the years and never been bit but gotta pay attention. Not a time to be drinking lol.

Oh yes, that'll do the trick. Still plenty of room to move around. You shouldn't be working the far side anyway, extremely dangerous. Keep your sleeves rolled up when working the router. Dave

Thanks for the input. I'm kinda embarrassed to to post a pic of what I came up with after seeing video of workshop above lol. Here's what I came up with and actually works great. It's hooked up to a 2 HP dust collector. Did 300 PVC lures with it so far and hardly a spec of dust. Usually looks like a snow storm!

If I had a $1 for every time someone told me that a particular lure was the only consistent fish catcher.... Well lets just say I would have a Lear jet in my driveway.

The 5319 Owner is too heavy, the Gamakatsu 2894 will work but Eagle Claw has a new 635 that is a good hook. Barlows Tackle is the only place I found them but it is the 635BP which is the new black platinum series, these are not the old cheap bronze Eagle Claw hooks. If you want to know for sure which hooks will fit, call or email Barlows tackle, and despite the 5319 being to heavy, you can easily modify the mold because it is just a little bit too heavy, put the hook in the mold and close it and strike it with a dead blow hammer or close it in a vise using wood blocks on each side to protect the mold. That will mark the mold enough to show you how much material to remove. Before you do that though, email Barlows and ask if the 5319 will fit.