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  1. What weights heads? What sizes hooks? What sizes & types tails? What presentation tekneeks? What target species? What aquatic environments?
  2. I started with cheapest possible flush cutters & worked my way up to middle of the pack. Main difference was paying more for harder steel lengthened the time before re-sharpening was necessary. Also purchasing made in USA was a good way to express patriotic support for American mfg.
  3. Filing lead can create hazardous dust. With practice and a proper quality tool flush cutters can be used to shave off the sprue break or cut scar high spots.
  4. I refurbish my Swanstrom cutters with flat EZE Lap diamond sharpeners, the cheap plastic handle ones work OK but the extra fine grit can wear out quickly, so best to start with a coarser grit(s). My cutters have an adjustable gap to prevent blade clash dulling. Its important to flat sharpen the cutting edges of flush cutters like the original and avoid creating bevels.
  5. Or just get a custom mold made - serveral providers post on this website. Yah, the up front cost might be a jolt but the mold will last a lifetime and more benefitting not only oneself but buds & family. Might even sell a few castings & the mold will eventually pay for itself. Fishing ones own custom design successfully is incomparably satisfying.
  6. Really impressed with the design - thin sharp edge body to slice thru weeds with wedge shape head to deflect. Wide body for level plane and wire angle adjustable retrieve lift.
  7. As an alternative to spinners, a 1/16 #6 ball head tied with short fur has caught running water bobos from dinks to big as they get here, with the occasional big tug diversion of carp up to 30#. The finished jig is about 1" long with a full bodied tie resembling a fur ball.
  8. Brittle pure bismuth 85% lead weight 520* melt expands 3.32% melt - solid. Soft pliable pure tin 64% lead weight 450* melt shrinks 2.51% melt - solid In an alloy of the 2 metals a higher tin component will lessen the cooling expansion slightly and the alloy melt temp will decrease as low as 283* for the eutectic alloy of 63% bismuth - 37% tin. So Tiderunner's 7-1 alloy might be an ideal compromise of powder paintable adequate weight (82% of lead) casting release mitigation. Smooth cavity face machined molds release castings best and Do-ts especially current mfg will tend to be sticky. Simple ball or tube head designs release easier than more complicated feature castings. Thru casting pins in worm weights are near impossible to remove, while partial insert pins in weedless jig heads can be removed with pliers twisting and pulling.
  9. For "non-toxic" wouldn't melt casting bismuth be EZr ? 85% lead weight. https://www.rotometals.com/bismuth-ingot-chunk-99-99-pure-1-pound/
  10. Is it possible to cool down a hot Do-it mold with water? I have a brass single cavity on pliers 1/4 oz jig head mold that quickly gets too hot to release castings that I carefully squirt with cool water using a rubber bulb syringe. Most of the water will evaporate & I swab out the cavity & gate with a paper towel to make sure no moisture remains.
  11. Arne, I got more than I'll ever need, PM me your address.
  12. Crane swivels vary in spin quality. Dunno about current production, but I stocked up many years ago finding best available ones (China mfg) from an eBay seller. EZ to test by holding the barrel between fingers of one hand and rotating the eyes with the other hand. Good ones are smooth spinning, lesser ones are gritty or may even jam. Hobby/craft store jump rings are quicker & cheaper to attach blades to swivels than split rings.
  13. Sounds like you're describing incomplete fill out of the mold cavity when the inlet gate hardens prematurely and restricts melt flow?
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