Thread: Homemade Laminate Mod

I've done some mods to Caney molds in the past but for the most part I just make a plate using punch metal. I can cut this metal with a scissors and it sandwiches between the mold halves even with a hinge.

On one Caney mold's lam plate I just drilled a matching hole at the other end of the plate so I can use the plate to stop either the top or bottom from filling. Rick Jacobs made me a plate for one of his molds and then cut me a belly-portion only to use with the lam plate for shooting three color bodies instead of hand pouring the belly bottom. Rick did an awesome job on these add-on plates.

On the narrow injection port on early Jacobs molds, you can open it up easily by clamping the mold shut tight and use a counter-sink on a drill press. Just go slow and keep the filings and chips cleared of where you are cutting.