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I am about to get a mold and start pouring my own jigs.
What I am thinking about is the Do-It JNR-8-1632 which has (4) 1/32 and (4) 1/16 cavities with no collar or a Do-It RHB-8-1632 which has (4) 1/32 and (4) 1/16 cavities with a collar.
I think 1/32 and 1/16 should cover most of my needs.
I would appreciate some input on these or others along with recommended sizes if these are not good choices.
Thank you,
Don
What kind of price are you looking at to get started?
Also check on a 1/8oz thats another good size to have
I'm don't pour a lot but do tie some for myself once in a while. I would buy the one with collar and you can use side cutters to cut off collar if not needed. Easier to cut off than add one:Rofl. I have one with barbed collar and that's how I do it. 2 for one.
I spent a long time chopping the collars off and it gets to be a real pain!!!!!! Check ebay sometimes you can find a group of them. Deciding which one to get is a tough choice - do you use more plastics than tying them??? then get the one with the barbed collar.
If you are just going to pour for your own use I would go with the JNR-6-A or the JHB-7-A. This way you will have all the sizes you may want to use. Even pouring one jig size at a time it doesn't take long to pour 25 to 50 jigs. I agree with Fatman, I would go barb-less. A little dab of super glue and the plastic jigs will hang on tight.
My choices are 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4oz. With barbed collar and NO collar.
My choices are 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 oz. With barbed collar.
I'm molding some ponyheads now, 1/8 oz. with 2/0 aberdeen and sickle hooks
Modify the mold for a larger hook.
cane - surprised you had to mod the mold for a bigger hook. The older mold you can just use a 2/0 with no problem in either the 1/8th or 1/4 , the new one has a warming chamber on the bottom and yeah you have to shave it off to use bigger. Here's the old style with the 2/0 hook mustad aberdeen. Now the sickle you either have to dry fit before casting or mod the eyelet CAREFULLY!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks guys, some good input here.
already have a melting pot from pouring bullets and cannon ball weights and a bunch of lead.
I will be using plastics and tying both.
Thanks again