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Not finished with mold but made a few bait to see how i like them. Made a thin tail, tested in glass of water it wiggled side to side when jigged slow up and down, be great jigging over fish in cold water, little movement and it wiggles great, better than round tail. they are ones on left side of picture the ones on right side are my old style with one BGSS on botton right side of pictureAttachment 78618Attachment 78619
love to see this this is outstanding and hope to see more of your work.
Snake ,thanks,I just love to try different things,even if another bait does good
are you hand carving that mold?
I dril part of it and handy grind the rest,but on BGSS style all yiu have to do is drill with a few different size bits.I just wanted to design a different bait for me to try
Nice job that tail will be killer!
are you using a regular hand drill and drill bits? I would be afraid I would ruin a piece of aluminum that way.
was wondering where you got your aluminum stock from also on the tail how did you put that into the aluminum did you pounded in order stampeded with the press?.Quote:
Originally Posted by genec
On my first mold, I found a little scrap piece of alumnin to see if I could do it. I made a stinger bait,clamp 2 pieces metal together and drill 3/4 inch deep with about 3/16 bit,then use 1/16 or smaller bit for skinnie tail drill 2 inch deep. On the 3/16 bit for head can use 1/4 but I like to redip head to make 2 color bait and smoother head also.Then I went to metal shop and bought a 2 x 1/2 or 3/4 thick strip of metal. For flat tail I used a Dremel grinder with a cutting blade and only grind a little metal off of one side of mold the shape I wanted. This mold was harder to do than BGSS style which is real easy as long as you keep pulling bit out of alumnin before bit clog up. I had a drill press which which help. When I redip head I would ease bait into water than do one right after another. I hope I explain it ok.
thank you so much for the information this is really interesting and I have not tried to make my own mold yet but after reading him seemed like you were doing I would like to give it a shot at you thought about buying a small milling machine I rate your post a five this information is what makes this site so interesting and hope to see more of it doing something you truly love and sharing it with everybody else is well worth the time and effort and God bless you for sharing.Quote:
Originally Posted by genec
Where abouts are you from in NC? My buddy met some gentlemen at a ramp on LKN a few years ago that did the stinger thing with an old drill bit, and melted old bass worms and whatnot bought on clearance or at flea markets....I'm here to too you those little baits flat out caught fish.Quote:
Originally Posted by genec
I wish I had your skill. Nice job.
Treedn NC, Iam from Roanoke Rapids, on95, 8 miles from Va line. If you use BGSS you should make this mold, it is easier than you think. I don't buy store bought bait anymore, only fish that bait last year,caught over 5,000 on it, that skinnie tail is a killer when jigging over brush. Shipahoy I seen your baits ,and think you can make mold ,also. just find a piece of scrap or a bracket ,cut in half ,clamp in vise and try it ,nothing is loss then if you mess up
Wow my original post had a lot of typos, sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by genec
These fellas were local to the Lake Norman area. Not sure what they used for a mold, but the jigs he got from them were super simple....just a cylendrical shaped body formed with a larger drill bit, and the smaller tail with a smaller drill bit. About 2" total length, 1/2 & 1/2 as far as body length to tail. Simple as pie but they worked like a champ and he said they used melted bass plastics for them that they bought on the cheap here and there. I need to try it and see what happens.
If there is a cheap way to do this, This is about as cheap as You can do it from the sounds of it and make some good baits.CFQuote:
Originally Posted by TreednNC
I wasnt personally on the recieving end of that give away, as I wasn't fishing with my buddy that day, but I have seen them at the ramp before, and they generally scratch out a limit most days I see them. Some days I do as well, but not as often as them it seems. Never saw a minnow one in their boat. Just those homemade rubber jigs on them. I may try it when I get more time, but until then, I suppose I'll order another bag of BGBS or BGSS. haha my buddy gave me a couple and we hooked, re-hooked, and did everything we could to keep them together and on the hook after they wore out. I'm sure it was a confidence thing after seeing what they had caught, but Ive got several jigs I fish with a lot of confidence, and some days they just didnt have what it took lolQuote:
Originally Posted by crappiefarmer