Weedless Pony Jig Head

I hope Do-It is paying attention as they need to expand their crappie weedless jighead line!!!!!!!!!!

Here is how I mod my pony head to a weedless.

1st take off the wire hanger that comes standard with the mold. To date I've had no use for it except this. I cut a straight piece off of the wire and line it up on the mold where I want my fiberguard to rest.

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Once lined up in the mold where I want it, I close the mold and squeeze as hard as I can until it puts an imprint into the mold where I want to cut the fiberguard.

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I then hook up this attachment, found at your local Lowes or Home Depot, and set the depth to the same depth as the Do-it weedless mold fiberguard. The bit is also found at Lowes or Home Depot and is about 1/16" wide.

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Take your clamps and clamp on mold so that the Dremel bit lines up with the grove cut into the mold.

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I then run the Dremel tool back and forth until the proper size grove is met. This usually takes a bit as you will need to put a fiberguard into the mold and cut until it closes properly.

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And the end result is this. Enjoy.

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Man, Nip you have way more patience than I do. You do some fantastic work.

Thanks for the post Doc. very informative.

As always too notch

Very nice Nip!!

Nice mod - could you use the teflon pins to do your pours then powder paint and just glue them after??

FMan do the teflon pins work well? What glue do you use to put the fiber in with? Sorry Nip, don't mean to hijack, but curious minds want to know!!LOL

I don't know if the Teflon pins they sell come this small. The ones I saw were bigger for bass jigs.

Think you just use superglue Kirk.

Here is a statement from Barlows about the Teflon pins they sell.


"Teflon pins are available in 2 sizes. 1/8 for use in molds that use fg-30 fiber bundles, and 5/32 for use in molds that use fg-40 fiber bundles."


Need to find a smaller pin for FG-9 and 12 guards. Looking at McMaster Carr the Teflon pins only come in 1/8" and higher. The heat tubing Barlows sell is for 1/8" and bigger. Maybe wrapping guards in a thick aluminum foil will work??? Maybe just need to find something, a rivet pin or whatever and use it for a pin. Spray it with some casting release and then pour the lead. Will add this to my "To do list".

DRNip,

Posed the teflon pin size for the 9 and 12 fiber guard to a buddy of mine on another board. He makes his own for the fg-30 and 40. He may know right off what size bar to get from McMaster Carr or if someone carries them. I'll let you know.

This place has some small rods. PTFE Rod - Small Diameter - TFB Series | Parker NA

Here's the reply I got:

I use tool steel pins for the smaller sizes because I could not find Teflon in that diameter. I went to speedy metals and got 5/64" rod and for the FG-9 I simply cut the head and point off of a 1/16" finishing nail. The steel doesn't work as well as the Teflon but it is the only option available

I was thinking along the same lines. Thank you for confirming.

Nice work on the mold.

No problem - actually several other replies were to the effect of WHY manufacturers didn't produce them.

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Originally Posted by ifish

This place has some small rods. PTFE Rod - Small Diameter - TFB Series | Parker NA

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Only problem I see is it states max temp of 500 F. I don't know how cool the lead gets once poured into the jig.

One of the best mods I've seen in a long while. Excellent work.

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Originally Posted by DrNip

Only problem I see is it states max temp of 500 F. I don't know how cool the lead gets once poured into the jig.

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All PTFE(Teflon) has a melting point of 635 degrees Fahrenheit. We have used one piece commercially hundreds of times in the Do-It weedless molds. You may not be able to buy it there without a tax number. Here are some specs. http://catalog.wshampshire.com/Asset...eflon_ptfe.pdf

Thank you.

Great mod. I may have to borrow this one if you do not mind Dr. Nip.

Bobo