Fat Guys posted a “production style” free-style mold a while ago. Finally, a 14 cavity all the same size! Several options on sizes and wire keeper or no wire keeper. Just placed an order for a 1/16th with a wire keeper!
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Fat Guys posted a “production style” free-style mold a while ago. Finally, a 14 cavity all the same size! Several options on sizes and wire keeper or no wire keeper. Just placed an order for a 1/16th with a wire keeper!
I can't find the link.. Please post it, I would like to check it out this mold and pricing.
PM Sent. Not sure if I can post the link here, but go to Fat Guys Fishing, then lead molds, then FS mold
Fat guys do a fantastic job on the moldS
I have quite few Fat Guy molds and they are of terrific quality.
Looking forward to being able to roll out some 1/16th free style heads in quick fashion.
Explain the wire keeper. I’m looking for an under spin mold. Not a horse type just a swivel attachment for a small spinner blade.
Look at Simply Crappie. They have the under spin and wire keeper to hold plastics on with.
UnderSpin Jigs at Simply Crappie
Of course they go 15% off two days after I order lol
Lol, I hit it, I got the 1/32, 14 at a pop beats one at a time!
Always always watch for Labor Day sales!
Website says less time on molds is 10-14days. Monday made day 14. Asked when it would ship and they said Monday. Wel there was a label created Monday night, but as of now, no actual shipping. That’s fine but I wish I didn’t have to ask for I info. If you can’t deliver when you say, that’s fine, but don’t create a label just to send a shipping notification and not ship, and give me a heads up that it’s not going to ship by the time frame given.
I've had that happen pretty regularly from different companies now. Make the label but doesn't actually ship until way later.
Same for me when I ordered from them. I guess it was that so many orders and time to make them plus goof off time and label being made as soon as you order a mold creates the wait time. :dono Got mine in two weeks but it's a dang good mold! :highfive
Jacobs doesn't do tracking at all. :juggle
Sadly that happens a lotQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
They do good work, I’ll overlook the lack of communication as long as I get what I payed for and it’s quality, I bought mine on sept.2 I believe, haven’t heard a word but I’m not worried, though everytime the mail man rides by I get excited
FGF is a good company and I have several molds. They have plans on a pill head underspin from what he responded to me. They don’t communicate but they work hard and your mold will be shipped. You will like the work they do. [emoji106][emoji106]
I could not imagine trying to align 14 hooks with bait keeper wires, and get the hot mold to close. I have issues with one.
Shipped last night finally. Don't mind the extra time, just like to be notified things are taking a smidge longer than anticipated, thats all.
Micanopy, I agree with you on alignment of that many parts at once. I love to fish my spring collar jigs but getting 6 springs and hooks together and into the mold correctly before the mold is stone cold is a challenge anymore. Between the shaky hands and less than stellar eyesight it can be a challenge. Mass production for me is out. LOL
Update I just got my freestyle fat guys lead head mold in the mail, when I get time to pour some I’ll report back
We’ll I got time to pour a little, I did 75 in about 15 minutes, much much faster
The fat boys mold is very clean and precise and breaking the spruce off is clean with almost to none residual cleanup necessary, the mold has a more precise eye socket and the fat boys is slightly narrower but slightly taller than the do it freestyle 1/32 but both wiegh 15 grains or .04 of an ounce so they do wiegh the same, side note, the hole from the spruce to the head is smaller than the do it, in my few pours I never got 14 to come out at a time usually 11-12, I use the laddle style heated pot that just pours I bet with one that comes out the bottom or with more practice 14 at a time would be easy
I had issues with my Lee production pot and a 2 pound Rowell ladle. Then I bought a bottom pour Lee pot. Then I bought a Lyman one pound ladle, and that is what I use now. I found that some molds do better with an easy pouring motion, and some want the stem of the ladle inserted and forced to fill. Weird I know but it is the way things go. The bottom pour might work but it might not. If you still have issues consider a Lyman dipper. Huge hassle having to clean lead off the hook and go for the big re-pour.
I wondered about the 14 cavities with hooks and wires and such. I would lose any speed advantage 14 cavities presented due to fiddling and bumping it and having to refiddle a few.
You mentioned it poured very clean, but the pictures on their website show otherwise. I was surprised to see a CNC mold with those type of results. Glad to see you are having better results.
The four in the left are the fat boys and the 4 in the rught are the do -it
The eye socket is much more defined and where the spruce joins needs almost no cleanup versus the do it does
I believe a bit of baby powder and a little more practice with my pouring and I’ll be able to get all 14 at a time even at 11-12 it’s still much quicker than one at a time!
If the pour doesn’t take there is no clean up, it either pours in the hook or doesn’t even make it to the hook, no flashing whatsoever on any pour
Yeah it’s going to be a much cleaner head due to being an aluminum mold. I’d be interested in how much cleaner it would be if you placed the spout of the pot directly in the gate of each cavity. Doing it this way gets me the cleanest heads on molds I have.
Hmm I’ll try that next round but it maybe a few weeks don’t really need any at the moment but I may get a suprise big order, we’ll see
Great mold. Putting keepers in, is a pain in the rear, but I don’t think that’s a mold problem, that’s just big jittery fingers.
Averaging about 10-12 good jigs per pour (14 cavity mold).
I think a production pot would help. Some of my problems come from splash over from the previous cavity, solidifying and clogging the next cavity.
Jigs fall out of mold. No smoking the mold or any other prep work. I do use vice grips to keep the mold shut and tight each pour.
Raw jigs and then a sample and some testing of various colors and looks. Learned a lot and going to do several things different next time.
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Those look great!Quote:
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Those look good to me as well. :ThumbsUp
Thanks. Not happy. Didn't cure and used Hard As Nails over them to set eyes. Colors smudged a bit over some of the eyes, and constantly had to clean the polish brush. Going to cure normally and just use lok-tite gell to set eyes and call it a day.
Next think I'll try is maybe the diamond coat. We'll see.
The Sally Hansen will fade/darken some colors like chartreuse as well. DrNip uses gorilla glue clear over the eyes and likes that a lot. I'm going to try that I think next time I do eyes. It just takes time for it to dry good. He made a jig clamp, I have ones I purchased from TJ's Tackle I can turn on their side to keep eyes pointed up while it dries.
Possibly a UV cure glue would work to seal the eyes
Gorilla glue clear for eyes. I just glue them on. I have even applied over the eyes and didn’t discolor. No need to do this though. Have never had an eye pop off since using and I’m pretty rough with my jigs.
Just an FYI!
Clear Vinyl will also cover over without discoloring the powder paint.
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Got it figured out for the most part as far as loading, and getting my pour down. It’s not as forgiving as a do-it but quality is second to none.
Poured about 10doz give/take this evening and had maybe 8-10 that didn’t take, and that was because I accidentally over filled the previous cavity with the jitters and splashed and clogged the next I solved that by tilting the mold length ways a smidge and going up hill.
Got about 7doz in the oven right now and about to pull them to see how the look.
Here is the tool I use to seat hooks, wire keepers, eyelets and what not. I place by hand and then scoot into place with it. Helps me out a lot. Maybe you too.
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Thanks. I started using a pencil. Anything metallic was acting magnetic with the keepers lol
Actually, I like a magnetized paring knife. It picks them up, then I get close and then use a section of wooden dowel to remove and seat. Of course everything shifts with just a small bump, and….. well.
They are coming out of the mold very clean. Nice.
I use my finger tips, never been burned but it does keep me moving. After all these years most of those nerves are numb.