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Does anyone have the Small fry mold 12 cavity from Do-it molds that can share the dimensions of the flat sides with me? Don't need the mold thickness, just the side measurements. I looked on the do-it site but the mold dimensions are not shared. Thank you in advance. Eric, aka, Jamesdean.
I guess, I'll just go ahead and buy it on first, then get the measurements. Was hoping to get a jump ahead by ordering the thin aluminum for a dividing plate, as it's not Available in my local store...
Are you talking about thin aluminum to make a laminate plate? If so why not get some roofing flashing & make it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesdean
See, I didn't think about roof flashing. Hadn't really crossed my mind. Thank you Les. I will look into it.
We have used metal fleshing in the past many times we used it so we can do a laminate until we got a dual injector.
And we'd need to know which small fry you're referring to: 1.75", 2.25" or 2.50".
Yes, I recon that would help ...It's the 1.75 CTom. Thank you for Pointing out my lapse...Quote:
Originally Posted by CTom
I'll have the dimensions directly...Placed my order today...Not sure when It'll get here with the holiday and all, and lowes in N. Springfield isn't but a mile or so away...Thank you everyone...
Just recieved tracking info, supposed to be here Christmas Eve...WooHoo!!!New Mold, Essentials starter kit, and some red and silver eyes to go with what I have from the past...Here goes another deep hole for money to go down...
the Small fry mold 1.75-inch is 3 inches by 5 inches with a hinge on the 3 inch end...
Does anybody know where ctom is now is he still on do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CTom
Bob, he posted on here, crappie.com, a week or so back. I don't remember which thread. You should be able to go to his profile and find it though.
Bob, he posted in this thread on the 20th. Actually surprised me. Might check the Minnesota threads...
Thank you for telling me about the metal flashing stuff. For some reason I had in my head it was much thicker than what I found today at Lowes. I bought a couple of the 8"l x 4"x 4" 90 degree piece. This way I'll have extra if I mess one up in the process. This is thin enough to cut with some stought scissors. Thank you again.Quote:
Originally Posted by snake River
I tried my hand at making the lamination plate this morning, 0110Am. Haven't been to the shop yet, and probably won't get out there till a bit after day-light to try it out.
First picture is the 90 degree piece semi flattened, 2nd is the piece cut, 3rd is the plate in place including notch cut for injector, and lastly it showing down the spru hole. The mold isn't clamped in the last pick...Attachment 513080Attachment 513081Attachment 513082Attachment 513083
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Whatever you do do not put any oil on the plate that you inserted into the mold for elimination. Make sure when you shoot the second color that it is pretty hot to make it a he’s real good. And if you let that set after the first shot with the plate in there for quite a while, you wanna make sure that that is up to room temperature or put it in a toaster oven and warm it up before you shoot the second color..
Question that orange sheet of whatever it is with the Black spots on it is that silicone rubber"?
Morning Bob,
Thank you for the heads up on the lamination plate...as for the orange and black mottled in the pictures, it's the cover of my plastic color cook book...I have been updating it from custombaits.com...a lot of stuff over there I want to try...CTOM has some amazing stuff in those natural looking baits he does...Attachment 513094
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I guess I should’ve read the front of the orange recipe book. Yes ctom is amazing. He was on here for quite a while, but we won’t talk about that and I sure do miss him being on here to chitchat. He goes into long conversations about how he does things which is very good for the beginners. There have been many other ones on here that are gone now I think I’m one of the last of the original bunch of guys that started on here his full time myself I have learned trial and error over the years and I’m always learning something new and I like to mess around a lot with different things in the shop when I’m out there I think I’ve done about everything there is to do with plastic. We still have the original projector that we bought from bear years ago nothing fancy but it’s still going and I have had so many different molds over the years and sold a ton of them, but we are not making anything to buy more so we have to save our pennies. I don’t see anything new in the way of those that I really like him anymore I usually come up with a brainstorm and have somebody make up one for me, but that is costly.
Yes Sir, I completely understand. Me, I'm on disability, and Soc. Sec, and Ms Joyce is on Soc. Sec. so yes, I can understand money being tight for buying new anything. I'm waiting to find out when and how much the Dept. Of the Navy is going to fork over for Killing mom, dad and almost killing me with the Camp Lejeune bad water. They sure draggin their feet, trying to throw road blocks in court...they admit they poisoned the water, they admit to giving said water to the base community to drink, but they don't want to pay for it...So till said time as that happens, it's a day to day grind...
I am sorry you have to go through all that will definitely bring my condolence just to you and your family at your mom and dad. I hope that you will get something out of it. I had a long battle with the government. I had to get Social Security disability and fightingQuote:
Originally Posted by Jamesdean
them for over three years before I got anything out of it. It was really sad the day I went to federal court. I was only in five minutes and he asked me the judge asked me why I didn’t get it for us. The people that refuse me so after three years, he said you’ll be hearing from me in about six weeks later, I got a check in the mail..
Yes Sir. Anytime the Gooberment thinks you owe them by golly they take all you got till they get it, but put the shoe on the other foot and it's like pulling teeth on a live, fully awake bear. It took the VA 4 yrs to approve my Disability even with me handing them the proof in black and white. Soc. Sec. was a cake walk of a month. of coarse I gave them what I gave the VA. These folks act, in my opinion, like the money we get is coming directly out of their pocket to pay us...Now this Camp Lejeune case I filed right after congress approved the funding 4 yrs ago, and still no settlement. seems everytime it gets close the Gooberment Lawyers come up with more shenanigans to delay, delay, delay. Maybe they'll get something settled soon...
I will send you a PM I think we should take our conversation off here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesdean
Do-It makes a nice lamination plate for that mold. $22 + shipping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesdean
Thank you CTOM for the info. I'll see what I can do to get me one on the next order.Quote:
Originally Posted by CTom
I had made lam plates from punch metal sold at craft stores and they work fine, but when available from the company that makes to mold for the actual bait, I'll go with the lam plate made as a partner to the bait mold.
Actually, if you ice fish, the lam plate for that 1.75" small fry makes a super ice plastic for crappies fished on a simple 1/32 ball head jig.
I thank you CTOM. How ever, my titanium knee does not like the cold at all, so I tend to try to stay above 60* and for sure not get on the Ice...lol.