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Hand Crafted Angling
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This channel is created with the DIY angler in mind with a heavy emphasis on 3d printing. I bought a 3D Printer just to make fishing lures. Then I found most of the lures you can download online either suck or cost money. LAME!!!! Join Me as we make our own lures fish and have FUN! All the lures I make can be downloaded for free. Feel free to suggest what I should make next.
Making a Lipless Crankbait
For this 3d printed Fishing lure, I wanted to make a lipless crankbait. This is not a regular crankbait though. This is 4" and painted in salt water colors. I wanted to make a lipless crankbait for striped bass fishing. This bait is still small enough so it should still work for some freshwater species as well. I originally wanted to go with a 5" or 6" version but I decided to make this smaller bait as a proof of concept. This is bait is free to download so please make them yourselves and let me know how it works. Id be happy to tweak it if people have suggestions.
Please leave a comment if you have any questions.
Feel free to check out my other lure designs: ua-cam.com/channels/gNxM4lhZu1yVbONskpcwZw.html
If you have a lure idea you want to see in a future video leave it in a comment down below.
Tool/Parts List
Polycarbonate Filament: tinyurl.com/yu99c3as
The lure body: www.thingiverse.com/thing:6654987
Figure 8 Hook hangers size 8: worthco.com/figure-8-hook-hangers
5/16" Chrome Ball Bearings
Stick on eyes 8mm
Your Choice of adhesive
Your Choice of paint and clearcoat
Hooks( I used size 1/0)
Split rings (I used size 7)
Split ring pillars (Highly Recommended)
These lures take me quite a while to make and they are free. If you could leave a comment or subscribe to my channel it would help me greatly.
Enjoy and go catch some Fish!!!!
Please leave a comment if you have any questions.
Feel free to check out my other lure designs: ua-cam.com/channels/gNxM4lhZu1yVbONskpcwZw.html
If you have a lure idea you want to see in a future video leave it in a comment down below.
Tool/Parts List
Polycarbonate Filament: tinyurl.com/yu99c3as
The lure body: www.thingiverse.com/thing:6654987
Figure 8 Hook hangers size 8: worthco.com/figure-8-hook-hangers
5/16" Chrome Ball Bearings
Stick on eyes 8mm
Your Choice of adhesive
Your Choice of paint and clearcoat
Hooks( I used size 1/0)
Split rings (I used size 7)
Split ring pillars (Highly Recommended)
These lures take me quite a while to make and they are free. If you could leave a comment or subscribe to my channel it would help me greatly.
Enjoy and go catch some Fish!!!!
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Is the grey prototype mold 3D printed?
Yesh its the same brand just different color. I usually just get whats on sale.
@@HandCraftedAngling how have the 3D printed molds been working out for you in general? Inject at a lower temp yeah?
For the resin ones no. I have gone up to 350 375 no issues. I tested out 400 plus for a different kind of plastic that did cause it to warp. The biggest concern with the resin molds is they arent as riged. The require more clamping across the mold then a aluminum one. Im working on a new alingment pin desing but I got that on the back burner while Im testing out hard baits on the resin printer.
@@HandCraftedAngling Awesome information! Thanks for answering.
@@TheFishinMortician no problem
throw a heat gun on the side to maintain the temperature of the mold before pouring? Should help.
Thats a good idea. Ill give that a shot
I’m looking to get into 3d printing pretty much what you are doing! I’m going to buy a resin printer but want to make soft plastics as well as hard plastics. Do you think resin will make most hard bodied bass lures like jerkbaits and crank baits
You should be fine making harbaits with a resin printer. Ive been working on it for a while now thats why I havent put out a video in a while. So far Ive had no issues making smaller lures for bass fishing. I have a 4 inch jerkbait that should be releasing soon. Im not sure where the cuttoff on how big of lures you can practicly make. My main concern is lip stength. So far ive had luck with lures up to an oz and a half but I havent tested anything heavier. I want to do a video on all my findings I just want to finalize my design proscess first.
What material is it?? PLA, ABS??
In this video I used abs but polycarbonate works much better and petg works better as well
Nice version bro. Thanks for the shout out too.
Im glad you liked it and no problem
The little white lines are from alcohol that didn’t come off and then when you cure it the alcohol leaves white blotches and streaks.
Thanks thats good to know
Idk if your still taking recommendations on soft plastic baits but if you are. what about a fluke style jerk bait with the slit cavity on the bottom to hide the hook. Making it less likely to snag.
Sorry for the late reply. Im always looking for new ideas when I get around to them is another story though. Too many projexts to keep up with. Ill deffinitly keep this in mind. I did hook slots on a very large eel bait i made but that never got passed the proto type phase.
where is the file
www.thingiverse.com/thing:5272119#google_vignette
have you tried painting your soft plastics with SB Coat (clear) and mica powder? For freshwater/bass fishing lakes, that sardine design is a very convincing Shad profile. 6th Sense Fishing has an ultra realistic soft plastic shad imitation, called the "Panorama Shad", that is currently very popular and hard to keep in stock right now. Quite honestly, it's a boring flat board-like soft plastic version of your design, but with terrific very realistic paint jobs, IMO. I'm trying to find a permanent way of "decorating" my Bucca Burritos (Lg silicone cast shad patterned swimbaits) with irridesscent mica powders. Using a paint on silicone with mica powder as pigment still ends up being opaque. So far, I've vacuum chambered some of my homemade silicone cast soft lures, in ziplock bags, after micro needling them. It only lasts as long as nothing is making any rough contact with it, but seems to maintain better without washing out after several casts. In comparison, for plastisol baits, the SB coatings are probably more durable, but scratching can appear on them under similar conditions. as far as I can tell, for silicone, after a short day, the mica powder just seems to fade away, faintly being absorbed into the silicone. "Spike-It" paints will hold after letting them dry for several minutes, but seems to eventually get completely absorbed through out the body of the silicone. You could apply it to the dorsal area, but after a couple of days the entire thing turns what was once a milky translucent clear into a faded version of whatever color you had applied. It's actually fun reapplying the patterns when I get them back home, so I enjoy it. But, I find myself wondering how many lures I could have painted by now. That usually turns into wondering how many could I "paint" in a day? (it's like using a paint brush to apply make up to a figurine). I might as well start casting and painting up some high quality baits at this point. Pretty sure the commercial plastisol versions are air brushed or silk screened patterns. Thanks ahead of time, and thanks for the inspiration. Tight lines!
I dont have any experiance using mica powder or silicone. I do plan on trying to airbrush some soft plastics soon. I woukd either try and find some kind of paint made for silicon and then clear coat over it or do some kind of base coat that the spike it will stick to and stop it from absorbing into the silicone
@@HandCraftedAngling thanks 👍
@@HandCraftedAngling I'm thinking about trying the PVC paint they use for silkscreening t-shirts, for soft plastics. It has a really quick heat cure too. Expensive though.
That may work let me know how it goes.
What do you think about PC-7 for bonding?
I dont see any reson why that woundt work
@@HandCraftedAngling it's the strongest that I've seen, and sticks to anything. Also a bit pricey.
I haven't had any issues with the cheaper less strong epoxy. Any force of the lure should be pulling directly inline with the body through the hook hangers. There really shouldn't be much rotational force to split the bodies in half.
I can imagine them doing well at Lake Biwa in Japan (or somewhere in Texas/California), for Largemouth. I really have to get going on my SLA.
These baits can be printed on a resin printer but they wont be too efficent. Im working on two new hardbaits developed specificly for resin printing
@@HandCraftedAngling awesome 💯👍
Genius level skill set. It's like you do all the R+D work, and we get to have all the fun! Thanks bro.
Glad you like it and no problem
Do the baits float?
Yes this plastic is floating
Yep same as everyone says they need to be kept cold. If in bags they will melt get flat spots on them even get soft and deformed in sun on a jig hook setting in sun in boat. Fish like them but for personal use keep in box in cooler with no pressure on sides of baits. Worth while but keep them cool and loose in a box.
Ive put this plastic on the back burner. It does not play nice with 3d printed molds. The resin does not absorb the heat quickley and creats all sorts of issues.
is there anyway i would be able to get the fusion 360 file?
Send me an email, I will see if I still have it.
@@HandCraftedAngling sounds good. just sent the email. youtube didnt notify that you had replied
Hello , I make molds with a 3D printer and cast them with RTV2 molder silicone. It costs me approximately 1 dollar, but its structure is not soft enough, it is very difficult to find the product you use in Turkey, the cost increases a lot when purchased from abroad. Is there a product with similar softness that you would recommend? thank you in advance
That's awesome!. I would love to know what fish these lures can catch in Turkey. Unfortunately I am not aware what would be available there. Although some people make soft plastics out of silicone that is not the normal material used. They do make silicone soft enough to use for lures but I'm not sure if its available in your country. The material that most soft plastic lures are made of is called plastisol. I cannot provide you a vender for your country but I would try searching that.
Did the plastic ever melt
It melted on me once using really high temps with a ton of pressure. Resin printed molds work better. For fdm i reccomend using a higher melting point plastic and injecting as cool and with as little pressure as possible
Hey how do i find link
www.thingiverse.com/thing:5260607
@@HandCraftedAngling is it a scam
@@Matix707 No thingiverse is a website where people post downloadabe 3d pritable files. I got into 3d printing to make my own lures and share most of my files so people can use them. It seemed like a waste to me to learn all this and sink a ton of time into designing baits just for personal use. Id rather other people be able to use them aswell. I have a bunch of other baits too if you check out my channel
@@HandCraftedAngling thankyou very much also what material do i use to 3d print the molds
So that polycarbonate blend plastic wont melt when injecting hot plastisol??
I havent had too many issues yet. You just have to keep light pressure and keep the temperature as low as possible. Ive had molds warp on me when I inject it too hot or push too hard. With these molds i usually try and keep the temp as close to 300 as possible.
Yes please continue this project. Just found your channel and this is exactly what ive been looking to do, always thought the hooks were way too big for the jig as well. What size hook did you end up designing for? Thank you for the great video
I deffinitly do not plan on giving up but I havent revisited this concept yet. I dont remeber what size hooks i use but I wanna say 4-5 ot. I deffinitly plan on revisiting this topic but I have some other stuff I want to try out first.
Very cool, now i can make infinite lures lol
Glad i cpuld help! Thats kinda the goal of the channel
For the 3d printable molds will regular PLA work?
Ive never tried it. For the stuff i used in this video i deffinitly would not use pla. It warped one of my resin molds. If you are using regular plastisol I have heard of people using pla. I would think the smaller molds would work more than larger molds. I would keep your temps as low as possible.
This stuff is great for personal use but if you are selling baits they will not survive the shipment, they melt and deform VERY easily WAY more so than ZMan. I put them in packaging and placed them in my mailbox for 2 hours on a 70 degree day and they were toast. I tried everything Bait Plastics suggested, curing in ice baths, rolling in salt, lots of worm oil in packaging etc etc. Basically they told me everyone that uses this stuff uses thermo formed plastic trays shaped like their baits to keep them from deforming, even then they will still melt. As said though, if you use it for personal use and can keep them in a cooler while fishing they will be okay.
Yeah I'm a little worried about the heat tolerance. This is all for personal use so I'm not worried about shipping but if it truly has to be kept in a cooler that's gonna be a problem. Its still pretty cold up here so I cant test that. I store most of my baits in a shed and it hit 80 degrees outside one day and they didn't melt. If its 70 outside and the sun is beating down on a metal mailbox it might be quite a bit warmer inside than 70 degrees. I've been having other issues with this stuff with bubbles and air pockets. I ordered a mixing pot and I am waiting for that to come before I try anything else with it. Unfortunately I have had much better luck fishing with tpe type baits than regular plastisol and I would love to have my custom designs made out of it. So for now I am stuck tooling around with this stuff.
This stuff is not worth the trouble when it get to 70 degrees out side the baits will go flat if you dont keep them on ice you cant even leave them on the deck of your boat for more than 5 minutes.
I apriciate the heads up. I havent been able to try out the heat resistance as its still winter. Does it still flatten out at that temp if its out of durect sunlight?
Where do you buy your molds? Or do you make it your self
I make them on my 3d printer. All the ones that are finished are a free download
@@HandCraftedAngling you sell them? Because I would like some custom molds
Im toying around with that idea eventualy. I want all my molds to be perfect first.
@@HandCraftedAngling hope you make some updates on us about your molds
Yeah i havent really announced anything but a bunch of the freshwater molds are updated already The grub mold has been redone. All of the saltwater stuff is still in the testing faze
Instead of Bondo for the mold try some JB Weld. It should hold up to the temp better than the Bondo and should poor with about the same consistency. Also try vibrating the mold after you poor it with a palm sander to try and get the material settled in better. You are close to getting it perfect and great video.
Jb welds not a bad idea. Not sure about casting it or price though. I'm definitely gonna look into it. I also like the vibrations to remove some of the bubbles. I definitely want to try out the jigs again. I just want to wrap up some hard bait and soft plastic stuff first. I might do a middle video trying to make some weight molds as a trial run.
whats the difference in Mega_Craw.stl and crawdad_mold.stl?
The mega craw is the updated version with some dimension tweaks and a flat bottom so it can be resin printed.
@@HandCraftedAngling gotcha, thanks!
Thank you for sharing this experience, having a floating, flexible and resistant plastic has always been my dream. I live in Brazil and plastic with these characteristics that I find here has a negative point, which is that it makes the bait sticky and sticky. Does this product you tested in the video make the bait sticky?
I used exactly the same printing set. the resin had a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius. I set the thermostat to 24-28 degrees and everything was fine in the box, but the heater got very hot and the printing failed.
I need to find a good setting on the thermostat so that the resin is at 25 degrees Celsius
Yeah thats deffinitly what caused your faliure. Where is your temperature probe. Mine is decently high up in the enclosure. If your probe is closer to the bottom the resin temp will be higher due to the temp gradient.
i would like to see you make some realistic scale effects on a swimbait.
That is an excellent Idea! Ill give it a shot this weekend.
How long does that squid lure mold last? I’ve seen and read they melt very quickly and you don’t get many baits from them? There’s a guy selling one on eBay and wants 110 bux for it. Don’t wanna pay that if not gonna last?
It would depend on what the mold is made of. If its made out of what I use it should last a really long time. I would be happy to take a look at it if you share the link.
@@HandCraftedAngling it’s the same colour as the one in your video. I would imagine it’s the same. It’s on eBay Australia.
Also 110 dollars is way to much for that
I would recomend against buying that. Its a ripoff for the price. My mold files are free for personal use. The squid mold file in this video is free to download.
@@HandCraftedAngling yeah. It’s actually 100 which is about 75 US I think
Thank you again for the most useful information.
You bet!
Learned a bit this morning. Thank you. I am just getting started making soft baits. Once I receive my injector and mold I will be giving this a go. Thank you once again.
Glad to help!
If you are new to bait making I do not recommend using this product. And do not keep these baits in any sort of warm environment. If you live in the south you better keep them in your ice chest
I deffinitly agree with this not being a beginner friendly plastic. How supseptible is this stuff to heat? Ive heard it has issues but its winter and I cant test that. Is a cooler really nessisairy or does it just need to be kept out of the sun?
If you live up north you may be ok. I had them in my tackle bag in mid 90’s and they were a gooey mess
That’s really cool I never thought you could get the super stretchy plastic. I thought you could only buy Z man elastics!
Yea I am very excited to try it out on the water. I'm working on some new soft plastic designs and revamping some of my old ones. As soon as I get everything in order I'm gonna start making some in different colors and making some finished baits. I have a lot of ideas for this stuff if it works out.
What type of plastic are you printing with? I have been using pl+
This is what I use. Its a polycarbonate petg blend. tinyurl.com/yu99c3as
Great job How do I see your solid models? How do I donate to your channel? Do you have titex models?
Thank you all of my models are on my thingiverse page which is linked in the description. I am not sure what a titex model is. I appreciate the offer of donation but don't worry about that.
"Hmm, maybe I could pour my own jig heads." "oh maybe I should pour my own soft plastic lures" "oh maybe I should make my own molds to pour soft plastics" Looking at spending $450+ to save on jigs and lures that cost $1-5 each. What am I doing? 😅 Edit: subscribed
Could you not just 3d print the body around the hook it won’t be as heavy so slower sink but may be the ticket
awesome design!!!
Thabks glad you like it!
This is great please keep working on it!
Can you make a mold of Hook Up Baits tube?
Can you make a mold of Hook Up Baits tube?
Promo*SM 😡
The link to thingiverse doesn’t pull up anything?
It should be fixed give it a try now www.thingiverse.com/thing:5603288
Awesome! Thank you!
All good i really hope that link broke recently and it wasnt broken the whole time and no one told me for a year and change lol
@@HandCraftedAngling ya that would suck
very clever 👍
Glad you like it
Cool video! But please get rid of the spider web in the corner 😮😮😮
Might be a bit of a tool and supplies investment, but there’s many many ways to turn a 3d printed part into aluminum, brass, etc via casting methods. Robinson Foundry is a great channel to go watch and see how he does it with either a sand mold or ceramic slurry mixtures. Being able to print the jig mold and basically turn it to aluminum just might work great, and allow you to fine tune with files and stuff
Just cut off the collar
Awesome idea to try and make jigs with a 3d printer sorry the jigs it didn’t turn out well. the first time I tried to make my own mold I must have went through multiple roles of 3d filament . Thanks for inspiring me to try to make my own and thank for the original models you provided so I could learn from them and start to design my own molds.
Glad you like the idea! It definitely works and I can definitely make it work well. My problem is I have so many ideas I want to work on and I need to start prioritizing ideas. There are plenty of models to come. I really want to get started on my bait design series. I think there is quite a bit to come from that.