Yeah you can catch fish in FDM lures for sure, but you can also catch fish on blocks of wood. Most lure makers are not going for the 3D printed lure look but want to make something that is nice and smooth with high detail. The fish don't care at all though 😉
@@WMBayouLures yeah I get that for sure. I agree, the fish do not care exactly how smooth something is. Textured, maybe. I encourage slight imperfections here and there because that what happens in nature.
@@FreedomFishing Yeah I always think its funny when people in general want a perfect lure when nothing in nature is perfect, especially the things that get eaten 🙂
im looking to spend under $359 for a 3d printer. 250-350$ would be perfect. i want to print fishing lures such as glidebaits or crankbaits. im a beginner. any suggestions? what do you think about the elegoo Neptune 4 plus? and what filament should i get?
I don't print baits with filament printers so I can only recommend NO filament 😉 But if I had to I would suggest either the A1 or the A1 mini with the AMS system. The Neptune is a fine printer but for a 1st time printer the Bambu system is amazing. You can use standard PLA or PETG for lures. As long as you give them a nice UV resistant clear coat, or paint + clear coat you should be good to go.
@@UnitedStatesG0v3rnm3nt Thats the main issue, I would say 99.99% of filaments lures are going to float and you need to add weight to make them sink. So if you want to make floating lures filament could work but otherwise you are going to need to add weight to get them to sink. I really need to do a deep dive video on this subject.....
I hope you're wrong, I will let you know if you can print molds using a FDM printer. I am planning to test printing Bambi Lab pps-cf for molds which has a deflection temperature of 264 degrees Celsius which is 507 degrees Fahrenheit. I have a Morgan Press injection molding machine that I am hoping I can use for short runs with this material. I will be printing on the X1E printer.
Can it be done? Yes it can but you will always be fighting uphill. Super long print times, fighting layer lines, and lack of overall detail are just some of the issues to contend with. Depending of what you are injecting other issues could arise. Check out what the guys that use Buster Beagle injectors are doing, resin prints with a cnc aluminum case seems to produce pretty good results. Great printer choice and you can certainly get good use out of it.
@@WMBayouLures Sure, I was just pointing out there is material now that will with stand the temperature. If I'm not satisfied with the quality, I'll purchase the Formlabs 4L and try the 10K Rigid material.
@@WMBayouLures How do you inject the multi-color lures. Like the yellow tails and brown bodies. Also, what material do you use to get the consistency of rubber worms?
You like that expensive stuff eh! A Saturn 4 Ultra or similar printer with Siraya Tech Sculpt resin will produce the same results for a fraction of the cost... Nothing wrong with Formlabs of course...
The material is plastisol I mostly use Baitplastics but also use some Dead-on. Multi-color can be done a number of ways: Inject tail color, cut out everything except the tail, inject main body color. Create a seperate tail mold, shot tails then place them in the main mold. Create a mold that has multiple injection ports and gates between the sections you want different colors (usually only used for large mass production molds)
You really piqued my interest in this video. While I am not any kind of a fisherman nor have I any desire to make my own lures, you mentioned something about molds that I could use as an application. Do you happen to have a video related to making molds, and can you briefly explain how it is that you use them and what you're filling these molds with. Is this a resin mold that you're filling with silicone?
I have an entire playlist! - ua-cam.com/play/PLEdNibYdUWY7Kxl6tZ3iihw1zSfulIeUe.html Specifically discusses Fusion 360 but all the concepts should transfer over. I use molds to make soft plastic fishing lures and inject heated plastisol (around 350F) You could inject silicone for sure but with resin you want to use a tin cure silicone as platinum cure has cure inhibition without further processing of the mold.
Bill thanks for the plug, but I 100% agree with all your points! I am thinking about getting another just because of the current prices.
Great points. I rather clean 10 fish than post process a resin print.
Its messy business for sure!
4:25 "....I mean, people catch fish on blocks of wood". I wonder who he's making reference to. 😂 @marlingbaits
Just caught another big northern bass on my fdm lure. Hoping it holds up to stripers next year. 🤞
Yeah you can catch fish in FDM lures for sure, but you can also catch fish on blocks of wood. Most lure makers are not going for the 3D printed lure look but want to make something that is nice and smooth with high detail.
The fish don't care at all though 😉
@@WMBayouLures yeah I get that for sure. I agree, the fish do not care exactly how smooth something is. Textured, maybe. I encourage slight imperfections here and there because that what happens in nature.
@@FreedomFishing Yeah I always think its funny when people in general want a perfect lure when nothing in nature is perfect, especially the things that get eaten 🙂
im looking to spend under $359 for a 3d printer. 250-350$ would be perfect. i want to print fishing lures such as glidebaits or crankbaits. im a beginner. any suggestions? what do you think about the elegoo Neptune 4 plus? and what filament should i get?
I don't print baits with filament printers so I can only recommend NO filament 😉
But if I had to I would suggest either the A1 or the A1 mini with the AMS system. The Neptune is a fine printer but for a 1st time printer the Bambu system is amazing.
You can use standard PLA or PETG for lures. As long as you give them a nice UV resistant clear coat, or paint + clear coat you should be good to go.
@wmbayoulures is there a different in filament i would want to use sinking vs floating lures?
@@UnitedStatesG0v3rnm3nt Thats the main issue, I would say 99.99% of filaments lures are going to float and you need to add weight to make them sink. So if you want to make floating lures filament could work but otherwise you are going to need to add weight to get them to sink.
I really need to do a deep dive video on this subject.....
@ that would be an awesome video
I hope you're wrong, I will let you know if you can print molds using a FDM printer. I am planning to test printing Bambi Lab pps-cf for molds which has a deflection temperature of 264 degrees Celsius which is 507 degrees Fahrenheit. I have a Morgan Press injection molding machine that I am hoping I can use for short runs with this material. I will be printing on the X1E printer.
Can it be done? Yes it can but you will always be fighting uphill. Super long print times, fighting layer lines, and lack of overall detail are just some of the issues to contend with. Depending of what you are injecting other issues could arise. Check out what the guys that use Buster Beagle injectors are doing, resin prints with a cnc aluminum case seems to produce pretty good results.
Great printer choice and you can certainly get good use out of it.
@@WMBayouLures Sure, I was just pointing out there is material now that will with stand the temperature. If I'm not satisfied with the quality, I'll purchase the Formlabs 4L and try the 10K Rigid material.
@@WMBayouLures How do you inject the multi-color lures. Like the yellow tails and brown bodies. Also, what material do you use to get the consistency of rubber worms?
You like that expensive stuff eh! A Saturn 4 Ultra or similar printer with Siraya Tech Sculpt resin will produce the same results for a fraction of the cost...
Nothing wrong with Formlabs of course...
The material is plastisol I mostly use Baitplastics but also use some Dead-on.
Multi-color can be done a number of ways:
Inject tail color, cut out everything except the tail, inject main body color.
Create a seperate tail mold, shot tails then place them in the main mold.
Create a mold that has multiple injection ports and gates between the sections you want different colors (usually only used for large mass production molds)
You really piqued my interest in this video. While I am not any kind of a fisherman nor have I any desire to make my own lures, you mentioned something about molds that I could use as an application. Do you happen to have a video related to making molds, and can you briefly explain how it is that you use them and what you're filling these molds with. Is this a resin mold that you're filling with silicone?
I have an entire playlist! - ua-cam.com/play/PLEdNibYdUWY7Kxl6tZ3iihw1zSfulIeUe.html
Specifically discusses Fusion 360 but all the concepts should transfer over.
I use molds to make soft plastic fishing lures and inject heated plastisol (around 350F) You could inject silicone for sure but with resin you want to use a tin cure silicone as platinum cure has cure inhibition without further processing of the mold.