Out of tons of vids I have checked of people trying to teach others how to pour jigs or any sort of lure this is the only one I have seen that knows wth they're doing and knows how to do it quickly. I pour about 12-15,000 1/32 and 1/16 jigs with IDK how many 1/80-1/63 and 1/8-3oz jigs along with 3/8 - 3oz and once in a blue moon 4-8oz sinkers per winter.Sometimes a couple 1000 in a day,all out of a #20 Lee pot as it causes less spills,the one shown @10:00.My stepfather and his father used to make stuff for muzzleloaders and maxi and mini balls was one of them.They poured maybe 100's of thousands of bullets,he later showed me in the mid 80's and I've done it pretty much since but just jigs,baits,and sinkers in the last decade or so.I still have the 2 Lee #10 pots they used and was using them for a while before getting a #20.Never needed to get parts for them but a couple years ago I did order a new element,rod and pot for each one just to have around in case. I think the reason they have worked so long is we always keep them at least 3/4 full at all times,even when not in use.This makes the pot work less trying to keep the lead at the right temp.It also helps keep any garbage from working it's way down the rod and into the spout.I might have to clean the spout and rod once a month or two because of drips but keeping it so full helps keep that junk out of the spout.At the end of winter (usually end of April or into May) I quit pouring as I'm out fishing myself,but when I'm done I'll pour all lead out of the pot and clean it.There is usually yellowish buildup on the sides if the lead isn't 90%+ pure and this is sulfur.The sulfur will act as an insulator and make the pot work harder to try and melt the lead and to keep it melted. Keeping it 3/4 or full can sometimes cause the rod to float and then the spout will drip or leak a pretty good stream.I just take the wooden handle off and slide a 3 or 4oz flat bank sinker on and then reinstall the wooden handle. When pouring a couple things I do different is I'll set my mold on the pot while the lead is melting.Once melted I pour 8-10 clean pours (with no hooks or hardware) and sit it on the pot for 20-30seconds before pulling the heads and repouring,I never have to pour on the sides to keep it or get it hot.If I need to get up to do something for a few moments or minutes I will sit the mold on the pot and when I return I will repour a few clean pours as before and then get back to work.Don't let the mold on the pot for to long,the lead,pot,and mold will overheat,especially if you're set at #8 or higher. On 1/32-1/16 heads I usually have the pot set at #6-7,and on the heavier weights I keep going up,up to between 9-10 on some of the 4-8oz sinkers.Once I have "warmed up' the mold you can't touch it more than a split second or your getting burned,doing this I never have any miss-pours where they don't fully form. It's all how your comfortable doing it but I don't count them out into piles.I just take the clump of hooks and bounce them on the table to get them to fall apart and I slide them to the side not bunching them up.I then just quickly glance and see what looks to be 7-8 hooks and use a couple fingers and slide them all into my left hand.Most of them are facing the same direction so I can just slide one between my fingers ready for my other hand to grab and lay in the mold.The continuous poured sprue as I see he also does is the real time saver.Open mold and grab one and they all come out.I usually then drop it on the table and the hooks will land up and not get all tangled together,this later makes it easy to remove them from the sprue quickly. I just wish painting them was so quick but I think I got it down to as fast as can be like this. Hotplate,cast iron skillet and a few 100 heads in it heating up at once equals grab,dip and hang.Then the wait to cure,no way to shorten that process...lol,but I have dumped those junk toaster ovens and went to a old kitchen oven.I can do somewhere around 500 (1/32-1/16) at a time so maybe I did find a "quicker" easier way for that too...haha On larger jigs like my 3/8oz + I find doing them one at a time is a little quicker...or so it seems.Pour it,then the split second you see it set pull it,snip off sprue,tap on a piece of metal to flatten the spot the sprue was and dip in the powder.This is where I think it saves time and gives it a perfect coat,it's still powdery though so it will rub off,but it's a thin coat and you don't even have to clean eyes before or after curing.You don't have to reheat them to dip and you're not spending any time cleaning eyes or getting bumps/drips even if you hang them to cure.
Great video Dizzy , I have cast pyramid sinkers for beach fishing and plenty of projectiles for shooting and the only thing I do differently is that I use wax as a lead flux instead of the soap. Plain old candle wax makes an excellent flux and stops the lead oxidising , that slag that you have ladled out can be re melted and run some wax over the top and you will be able to use more of it. Cheers Evan
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This is a great video! Thanks mate! This helped me a great deal. Your mitts look like you have worked a good lot of hard hours. Nice to see a man that ain’t got nail polish, and manicured hands! All the best, warm regards from Canada eh!
Out of tons of vids I have checked of people trying to teach others how to pour jigs or any sort of lure this is the only one I have seen that knows wth they're doing and knows how to do it quickly.
I pour about 12-15,000 1/32 and 1/16 jigs with IDK how many 1/80-1/63 and 1/8-3oz jigs along with 3/8 - 3oz and once in a blue moon 4-8oz sinkers per winter.Sometimes a couple 1000 in a day,all out of a #20 Lee pot as it causes less spills,the one shown @10:00.My stepfather and his father used to make stuff for muzzleloaders and maxi and mini balls was one of them.They poured maybe 100's of thousands of bullets,he later showed me in the mid 80's and I've done it pretty much since but just jigs,baits,and sinkers in the last decade or so.I still have the 2 Lee #10 pots they used and was using them for a while before getting a #20.Never needed to get parts for them but a couple years ago I did order a new element,rod and pot for each one just to have around in case.
I think the reason they have worked so long is we always keep them at least 3/4 full at all times,even when not in use.This makes the pot work less trying to keep the lead at the right temp.It also helps keep any garbage from working it's way down the rod and into the spout.I might have to clean the spout and rod once a month or two because of drips but keeping it so full helps keep that junk out of the spout.At the end of winter (usually end of April or into May) I quit pouring as I'm out fishing myself,but when I'm done I'll pour all lead out of the pot and clean it.There is usually yellowish buildup on the sides if the lead isn't 90%+ pure and this is sulfur.The sulfur will act as an insulator and make the pot work harder to try and melt the lead and to keep it melted.
Keeping it 3/4 or full can sometimes cause the rod to float and then the spout will drip or leak a pretty good stream.I just take the wooden handle off and slide a 3 or 4oz flat bank sinker on and then reinstall the wooden handle.
When pouring a couple things I do different is I'll set my mold on the pot while the lead is melting.Once melted I pour 8-10 clean pours (with no hooks or hardware) and sit it on the pot for 20-30seconds before pulling the heads and repouring,I never have to pour on the sides to keep it or get it hot.If I need to get up to do something for a few moments or minutes I will sit the mold on the pot and when I return I will repour a few clean pours as before and then get back to work.Don't let the mold on the pot for to long,the lead,pot,and mold will overheat,especially if you're set at #8 or higher.
On 1/32-1/16 heads I usually have the pot set at #6-7,and on the heavier weights I keep going up,up to between 9-10 on some of the 4-8oz sinkers.Once I have "warmed up' the mold you can't touch it more than a split second or your getting burned,doing this I never have any miss-pours where they don't fully form.
It's all how your comfortable doing it but I don't count them out into piles.I just take the clump of hooks and bounce them on the table to get them to fall apart and I slide them to the side not bunching them up.I then just quickly glance and see what looks to be 7-8 hooks and use a couple fingers and slide them all into my left hand.Most of them are facing the same direction so I can just slide one between my fingers ready for my other hand to grab and lay in the mold.The continuous poured sprue as I see he also does is the real time saver.Open mold and grab one and they all come out.I usually then drop it on the table and the hooks will land up and not get all tangled together,this later makes it easy to remove them from the sprue quickly.
I just wish painting them was so quick but I think I got it down to as fast as can be like this. Hotplate,cast iron skillet and a few 100 heads in it heating up at once equals grab,dip and hang.Then the wait to cure,no way to shorten that process...lol,but I have dumped those junk toaster ovens and went to a old kitchen oven.I can do somewhere around 500 (1/32-1/16) at a time so maybe I did find a "quicker" easier way for that too...haha
On larger jigs like my 3/8oz + I find doing them one at a time is a little quicker...or so it seems.Pour it,then the split second you see it set pull it,snip off sprue,tap on a piece of metal to flatten the spot the sprue was and dip in the powder.This is where I think it saves time and gives it a perfect coat,it's still powdery though so it will rub off,but it's a thin coat and you don't even have to clean eyes before or after curing.You don't have to reheat them to dip and you're not spending any time cleaning eyes or getting bumps/drips even if you hang them to cure.
Great video Dizzy , I have cast pyramid sinkers for beach fishing and plenty of projectiles for shooting and the only thing I do differently is that I use wax as a lead flux instead of the soap. Plain old candle wax makes an excellent flux and stops the lead oxidising , that slag that you have ladled out can be re melted and run some wax over the top and you will be able to use more of it. Cheers Evan
Golden advice. Cheers Evan
Important tip chuck on some safety glasses, if that splashes in your eyes you won't be able to watch coast fish TV anymore
Best tip 🤙
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This is a great video! Thanks mate! This helped me a great deal. Your mitts look like you have worked a good lot of hard hours. Nice to see a man that ain’t got nail polish, and manicured hands! All the best, warm regards from Canada eh!
Glad you enjoyed it
thank you for this master 😁 really big help.. iwas looking for a mold and then your vid came up 💪
Well damn, a lot easier than I thought. Bloody great video and thanks to Darren for the quality info. 👍
Took me by surprise to Mr Cods
Awesome vid guys cant wait to give it ago. I used to make sinkers for my old boss and that was alot of fun and very cost effective.
So easy too. Let me know how you go mate 🤙
Good job Darren great information cheers mate
Awesome video mate.
Great idea for teens and adults to save money
How cheap is it. Amazing
Thanks for the vid mate thats is alot easier and faster then I'd of thought cheers 🤙🤮
Wish I knew about this earlier too. I couldn't saved thousands over the years lol. Cheers mate 🤙
Thanks mate great video!
Cheers legend 🤙
sick video love how easy it looks might have to try one day
It's ridiculously easy 🤙
very nicely explained👍
Thanks mate
Smashing vid bussys far play to u both
Great vid mate thanks for sharing 👍
Cheers Will. Get amongst it and throw them at those monster Flathead you hook up on your fishing show! 🤙
@@CoastfishTV Fingers crossed mate 😂👍 thank you
Tip.....wax the mould between pours with a candle.
I think all fishos love a good DIY. Tempting, but I think I'd get it everywhere like superglue. Lol
I think you'll nail it mate 🤙
Great video! Where do you but your hooks in bulk from?
I think Dizzy mentioned that in the video. If not, let me know and I will find out for you mate.
Where do u get all the lead to melt I look and the bars cost like 30 bucks
I think Darren collects the lead. From anywhere he can find it.
Does it matter what size hook you use for the mold
Don't think it does within reason
I am from india. How to get this mould??
I found out about water and lead before this video luckily it was only one arm that took the splash
Very lucky mate 😳
always looking for something new...
Does it work better with pubic hair in the soap 🧼 🙄
Who can help out young Ashley?