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Plug Building - Got Wood? Got Plug?

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Old 04-29-2007, 03:20 PM   #1
Diggin Jiggin
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Here's some I was working on today. This mold came out a lot better than the other one, and picked up all the details. When I made the first one it was with the bondo in the red can. I did some searches on the internet and on a hobby site they were talking about getting better molds by mixing the bondo in the red can with the bondo fiberglass resin. It makes a thinner mix and was supposed to be better at picking up details. So I tried that on this mold, which was made from one of my beat up 4 oz cripped herrings.

This mold came out much better then the one I used yesterday. For the hooks on these I used some of my big 8/0 jig hooks and used a dremel to cut off the eye of the hook so it would fit inside the mold.

The top one is the original. On my scale, which I don't trust, the original is 3 3/8. The next two I made from lead, and the scale says they are 3 3/4.

The bottom 2 are from tin, and the scale says the are 2 1/2 oz, but I think they are closer to 3.
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Old 04-29-2007, 05:16 PM   #2
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You just made my Hero List with that! Wow, something else that I have to try. Thanks for sharing that.

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