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MRichardson

Posted 6/12/2015 4:19 PM (#772373)
Subject: Darter design concept

Feeling creative so I’ve been playing around with some new design ideas, mixing a bit of my MDR Chopper design with an open mouth darter style head, I’m liking it. What do ya think?

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BoyerWNC

Posted 6/13/2015 6:46 PM (#772497 - in reply to #772373)
Subject: Re: Darter design concept

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Looks Cool to me. That's a lot of work to cut out. How do you plan to manufacture theses?

MRichardson

Posted 6/15/2015 8:40 AM (#772639 - in reply to #772497)
Subject: Re: Darter design concept

Thanks. First I’ll make some prototypes to confirm it works how I think it will. Then I’ll build a single cavity mold that I can hand mix and pour a urethane foam into. It’s a slow way of making baits, I can only make 3 or 4 an hour, but it’s a hobby for me and I prefer to make my baits 100% at home.

dougturd

Posted 6/18/2015 2:11 PM (#773135 - in reply to #772639)
Subject: Re: Darter design concept

Posts: 32

Wow this is absolutely beautiful. I would buy one in a heartbeat. How do you plan on transferring the CAD design to a mold?

MRichardson

Posted 6/18/2015 2:53 PM (#773143 - in reply to #773135)
Subject: Re: Darter design concept

Thanks, after I design the mold blocks and assemble them all together in CAD. The actual “transferring” is easy. I click on this button called “cavity” and voilà the cavity in the mold is done.

There are still more details I need to put in, but it will look close to this when I’m done.

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DMJones

Posted 6/25/2015 7:09 PM (#774072 - in reply to #772373)
Subject: Re: Darter design concept

Posts: 43

Location: Central IA

How about a video on the mold making process? Sounds very cool and it would be interesting to see.
Thanks

anderj85

Posted 6/29/2015 9:41 AM (#774360 - in reply to #772373)
Subject: Re: Darter design concept

Posts: 273

Location: US

Do you make the mold by hand or CNC? Looks like you do great work from what i've seen on here!

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