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MRichardson |
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Hi all, I tried something new to me, I 3D printed a mold for pouring resin. This one was a high performance plastic and I’m not sure how long it will last, but you can also now print metals like aluminum, stainless steel and titanium. I went with a small lure for my first try using this method. The lure is 4.5” long, thru wire, and has a density like a hard balsa. Attachments ---------------- 3DP mold.jpg (93KB - 1656 downloads) clamped.jpg (89KB - 419 downloads) blank.jpg (88KB - 468 downloads) Skatter Molly a.jpg (91KB - 476 downloads) Skatter Molly b.jpg (91KB - 426 downloads) Skatter Molly c.jpg (93KB - 651 downloads) | |||
Gringo Loco |
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Posts: 653 Location: Moses Lake, WA | Absolutely outstanding! With your 3D printing you can make any lure shape that appeals to your imagination, and add any level of detail that programing details will permit. Gary Schwartz | ||
ToddM |
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Posts: 20211 Location: oswego, il | It shows off you're ring finger really nice! Awesome looking bait. | ||
Zinox |
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Posts: 1100 | Nice :D What printer did you use? I did the same thing with a softbait mold, using our Stratasys Uprint SE :P | ||
Tackle Industries |
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Posts: 4053 Location: Land of the Musky | Very cool!! My 13yr old son is learning how to make the 3D CAD drawings now. | ||
MRichardson |
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These were done on a HP Fusion Jet machine in their proprietary material, it’s pretty strong stuff and the layer thickness is only .08 mm so the steps you get are not that pronounced. So far it’s been pretty cool | |||
kevinj |
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Posts: 473 | that came out awesome is that a resin pour or a foam bait? Very clean and love the finished look | ||
G-Bay-Guy |
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Posts: 5 | Nice, I printed some lures using PLA. But this is very cool. Was thinking about doing something similar. I've made molds for pouring soft plastic swimbaits. They work fine, warpy at times, but I've made a handful at 6 inches so far. And a bunch of 3 inch swimbaits for bass. Also just using PLA, printed on an anet a8. 1/10 would not recommend the printer. | ||
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