ANyone have a Lead Flipping worm wieght ?

[northrivergeek]

ANyone have a Lead Flipping worm wieght ?

Looking for a cad drawing or a actual 1 and 1.5 oz lead flipping wieght, if you have one of these in Lead could I get some measurements to make a mold from .. just not sure how big needs to be for 1oz and 1.5oz .. cant find a mold so going to make one .. if I have to will order the dumb things to get sizes lol

Personal use only not selling , Im too cheap to pay retail lol

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[Oldfart9999]

Just measure a 1 and 11/2 ounce lead worm sinker!

[Smallie_Stalker]

Just measure a 1 and 11/2 ounce lead worm sinker!

Wouldn't he need to know about the measurement on the collar too and how that adds in to the weight?

[Oldfart9999]

Wouldn't he need to know about the measurement on the collar too and how that adds in to the weight?

You can make a pretty good guess, the weight added would be minimal.
Rodney

[Smallie_Stalker]

I do suppose you are right.

[northrivergeek]

I figured it out .. didnt have a worm wieght that size.. used a 1oz egg sinker .. and traced the size and mod it that on paper prob solved , just didn't give it enough thought lol

[Oldfart9999]

I figured it out .. didnt have a worm wieght that size.. used a 1oz egg sinker .. and traced the size and mod it that on paper prob solved , just didn't give it enough thought lol

A true bait modifier!
Rodney

[bigjim5589]

I'm late to this thread, and I have a mold with that style weight. I just got in from work & am trying to catch up, so it will be tomorrow before I can check my mold. Not sure if the one I have goes that heavy or not, but Ill check. 

[northrivergeek]

here is what me and one of the engineers at work came up with .. took him about 10 mins ..me would have taken 2 weeks lol ... I just haven't played with cad much.. would have to learn it .. I work IT .. spend enough time on computers and work and home .. for something I will rarely use.

One of the machinists gonna make me a mold out of this .. of course I will owe him a bunch of the finished heads and will throw in doz of my cranks as well ..

[bigjim5589]

Very Cool! 

It never hurts to have talented friends or co-workers either!   


I studied Architecture in college, so I can do the drafting, but it's old school with hard line pencils & paper that I did. Never did any of the CAD stuff either. 

[SFL BassHunter]

Glad you figured it out! Looks like a pretty good schematic for it! I was going to suggest going to BPS. They sell em up to 1oz but thats it.

[Oldfart9999]

Looks like you're business, sure is good to have friends!
Rodney

[bigjim5589]

I checked my mold, and the heaviest size is 9/16 oz. It's the Do It mold, model # SLIP-6-A.

I have their trolling head mold too which makes 1 oz heads, but the shape is not what you would want for flipping, especially around vegetation.

I guess once northrivergeek gets his mold made, we'll all know where to get the heavier heads when we need them! 

[northrivergeek]

ANyone that wants the DWG file its yours .. if you are actually going to use it
Now this is not a complete mold .. no hinges etc .. Im just making it out of Alum plate, and put in a couple studs for alignment .. and use clamps .. if you wana get fancy with it feel free lol..

All I ask if you want it .. go here to my https://www.youtube.com/user/northrivergeek , like a video
and visit the about section for the DWG dropbox link .. will leave the link up for couple weeks then take down

You will need a autocad viewer or autocad to open the file http://www.autodesk.com/products/dwg/viewers