Another new mold

I just did a 7 cavity 5" slug/stickbait mold and a 5 cavity 2.5" jerkshad.  This is on the back of the material I used to do the dropshot worm last week.  Can't wait to see these in the water.

Leadhead Molds

These are my first attempts at making leadhead molds.  They came out great considering I had never worked with the lead material before.  They need a little fine tuning.  Mostly I needed smaller vents since they flashed over.  For the vents I made a .010 deep groove with a 1/16 ball mill on each side.  Obviously, that was a little too much.. I need to make them a little smaller.

Football head mold: 

It has 1 1/4 oz cavity, 2 3/8 oz cavities, 1 1/2 oz cavity, and 1 3/4 oz cavity. 

A completed and painted 3/4 oz football head.

And here is my shad head mold with eye sockets:

Some finished castings:

Success

I just got a report from the guy I made the "Spinal Tap" worm mold for and he says it's been working great and he's caught quite a few bass with it.

Here's a picture of one of them:  Not really a lunker but you really can't expect one in just a few sessions!

Drop Shot Worm

This is my new drop shot worm mold. It's 3 1/4 inch long and thin. Should have great action. For the finish I used a parallel toolpath with my favorite 1/8" atrax ball mill and a .045 step over. I got a small burr on the the tail pocket which will need to be sanded down but I was trying to save time. I usually get away without any burrs on the pockets now since I give the finish G41 pass a 1/2 the normal feed rate.