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01/04/16 09:52 PM
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Got paid for 8 hours pouring lead  , poured some 5oz no rolls. Twenty pounds worth and poured 100-1/32 Pro Ball. 
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01/05/16 12:38 AM
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gar1970
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Re: DIY Sinkers
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01/05/16 07:10 AM
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Txmedic033
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Great job! The biggest I pour is 3 oz not rolls, but that mold will get smoking hot in no time so I have to pour something else while it cools. It sure is fun making your own stuff. Get a paint removal disk in your cordless drill and use it to shape the jig heads. It's much faster than using a file.
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01/05/16 12:26 PM
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Good idea Txmedic033, I have a variable speed dremel that would work perfectly for that 
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01/05/16 12:40 PM
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I set the drill upright on the battery and leave it on while I shape them. Then it it a one hand operation so you can use the other hand for refreshments.
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01/06/16 05:30 PM
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cbag1
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Nice! I remember my grandpa and me making sinkers when I was a kid with old wheel weights and his molds. Thanks for the memory. Is this the only kind you make?
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01/06/16 07:01 PM
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butch sanders
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is shaping, smoothing the edges?
thats awesome
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01/06/16 07:40 PM
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Nice! I remember my grandpa and me making sinkers when I was a kid with old wheel weights and his molds. Thanks for the memory. Is this the only kind you make? Yes Sir. Tried pouring some 1/32 crappie jigs, I need too get a better mold. They came out kinda rough.
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01/06/16 07:44 PM
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is shaping, smoothing the edges?
thats awesome  I had to file down some of the jigheads butch. Hook wasn't sitting rite in the mold  pic didn't come out to good. Can see a couple of them that look bad.
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01/06/16 08:07 PM
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butch sanders
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is shaping, smoothing the edges?
thats awesome I had to file down some of the jigheads butch. Hook wasn't sitting rite in the mold pic didn't come out to good. Can see a couple of them that look bad. may have to try something like this used to make plastic worms in the oven
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01/07/16 10:01 PM
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taterpop
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