Poured some jigs with the Mid West finesse jig mold for the first time. Noticed the 1/8 ounce heads move on the hook. Held the hook right at the jig head when breaking off the excess lead. Using a Gami 114 2/0 hook and the wb-400 wire keeper. Has any one else had this issue?
Heat your hooks and inserts, Use harder lead, cut off sprue.
Use super glue at the point of movement, Paint/clearcoat helps as well.
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I've had this same problem with the smaller sized jig heads, even had the keeper wire come out. Like 21XDC said, harder lead and cut the sprue. Problem solved.
That is also a pretty large hook for that mold in the smaller sizes. I have used hooks to 1/0 with no problems.
Don't break off the sprue, use a gate shear or diagonal cutter. Harder lead is also a plus, I use 5% antimony in my lead and I haven't had any issue. When I first poured them I used really hard lead and I found that it didn't matter, the heads on most of them would loosen if I broke the sprues off instead of cutting with my gate shears. It is kind of funny because I've been using the heads since the mold came out and I've bounced them over rock and pulled some free from snags and never an issue. If I wiggle the sprue back and forth and try to break it off the head, 3 out of 5 will be loose.
Thanks for the suggestions. The 2/0 Gami was for a friend that uses them for smallmouth. I did pour some with a 1/0 Gami 114. Had to put plumbers putty around the eyes to keep lead from filling the hook eye.
Powderpainting them secures it if they are loose.
Allen
You can cure that flash problem with RTV silicone.Originally Posted by Bass13
Say jigman, what is the process for using the RTV silicone? Ive tried plumbers putty with mixed/poor results. Do you put the silicone in both sides of the mold?
Drill out 1/4-3/8in deep in the mold where the hook eyes fit both sides... Over fill the holes with red rtv silicone and let dry. Use a razor blade to trim off extra flush with the mold surface. Now you can use many hooks w/o flash.
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Yep he is correct. He is the one who gave me the tip. I had drilled mine out and was getting all kinds of flash.
Just so you know, if the hook you want to use fits in the hook eye part of the cavity you don't need to drill. Simply fill the eye with Permatex Red High Temp RTV gasket maker as 21XDC has already outlined and trim with razor after cure. The permatex will compress around the hook eye when you close to mold and keep lead from getting in, but if you need to use a different hook then drill it out just as he described.
Use two pairs of pliars. One to grab the lead to remove from the mold and hold just the lead when you break off the slag
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