Hi all
Been lurking for a while but would like to ask a basic question. I'm in pacific north west and soft rubber bead fishing is hot. I'm also not into paying $10 for 8 beads lol.
Is there a newbie guide on how to make these round beads...esp in the 10 - 12mm size?
I looked thru old forum pages and found this nugget but it's a few years old and the OP is not around:
"A 50 caliber bullet mold makes about a 12.5 mm ball. I'm going to try hand pouring one with orange plastic to see how it works. If that works, I'm going to have to look up how to fish with it!"
"I tried it today and made 16 beautiful eggs in about 10 minutes. I used a Beast injector, which I believe is for injecting food, and it fit the sprue hole great. If someone wanted to do serious quantities I believe the Lee 12-cavity mold would really crank them out. I did 8 batches of 2 eggs without reheating the plastic. I had it to around 350 or so when I started."
1) What's a beast injector? ( i googled it...is it a big metal syringe??
2) What's a sprue hole?
3) Is there a way to make a hole in the rubber bead somehow (for the fishing line to slide thru)?
4) Is there an inexpensive online place to buy the pouring plastic?
5) how do you make the colour you want?
Thanks for any guidance!
Bob
Van BC