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Offline DobynsTriton

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« on: 02/07/13 17:42 UTC »
Gonna try to modify it a little with one of my drill presses. i think if i make the vents a little deeper possibly a hair wider itll fill the arms out all the way.I believe it will work out. The bodies of my mold shoot fine so i really dont want to have to swap it
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #1 on: 02/07/13 17:49 UTC »
You might be on to something and if it works for you that's great.  I don't have any problems getting the arms to fill, but I'm shooting them a little hotter than you might have to when doing laminates or two colored baits... I'm finding that it is a bit of a tempermental mold that may not be for everyone in every situation, but I haven't experienced any craters now that we have the proper file to run.
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #2 on: 02/07/13 17:57 UTC »
Agreed. single colors it works everytime after the mold gets warm. The vents I'm thinking if the more room the vent has for what i call ''injection air'' to pass thru the better it can fill at a low temp
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #3 on: 02/07/13 18:01 UTC »
I would suggest starting with a very minor mod first and proceed a little further until you find what might work.  Like you and I discussed earlier, the only bad thing I could see coming would be a little excess plastic making it into the vent, but hey, pull it off when it's cool at least the mold works with your process.
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #4 on: 02/07/13 18:06 UTC »
Agreed,nothing some manicure scissors can't fix lol.I'm going to try the 2 short small vents that are on the arm. I might not have to mess with the longer vents at all since my problem is mainly in the arm/bend of the arm
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #5 on: 02/07/13 18:10 UTC »
It shouldn't take much so don't get carried away.  PM me if you totally screw it up.
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #6 on: 02/07/13 18:13 UTC »
Will do. I'm almost positive its a vent. ive got the mold hot enough to where if you spit on it it sizzles & i still didnt get a full arm.. I will. im gonna do it as slow as possible
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #7 on: 02/08/13 21:33 UTC »
I would sooo screw this mold up, all my small mods become what the heck has I think....
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #8 on: 02/09/13 00:48 UTC »
Hey Dobyns, I know you will figure it out.. The pics you posted of the gills looked great..and thanks for the recipe also.. and hey if you dont like the ones with half arms just send them to me I will get rid of them for you...LOL
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #9 on: 02/09/13 14:02 UTC »
Well I'm closer to getting a perfect bait. I made the vents deeper & i added 4 vents
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #10 on: 02/09/13 17:25 UTC »
here is a pic of the modding i did so far. It's not pretty but its making progress

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« Reply #11 on: 02/09/13 18:39 UTC »
Dobs is everyone having the same problem as you?   
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Re: DD Gill Mold
« Reply #12 on: 02/09/13 18:41 UTC »
Quote from: Justin9j on 02/09/13 18:39 UTC
Dobs is everyone having the same problem as you?
From what i read they've had ''moon craters'' & dents. I just cant get the arms to fill
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« Reply #13 on: 02/09/13 19:22 UTC »
Those arms look very similar to the 2.5" swim. To get them to fill my mold cannot be cold and plastic has to be 340-350 or they will do the same thing yours are doing. I don't know but plastic that hot may cause dents on the bigger part of the bait though.
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« Reply #14 on: 02/09/13 19:35 UTC »
Have you tried pouring at 360 or so to see what it does.
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