First Whiggley is done, finally!
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:25 pm
So after reading every post with the word Whiggly in it and some trial and error, I finally poured my first one tonight. It's about 7.5 inches long and weighs 1.3 ounces including the eyes, brass harness and tubing. It's a little heavier than I was hoping as I was looking for something totaling an once, but nonetheless, I think it turned out pretty good. I have no idea if it will actually wiggle or even track straight but at least I have a baseline to start with. Adding pic links below showing materials and the final product. The first one, orangish color, came out OK but was I didn't quite get the tail all the way full of plastic so on the second go, I tilted the mold and poured it slowly making sure so plastic came out the vent hole I built in at the tip of both tail fins. The second one I used white dye w/ some pearl powder and then I painted it with alumadust using Larry's head gun technique. I have no idea if I have the durometer correct but I mixed it at the suggested 4:1 w/ softener. If I hold the bait straight up by the head gravity will easily double it back over itself so I'm thinking pretty soft. I used the 15mm eyes, the .453 wire and some tubing I found at a local used marine supple store. Let me know what you think or if you have any questions or suggestions and thanks to all the people on this forum who posted their experience and to Larry and Mike's how-to videos.
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If the weather breaks here in MD tomorrow, I might be able to give it a go and see how it looks.
Thanks
Cory
http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y51 ... 262444.jpg
http://i1278.photobucket.com/albums/y51 ... 94bd21.jpg
If the weather breaks here in MD tomorrow, I might be able to give it a go and see how it looks.
Thanks
Cory