by ToothyCritterHunter » Thu Mar 31, 2016 2:04 pm
mwh624,
I was wondering what program you are using for you CAD drawings, is it a 3D one? Did you buy it or are you using one at work or something? Same with the 3D printer do you have one at work you can use or something. I went to school for engineering so I am pretty good with 3D CAD programs but I have not been able to find an affordable program to purchase, same with the 3D printer. I would love to be able to 3D print some masters for fishing lures but just don't want to break the bank doing it. Your whiggley looks pretty solid too, I just made my first one about a month ago, it took a little tweaking with the percentage of softener but I finally got it to swim pretty well. I ended up going with about a 1:2 mix of softener to alumisol, so its petty soft but any less and it wouldn't really swim the best. I think on my next whig I am going to make the body about the same thickness pretty much the whole length and then taper the tail down a little bit more, besides the head which will be thicker, You might want to do the same instead of the gradual taper like in your drawing (which is what I did on my first whig). I will post some pictures of the dimensions of my whig after work today. Yours might be alright because it is longer then mine, Which is 7.5", but I thought I would just throw that out there, maybe Larry has another opinion.
Larry,
Do you know if mike has a 3D printer and programing like he showed in his 3D printing whiggley video, if so, do you think he would maybe be able to print a 3D master for someone who is willing to pay him to do so?
May The Whiggs Be With You