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Postby bassfighter1 » Sun May 29, 2016 8:05 am

Hey Larry,In Your Workshop Video You Were Showing How To Make Jigs...How Do You SDistribute The Weight Either The Front..Middle Or Rear To Have Different Action.
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Re: Jigs

Postby dahlberg » Mon May 30, 2016 5:25 am

I simply put the lead in the portion of the jig where I want the weight to be concentrated!
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Re: Jigs

Postby Cal » Wed Jun 01, 2016 7:53 am

With your jigging spoons: can I use Tungsten powder in Alumaclear instead? The fumes from molten lead tends to nauseate me.

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Re: Jigs

Postby dahlberg » Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:07 am

Yes you can, but it will no longer be clear. You can also use lead shot in standard alumilite white resin.
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Re: Jigs

Postby Cal » Wed Jun 01, 2016 8:55 am

I was thinking of trying to make a thinner insert with the tungsten, wrapping it in Flashabou Minnow Body, and then using a slightly larger mold with Alumiclear as the external "shell," sorta like you showed in the DVD.
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Re: Jigs

Postby dahlberg » Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:14 am

That will work, as will getting either strip lead or pencil lead like the stuff steelheaders use to make pencil type drift sinkers.
Easy to shape by pounding with a hammer.
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