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HighTide · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:15 am Post subject: Make your own fishing weights

Nobody in town had the weights I needed and I was bored to tears sitting at home, so I decided to make some fishing weights.

https://imgur.com/a/cZ7bYEX

If the pictures and description don't properly, I'll see about fixing it.
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HungerBuster · Flour Bluffian in training Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 371

Wow. Very well done. Dunno if I'd have the patience for the lead up (no pun intended). I've only ever made surf weights-- melted lead o-rings from old toilet settings poured into the different sized lug holes on a cross lug iron. Use old copper wire from decent gauge copper wiring twisted for an eyehole and long enough on the ends for the spiders. Only problem I ever had was being too close to the crucible while melting the lead before pouring into the lug....talk about a head rush.... Very Happy

Thanks for sharing.
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ziacatcher · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 12:46 pm Post subject:

Nice work. Just like hunger buster, I've only made surf weights, spider weights. A friend of mine worked at discount tires gave me a couple of jars full of lead from balancing tires.

FoldCatOne · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 3:35 pm Post subject:

I wonder how much Bondo it would take to mold one of those fish shaped downrigger balls (approx 8lb weight). Ive got plenty of lead, but the molds are pricy
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HighTide · Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:48 pm Post subject:

FoldCatOne: They're really not that expensive at $72 for the mold. An 8 Lb. ball is $80. You make one ball and it pays for itself.

With that said, I'm sure you could make a mold with a quart can of Bondo if you build a compact enclosure. The problem I see with that is that it will take a good while to mix that much Bondo at one time. It hardens really fast. Furthermore, you will subject the mold to a great deal of heat as opposed to a small weights like mine. Truth be told, I don't know how well the Bondo would stand up to a large volume of molten lead.

I used to have one of those 8 Lb. Do-It molds many years ago, but I gave it to my nephew who's been divorced twice since then. Conjure up your own story there on where it may have wound up! LOL
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drum head · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 11:54 am Post subject:

Good work, I make some weights but don't come out that good.

SeanHHH · Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2020 12:10 pm Post subject:

Nice work!