Making a mould for spoons.

[Fritz]

Summer is here and spoons like all our other tackle is getting way to expensive. Was thinking that I will share with you on how to make your own mould from plaster of paris.

I have used this to make all types off spoons.

Firstly you will need.

5 x MDF board  This is for your base and walls of the mould
1 x Small amount of clay, thw stuff you playd with in grade 1
1 x Small pot of vasiline
1 x Packet of plaster of paris
1 x Container and plastic fork to mix with

You dont have to couler the water like I have. This was done for a reason you will see later.

Now mix 300ml of water and slowly fill up with pp untill you dont see the water but just wet pp. Slowly mix with fork, you dont want any air bubles. When mixing pp into water dont mix big lumpes in and make sure all the pp that you put in is wet before you mix with fork

[Fritz]

Now take your base with the spoon that you have stuck down with clay and cleaned up around the sides like in pictur and rub down with vasiline. This is to make sure that pp does not get stuck to spoon and mdf. Pack the walls of your mould and strap together with strap spanner. ( picture fram clamp)

Now slowly pour the pp mixture in to your plug.

Leave this for a while, the water shine on mixture will disapear. Once the pp has warmed up you can remove your mdf  by sliding it of the pp. Be very carefull that you dont brake it. The bottom bit will be harder to remove because of the clay. But gently slide it of. That is why you wait untill it gets warm.

[Fritz]

Once you have removed the first half of the mould, place the spoon back in the mould and trim away some of the pp on the sides of the spoon so that when you poor the other half it does not make any sharp corners or pieces that petrude to much. This will brake off in the moulding proces.

Take a coin and make a hole in each corner, theis will be locating holes for the other half

[Fritz]

Once you sorted this all out, place this half upside down  with the spoon still insideand replace your mdf walls and strap spanner. Do not forget to wipe the plug with vasiline.

Pour the mixture of pp and water in and wait untill mixture has absorbed the water and has started to warm up. Then remove the strap spaner and walls.

Splitting the two mould is going to be tuff. Rather place in oven at about 80 for a while.
The spoon will heat up and pop the moulds apart.

[Fritz]

Once the mould has split open and you have removed the spoon, make a slot on one half like on the white half of the mould. This is to pour the wm in.

If you dont rub the first half of the mould with anough vasiline it will stick and come badly from one another. (See the blue stuck on the white.) This is not to much of a problem as long as it is not on the spoon part itself.

Now you have to get this mould dry so that you can start making your own spoons.

I leave it on a piece of timber outside so that it can get us much air as needed to dry faster, you can put it into your oven but this is something that I have never tried.

Hope this has all made sence.

[nico]

Excellent post Fritz - +1 cred to you!
 
I specifically like that you put the spoon on the flat for the first half, so you get a nice flat surface on the split mould. Woud of course only work with flat spoons and sinkers.

[benniejordaan]

Awesome post bud! Thanks!

Time to get this section rolling again!
I have been way too busy to do much DIY but this week I started making some stick baits again. Will post soon!

Cheers

[Fritz]

Thanks Nico

You can make s bends in the same way. Just use some clay .

Lay the spoon on top of a bed of clay and press down until the lower ends of the spoon conect to the base. then clean of al the clay that pealed out from under the spoon with a large paper clip.

I have used this method to make s bends, bullits, the so called shepy bomber and many other spoons. All you have to use is the clay.

[REEFMAN]

Quality post Fritz!

[icstuff]

 

I heard that you can send this of to some companies to make aluminum molds that will last longer is this true, can someone point me in the right direction?

[nico]

I heard that you can send this of to some companies to make aluminum molds that will last longer is this true, can someone point me in the right direction?

We use a company opposite Benniejordaan's factory - called Aluweld (I think). It's between R80 and R110 a mould.
 
But in Vanderbijl I won't be able to help you!

[icstuff]

We use a company opposite Benniejordaan's factory - called Aluweld (I think). It's between R80 and R110 a mould.
 
But in Vanderbijl I won't be able to help you!

Thank you! You should think that there will be someone that will do it here, otherwise i will just fork-out on some courier.

[benniejordaan]

Thank you! You should think that there will be someone that will do it here, otherwise i will just fork-out on some courier.

Postage should be cheap enough! If you don't come right, you can get it sent to me, I can have it done for you. Just remember the mould will need some polishing/cleaning afterwards.

[icstuff]

Thank you Bennie!
Just to make double sure I make the mold from PoP and send it as it is, not a negative?

[benniejordaan]

Postage should be cheap enough! If you don't come right, you can get it sent to me, I can have it done for you. Just remember the mould will need some polishing/cleaning afterwards.

Here is a mould I made, before and after polishing.

[Fritz]

Bennie, do we have to make a pop mould first and then they can do it in aluminium and where do we go for the cleaning and polishing?

[benniejordaan]

Bennie, do we have to make a pop mould first and then they can do it in aluminium and where do we go for the cleaning and polishing?

Basically what you already have you just send to them and they will make a sand impression of it which they cast aluminium in. The polishing I did myself with sand paper.

[icstuff]

Bennie thank you for helping us noobs

[Fritz]

Thanks Bennie,

Will be calling on you again when I got the moulds sorted if you dont mind

[benniejordaan]

Thanks Bennie,

Will be calling on you again when I got the moulds sorted if you dont mind

No prob!