irishfield Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 It'll be some hard thought.. moulds aren't cheap..only savour is that I should have a free (read someone else paid for it years ago) tool base around somewhere that might work. Still talking thousands of dollars though in tool room expenses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raf Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 yeah those & spreaders in general are pretty much useless for anything over 7-8 lbs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbuck Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Thousands of dollars?? Ok, maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 LOL Buck... If you're gonna do it right and run production quantities.. a 4 cavity mould for even the smallest part generally hits 18 to 30 K. This one is automatically at least 2 cavities.. one for each side of the spreader.... I'm like Raf though... I've never used a spreader in my life, but if people wanna buy them .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimC Posted January 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 LOL Buck... If you're gonna do it right and run production quantities.. a 4 cavity mould for even the smallest part generally hits 18 to 30 K. This one is automatically at least 2 cavities.. one for each side of the spreader.... I'm like Raf though... I've never used a spreader in my life, but if people wanna buy them .... hey Irish .. looks like people do (wanna buy them), judging from some of the comments in this thread. Tis unfortunate that your moulding / tooling costs would be so extreme, but it is what it is. Howz about keeping this idea on the back burner, and plan to target 'TARGET' as they move into Canada. If you could get a toe-hold in there, or CTC, Walmart, Pro Bass etc. who knows. but I guess it comes down to funding the startup costs, eh? In the meantime ... I shall remain hopeful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) If someone has a part, I can make a 4 or even 5 part mould for a better price Wayne. but then I never use one myself anyway. you risk having the fish swim away with the spreaders in it's mouth.... Nope Never seen that happen... Edited January 14, 2011 by gbfisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 Yah I know you can Andy... but nobody could afford to buy them, with labour in, hand pouring each one !! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gbfisher Posted January 14, 2011 Report Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) Yah I know you can Andy... but nobody could afford to buy them, with labour in, hand pouring each one !! lol not sure what yer thinnkin about...cost is minimal...but my time is worth tons...lol. It would be 5 at a time and the cost would get cheaper for each one poured. On a smal scale it would be cheaper for a small business to produce. no machines and very little overhead. but again....not worth my time pouring speaders..lol Edited January 14, 2011 by gbfisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I happen to have one you could use as a mold <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXWuVxN3CAI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXWuVxN3CAI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXWuVxN3CAI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Don't give up your day job to be a hand model... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aplumma Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 This might be a better design to try to make. Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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