Franko has helped me work through the calculations to compute for buoyancy of wooden lures. I've since developed a spreadsheet to do the heavy calculations for me, which has been working well.
Air pockets inside 3d printed lures certainly do work. My glidebait I've been working on for 2 years now is just that, a hollow bodied bait. This would have saved me some time on prototypes, but doing the old fashioned way of trial and error helped me learn a lot with ballasting and tuning. Caught like 30 fish on one glide including a 4.5lb and a 5lb bass. Can't wait to finalize the lure this year and show the world what's possible. Killing me not to share each catch lol.
Something else you could do to have a more uniform air pocket to the resin body is duplicate the body layer and scale it down using the same plane to fit inside the body. You would just need to take the bulk out of the form. Just a thought! The scale function would also let you make small and consistent size changes based of percent of size change. Cool project!
The resin slowly gasses off internally, adding internal air pressure until the print breaks. That's why they often appear as single big cracks; it just finds the path of least resistance.
Yeah 100% it is a steep learning curve for sure, but I will say once you grasp the basics it goes a lot quicker. Stick with it and it will be worth it!
I have not, you need to watch the size of the balloons and make sure they are smaller than your layer height, otherwise you are just going to crush them and probably rip a hole in your FEP.
New sub here... Great Video! 👍👍
Bill, you never cease to amaze me. Cool stuff!
Franko has helped me work through the calculations to compute for buoyancy of wooden lures. I've since developed a spreadsheet to do the heavy calculations for me, which has been working well.
This is pretty interesting. Subscribed.
Air pockets inside 3d printed lures certainly do work. My glidebait I've been working on for 2 years now is just that, a hollow bodied bait. This would have saved me some time on prototypes, but doing the old fashioned way of trial and error helped me learn a lot with ballasting and tuning.
Caught like 30 fish on one glide including a 4.5lb and a 5lb bass. Can't wait to finalize the lure this year and show the world what's possible. Killing me not to share each catch lol.
Something else you could do to have a more uniform air pocket to the resin body is duplicate the body layer and scale it down using the same plane to fit inside the body. You would just need to take the bulk out of the form. Just a thought! The scale function would also let you make small and consistent size changes based of percent of size change. Cool project!
💯 I like to leave a bit extra around the areas where I am going to put the screw eyes but your technique works as well
Awesome video man!!! So cool!!
Awesome video,,,I always tried to figure this out
The resin slowly gasses off internally, adding internal air pressure until the print breaks. That's why they often appear as single big cracks; it just finds the path of least resistance.
nice very handy info, but fusion is a mind bender program to get a grasp of
Yeah 100% it is a steep learning curve for sure, but I will say once you grasp the basics it goes a lot quicker. Stick with it and it will be worth it!
Hey bro I make my lures out or resin 3d printing should have a look been catching fish for around a year and a half now so much fun
Sweet man will do!
Thanks for this upload, it will save prototypes.
Have you ever used microballoons in your resin when printing?
I have not, you need to watch the size of the balloons and make sure they are smaller than your layer height, otherwise you are just going to crush them and probably rip a hole in your FEP.
You put the fishing companies out of business.
Interesting stuff. Could you put a link to the Insta page of the guy you spoke to? Thanks.
instagram.com/tao_of_chaos/