3D Printing a Squarebill Crankbait

I wanted to make another hard bait on my 3D printer. Since squarebills are probably one of the most common bass baits I figured it would be a great addition to my arsenal of 3d printed fishing lures.
This lure is of my own design is slow floating and dives to a depth of around 5 ft. Perfect for cruising down low and bouncing off of rock piles. I designed this in fusion 360 and printed it out on my ender 3 pro out of petg. Of course like all of my other lures it can be downloaded for free. This video is broken into two segments. The first part is a design overview and background of the lure. The second part is an assembly guide so you can make this yourself.
If you have any questions leave a comment down below and I will do my best to answer it.
Feel free to check out my other lure designs: / @handcraftedangling
If you have a lure idea you want to see in a future video leave it in a comment down below.
Video Sections
Lure background and instructions 0:00
Print settings 3:17
Parts list 4:14
Assembly Guide 5:54
Painting and Clearcoat 8:54
Results 11:07
Tool/Parts List
PETG Filament
The lure body: www.thingiverse.com/thing:555...
Figure 8 Hook hangers size 4: lurecomponents.worthco.com/pr...
Quarter Inch Stainless Ball Bearings
Stick on eyes 6mm (optional)
Your Choice of adhesive
Your Choice of paint and clearcoat
Hooks( I used size 6)
Split rings (I used size 2)
Split ring pillars (Highly Recommended)
These lures take me quite a while to make and they are free. If you could leave a comment or subscribe to my channel it would help me greatly.
Enjoy and go catch some Fish!!!!

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

Just found this channel , great stuff, learning lots, keep up the great work

[@HandCraftedAngling]

Glad you like it! I have a bunch in the works and I’ll keep cranking them out

[@MindsMouth]

Very cool, now i can make infinite lures lol

[@HandCraftedAngling]

Glad i cpuld help! Thats kinda the goal of the channel

[@briannacrowley9098]

That’s awesome! I would love to see some more trout stufff. That’s my favorite thing to fish for.

[@HandCraftedAngling]

Glad you like it. One step ahead of you with the trout

[@3dprintedlures]

Nice video. Very educational.

[@HandCraftedAngling]

Glad you liked it!

[@Nobadcasts]

Would love absolutely love a 10xd deep dive style lure . Have yet to see a good 3d printed model and would like to see your take on it

[@HandCraftedAngling]

Not a bad idea at all will definitely add it to the list. It would be great to add a deep diver to the list

[@ryancole4297]

How do you download a file or whatever to make those crank baits?

[@HandCraftedAngling]

The file is a 3d model that is meant to be printed on a 3d printer. You would print it out and then assemble it following the steps in the video. I plan on doing a tutorial series on how to get into 3d printing specifically for making fishing lures. I want to have a few more lure designs before I do this so someone could go pick up a 3d printer and have a decent selection of lures to print.

[@AndrewMurphy8383]

just saying epoxe is resin it just type of resin

[@HandCraftedAngling]

Yea your right. Sorry for any confusion

[@butchlacour4548]

I have made a few of these, I put them together just like you. I can get them to track at all. What could I be doing wrong? They all wan to track to the left and they float on the side.

[@HandCraftedAngling]

Really sorry to hear that! So the tracking was an issue I did have a little bit of. They tracked fine for normal casting which was the way I tested it. After I posted the video I tried trolling them and at higher speeds they would blow out to the side. I think the lip is a little to big and I need to play with the line tie angle. But it should track normally with a normal retrieve. Mine had no issues with floating on the side though. That sounds like a weight/ ballast issue. This is honestly one of the lures I plan on revisiting. It came out a bit larger than I wanted and I also want to make it more stable. My email is [e-mail] I would be happy to try and help you diagnose whatever is going on if you want to shoot me a message.

[@butchlacour4548]

It was my fault, I did not have the infill and wall settings set like you specified. Printed a few new ones today. I will test them tomorrow. Thanks

[@HandCraftedAngling]

@butchlacour4548 let me know how it works out. Unfortunately especially with small baits the weighting can be kind of difficult to nail down

[@butchlacour4548]

yeah my ball bearings are one size bigger that 1/4 inch. It sank like a rock. Still playing with it though..

[@HandCraftedAngling]

Yeah it was slow floating when I made it. I’m changing up the hardbait design from now on to have wider weight holes so people can tune it to their liking.