Black Friday Guide Top 3D Printers for printing Fishing Lures

[@NGravesBaitMolds]

Bill thanks for the plug, but I 100% agree with all your points! I am thinking about getting another just because of the current prices.

[@yauckoutdoors]

Great points. I rather clean 10 fish than post process a resin print.

[@WMBayouLures]

Its messy business for sure!

[@megarex8542]

4:25 "....I mean, people catch fish on blocks of wood". I wonder who he's making reference to. 😂 @marlingbaits

[@FreedomFishing]

Just caught another big northern bass on my fdm lure. Hoping it holds up to stripers next year. 🤞

[@WMBayouLures]

Yeah you can catch fish in FDM lures for sure, but you can also catch fish on blocks of wood. Most lure makers are not going for the 3D printed lure look but want to make something that is nice and smooth with high detail. The fish don't care at all though 😉

[@FreedomFishing]

@@WMBayouLures yeah I get that for sure. I agree, the fish do not care exactly how smooth something is. Textured, maybe. I encourage slight imperfections here and there because that what happens in nature.

[@WMBayouLures]

@@FreedomFishing Yeah I always think its funny when people in general want a perfect lure when nothing in nature is perfect, especially the things that get eaten 🙂

[@UnitedStatesG0v3rnm3nt]

im looking to spend under $359 for a 3d printer. 250-350$ would be perfect. i want to print fishing lures such as glidebaits or crankbaits. im a beginner. any suggestions? what do you think about the elegoo Neptune 4 plus? and what filament should i get?

[@WMBayouLures]

I don't print baits with filament printers so I can only recommend NO filament 😉 But if I had to I would suggest either the A1 or the A1 mini with the AMS system. The Neptune is a fine printer but for a 1st time printer the Bambu system is amazing. You can use standard PLA or PETG for lures. As long as you give them a nice UV resistant clear coat, or paint + clear coat you should be good to go.

[@UnitedStatesG0v3rnm3nt]

@wmbayoulures is there a different in filament i would want to use sinking vs floating lures?

[@WMBayouLures]

@@UnitedStatesG0v3rnm3nt Thats the main issue, I would say 99.99% of filaments lures are going to float and you need to add weight to make them sink. So if you want to make floating lures filament could work but otherwise you are going to need to add weight to get them to sink. I really need to do a deep dive video on this subject.....

[@UnitedStatesG0v3rnm3nt]

@ that would be an awesome video

[@Sartre_Existentialist]

You really piqued my interest in this video. While I am not any kind of a fisherman nor have I any desire to make my own lures, you mentioned something about molds that I could use as an application. Do you happen to have a video related to making molds, and can you briefly explain how it is that you use them and what you're filling these molds with. Is this a resin mold that you're filling with silicone?

[@WMBayouLures]

I have an entire playlist! - kzbin.info/aero/PLEdNibYdUWY7Kxl6tZ3iihw1zSfulIeUe Specifically discusses Fusion 360 but all the concepts should transfer over. I use molds to make soft plastic fishing lures and inject heated plastisol (around 350F) You could inject silicone for sure but with resin you want to use a tin cure silicone as platinum cure has cure inhibition without further processing of the mold.