Grasshopper Lure
May 9, 2021 Grasshopper Lure This is a topwater grasshopper lure that I made. The lure is about 1.75″ long and modeled after a real grasshopper. This is the picture I started with for the design in CAD. (picture via Wikipedia) Here is the initial design (minus some legs) done in Fusion 360’s Sculpt environment. …
Red Belly Piranha
Red Belly Piranha The Lure that bites back…. This is another lipless crankbait modeled after a Red Belly Piranha. I had a few of these as pets in my younger days so I though it only fitting to immortalize them in a fishing lure. This lure started out as my Lipless Bluegill which was originally …
3″ Swimbait
January 8, 2021 3″ Swimbait STL’s for this lure and head are available for purchase from Cults3d.com This is a custom 2.5″ Swimbait body I made to go with the custom Swimbait Jig Heads I made before. I designed the mold for this one a little different. I rotated the body 90° in the mold …
Lazy Ike’s
October 31, 2020 Lazy Ike’s STL’s for this lure are available for purchase from Cults3d.com These are a couple of replicas of some classic vintage Lazy Ike’s. I can’t take credit for the idea on these… the Engineered Angler did a video on making these and I just used his tutorial to make a 3D …
Micro Swimbait
August 24, 2020 Micro Swimbait STL’s for this lure are available for purchase from Cults3d.com This is a micro sized swimbait that I designed around the Custom Jig Heads I recently made. The heads are made from lead while the bodies are made from soft plastic. The overall bait is right around 2 inches in …
Core Shot Ribbed Grubs
May 23, 2020 3D Printed Core Shot Ribbed Grub Mold STL’s for this lure are available for purchase from Cults3d.com This is a slight variation of the last grub mold I did. I changed the grubber to a full ribbed body and also gave the mold the ability to do core shots. Full Build Video …
The Grub Mold
April 13, 2020 3D Printed Grub Mold STL’s for this lure are available for purchase from Cults3d.com This is the basic Grub mold I made to show how I design a Multi cavity mold on YouTube. I had some denting issues along the way but overall it worked well enough to produce some fishable grubs. …
Hard / Soft Swimbait
April 2, 2020 Hard / Soft Swimbait Combo This is a combination Hard & Soft Swimbait lure that I am working on at the moment. This concept is nothing new but I wanted to try to combine the 3d printed hard baits with the 3d printed molds for soft baits that I have been making …
Two Piece Open Pour Swimbait Mold
April 2, 2020 Two Piece Open Pour Swimbait Mold STL’s for the 4″ lure are available for purchase from Cults3d.com This is a two piece open pour Swimbait mold I have been working on. It’s a work in progress right now and the design is subject to change along the way. The design started out …