July 29, 2017

3D Printed Flat Side CrankBait

STL files for these designs are available on Printables and can be found HERE.

This was another crankbait I designed in Solidworks but this one is a flat side version that is much skinnier than the other ones. These work pretty well and have some decent action too. I haven’t fished with them much yet but hopefully this year I’ll catch something on them.

I played around with a couple of different thicknesses with this design. The skinny one works great although it required a bit of tuning to get it to swim straight but after getting it tuned it swims great and has a decent action to it but it does require a faster retrieve almost like a rattle trap. The thicker version seems to swim a little better than the thin one though.

Once again I painted the thinner one if my favorite Perch pattern.

It’s thin but with a big lip.

These are assembled just like most of my other 3D printed lures.

….but this time I am using preformed 8″ Looped End Wire Shafts and bending the rest to shape with looping pliers.

This is what the final bent wire looks like. I am also using 6 BB’s for weight and three small pieces of filament for alignment pins.

After gluing the two halves together the lip is also then glued in place using care to make sure it is lined up centered with the front loop.

These were printed in PLA but I wanted to put some work into it to see how finished I could make them so to start I liberally (almost overkill) coated it with spot glazing putty.

The lure is then sanded smooth with 200 grit sand paper.

I then sprayed the lure with Filler Primer and sanded it with 400 grit sandpaper.

A quick top coat of white primer and it’s ready for a paint scheme.

It is then airbrushed I chose a shad pattern for this one and used pearl paints. The black specks are actually glitter and adds a flash to it in the right lighting.  It looks a lot better in the sun light than it does here.

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