Getting started

[drifterdon]

I am about to get a mold and start pouring my own jigs.
What I am thinking about is the Do-It JNR-8-1632 which has (4) 1/32 and (4) 1/16 cavities with no collar or a Do-It RHB-8-1632 which has (4) 1/32 and (4) 1/16 cavities with a collar.
I think 1/32 and 1/16 should cover most of my needs.
I would appreciate some input on these or others along with recommended sizes if these are not good choices.
Thank you,
Don

[canebreaker]

What kind of price are you looking at to get started?

[CrappieJigMaker]

Also check on a 1/8oz thats another good size to have

[Cray]

I'm don't pour a lot but do tie some for myself once in a while. I would buy the one with collar and you can use side cutters to cut off collar if not needed. Easier to cut off than add one. I have one with barbed collar and that's how I do it. 2 for one.

[Fatman]

I spent a long time chopping the collars off and it gets to be a real pain!!!!!! Check ebay sometimes you can find a group of them. Deciding which one to get is a tough choice - do you use more plastics than tying them??? then get the one with the barbed collar.

[STUMP HUNTER]

If you are just going to pour for your own use I would go with the JNR-6-A or the JHB-7-A. This way you will have all the sizes you may want to use. Even pouring one jig size at a time it doesn't take long to pour 25 to 50 jigs. I agree with Fatman, I would go barb-less. A little dab of super glue and the plastic jigs will hang on tight.

[CrappieJigMaker]

My choices are 1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4oz. With barbed collar and NO collar.

[canebreaker]

My choices are 1/16, 1/8, 1/4 oz. With barbed collar.
I'm molding some ponyheads now, 1/8 oz. with 2/0 aberdeen and sickle hooks
Modify the mold for a larger hook.

[Fatman]

cane - surprised you had to mod the mold for a bigger hook. The older mold you can just use a 2/0 with no problem in either the 1/8th or 1/4 , the new one has a warming chamber on the bottom and yeah you have to shave it off to use bigger. Here's the old style with the 2/0 hook mustad aberdeen. Now the sickle you either have to dry fit before casting or mod the eyelet CAREFULLY!!!!!!!!!!!

[drifterdon]

Thanks guys, some good input here.
already have a melting pot from pouring bullets and cannon ball weights and a bunch of lead.
I will be using plastics and tying both.
Thanks again