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    Default Jig dilemma


    Hi Folks,
    Rookie here looking for more information. Was getting ready to sort my Jigs last night and they spilled all over the table.
    Now I have all these Jig's heads from a variety of different manufactures. Very difficult to tell by size, etc what weighs what.
    1/16 ox, 1/8 oz, etc. Any help on how I can seperate them, is there a scale or as a Rookie am I just missing something.

    Any guidence appreciated...I have learned that weight is very important so I want to get it right.


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    Kevin
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    How about a gunpowder scale?

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    Quote Originally Posted by deathb4disco View Post
    How about a gunpowder scale?
    Been checking ...Walmart has some cheap digital scales for around 10 bucks, just may go that route....Just need something that can measure down to the 1/32 oz.

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    A cheap balance scale and a jig head of know weights should help ya sort them out if you can't look at them and tell the difference.
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    Problem is even if you weigh them they still are off due to mold defects and such. I would just lay them out on a table and sort them by looking at their size. Once done with each "pile" do it again until you get the sizes and styles separated like you want.
    I have a box of old heads laying around and can go in the box and pull out the size head I need based on my years of experience. But you can learn this by sorting all those heads and save yourself some money on scales and stuff.
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    Kickingback is right if you put them side by side there is a good bit of differents in 1/16 and1/8 .

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    Well I have many Jig heads, some are solid lead, some steel I even have some tungsten. I think I can get it pretty close just comparing sizes, but I can still feel a slight difference in
    weight even with ones that are the same size. But I will get this worked out some how. And when I do I will post it here.


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    Kevin

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