Small, Soft-body Minnow Lure Mold

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UPDATE 1/21/19 You Need to Know This: The mold looks good, but I built this without much experience with molding techniques. Now that I'm more familiar with the process, I realize that this mold won't work due to several reasons: 1) There's no secondary hole allowing air inside the mold to escape during injection. 2) No alignment pins are included. 3) The 3D printed material surrounding the mouth would be stuck inside the molded lure after injection, making removal impossible without cutting it open. These issues can be fixed by modifying the CAD file or repairing them after printing the current iteration of the mold. You can add a secondary hole or two and cut away extra material around the mouth, which might not print correctly anyway. Some care is necessary when aligning parts, but with some release agent, this should work fine. I might or might not update the design since I never fully invested in it, but now that I understand more about molding techniques, I may take another shot at it. ==== Small Lure - Looks Like Small Minnow. Actually Used a Rainbow Trout Object and Built the Mold Around It. This Hasn't Been Tested Yet, But I Will Upload Pics! Feel Free to Comment on Improving This Design - Your Input Is Valuable! Made with Tinkercad, You Can Edit Online at https://www.tinkercad.com/things/jfyOFVxB9et