After returning to fishing I was a little surprised at the prices gear sells for these days. I remember when 1oz torpedo sinkers were sold 10 for a dollar!
With some of the sinkers I also noticed they were not even the 1oz I was paying for. They often weighed in at only 0.75-0.85oz! I decided there must be a better solution and set about making my own casting molds.
This casting mold is one that still sees quite a bit of use and I have another with different sized sinkers as well.
I was quite impressed with how closely the calculated weight in the 3D model matched up to the finished product:
