Next we need to dab super glue on the backs of the eyes and center them on the spacers…

Soon we start to build a pile of inserts… We only need about three hundred in three different sets.

Now that we have a few hundred of them done while watching tv at home we take them to the factory and start setting them on the pins of the base plate of the mold…

Get them all loaded in and start closing the plate with the other layers…

Once all the layers are in place they get bolted together… Since resin is liquid the bolts aren't enough and we add c clamps around the edge and really squash the sit out of it. They gotta be tight or all the resin runs out and all you have is a mess…
Once closed we give them a shot of mold release in each cavity. Too much and the lures will be all wavy and unusable. Too little and it will take a couple sticks of dynamite to crack open the mold later.

We mix resin and add hardener in 16 ounce cups. It takes three cups per mold and 1/4 ounce plus 8 drops on a warm day and up to 16 on a cold day. The stuff starts setting in just over a minute so you gotta move quick. Each individual cell is filled and as it settles you add more til the resin is even with the top of the mold…
Usually theres a few ounces left over and when there is, I use the extra and pour some small single cells like my teardrop series. Those molds are rubber. We'll discuss that another time…

Thats it now they're cooking… Its just a start though…