Topwater Walker 70mm

Required for assembly:

• 5 mm steel balls, you can also use lead split shot but I haven't tried it
• 0.8 mm (0.031 inches) Stainless Steel wire. If you have thicker wire let me know I can make more versions with bigger holes.
• 4 mm eyes
• Super Glue
• Clear coat, I use UV resin, you can also get a spray can of varnish and give it a couple of coats. Without a clear coat, water will eventually leak inside and ruin the action.

Printing instructions:

If you use Orca Slicer, download the 3mf file, change the printer and filament to what you have and you should be fine.

Print orientation:

Layer height: 0.2 mm
Wall Generator: Arachne

Wall printing order: Inner/Outer/Inner
Wall loops: 3
Infill: 5%
Infill pattern: Gyroid
Minimum infill threshold: 0

Ensure Vertical Shell Thickness: None 
Outer wall speed: 40 mm/s
Support: Tree(manual), On Build Plate only

Using support painting, set the highlight angle to 60-70 degrees, enable “on overhangs only”, and use the paint bucket tool to fill the highlighted area

Optional: For a better surface finish I like to paint the seam on the belly where it's less visible when looking at the lure from the top. This also makes sanding easier if you're planing on doing that.

Using the seam painting tool, draw a line across the belly like this

You need to add a pause to embed the weight into the lure. If you used the same print orientation and layer height as mentioned above then the pause will be on layer 111 at a height of 22.2 mm. Insert 2 balls.

Assembly:

Using the stainless steel wire, create 3 twist wires that are 12 mm long, these will be the line tie and two hook hangers

There are many videos on YouTube showing the process of making twist wires, if you want me to make a video let me know, or join my discord server and get support from the community.

Cut the twist wires to length (12 mm) and glue them using super glue.

Optional: Paint the lure with your favorite lure pattern.

Glue in the eyes.

Give it a couple of clear coats.

Put on some hooks and enjoy your brand new lure.

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