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Design your own swimbaits

New here? Start in Forge — scroll generated baits and order one. Know exactly what you want? Build it from scratch in the Designer.

Enter Designer → For builders. Full parametric control — draw the exact bait.
Open Forge → Live now. Scroll generated baits, save, order — no experience.
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The R&D process
Shape. Print. Test. Refine.
Stop guessing. Rapid prototype your swimbaits at home for dollars, not thousands. Dial in the action, profile, and weight before you ever commit to aluminum.
Shape
Design your bait
Profile editors and a component library give you precise control over every curve of your swimbait.
Print
3D print a mold
One click generates a two-part injection mold. Export, slice, and print on any FDM printer.
Test
Pour and water test
Inject plastisol, demold your bait, rig it up and throw it. Watch the action. Take notes.
Refine
Tweak and repeat
Adjust the profile, change a fin, move a hook slot. Generate a new mold and test again.
Iterate until perfect — then cut aluminum
Inside the tool
Everything you need, nothing you don't
Swimbait Designer with reference photo overlay and spline profile editors
Designer
Spline-driven profile editors
Overlay a reference photo, then shape your bait with draggable control points. Side profile, width profile, and cross-section editors update the 3D model in real-time. Add heads, fins, tails, eye sockets, and hook slots from the component library.
Mold generator
Production-ready molds in one click
Parametric mold box with alignment pins, bolt holes, and a standard 5/8" sprue port. Inspect the cavity with explode, section, and transparent bait views. Choose your printer and validate bed fit before exporting.
Mold generator showing transparent bait cavity inside the mold halves
Mold half loaded in Bambu Studio slicer ready to print
Ready to print
Export to any FDM slicer
Download the STL, open it in Bambu Studio, PrusaSlicer, OrcaSlicer, or Cura. Print on-edge for the best cavity finish. One mold half takes 3–6 hours depending on bait size.
Advanced workflows
For the creators who want total control
Export your bait as an STL and take it into your favorite sculpting tool. Add gill plates, scales, and anatomical detail, then import the finished model back to the mold generator. Full creative freedom with a printable mold at the end.
Diablo Shad designed in SBD
Design in SBD
Shape + components + export STL
Sculpt details in ZBrush
Option: ZBrush
Sculpt detail — gill plates, scales, mouth
Sculpt and refine in Blender
Option: Blender
Sculpt, retopologize, and prep mesh
Generate mold from sculpted bait
Generate mold
Import sculpt back to SBD mold generator
Your journey
Level up at your own pace
Start with custom baits delivered to your door. Learn to pour. Learn to print. Every step gives you more control and lower cost per bait.
Start here
Design & order custom baits
No equipment needed. Design your bait in the browser, we pour and ship finished swimbaits to your door. Ready to fish.
Coming soon
Learn to pour
Order printed molds, pour at home
We print and ship your custom mold with hardware. You buy a hand injector and plastisol. Unlimited pours from one mold.
Full independence
Print your own molds
Download the STL, print on your own 3D printer. Design, print, pour, test, repeat. Total cost per prototype: about five bucks.
Go pro
Cut your production mold
Once your bait swims perfectly, commit to a CNC aluminum mold for production. You've already validated the design. Zero guesswork.
Pricing
Free to design. Pay when you're ready.

Start with the full designer for free. Upgrade when you need unlimited exports and mold generation.

Free
$0
forever
  • + Full bait designer
  • + Mold generator preview
  • + 5 STL exports
  • + Parts library
  • + Community access
Start designing
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Pro
$15
per month
  • + Unlimited everything
  • + Custom STL import
  • + Priority support
  • + Commercial license
  • + Cancel anytime
Go Pro
One-time purchases
Per mold
$2.99
per export
  • + Single mold download
  • + Both halves STL
  • + No commitment
Buy in designer
Coming soon
Printed mold
$25
per order
  • + We print & ship
  • + Ready to pour
  • + Hardware included
Coming soon

All plans include the full parametric designer and community access. No credit card required for Free plan. Cancel anytime.

Getting started
What you need to pour your first bait
3D printer
Any FDM printer with a 200mm+ bed. Bambu A1, Prusa MK4S, Ender 3, or similar.
ASA or PETG filament
Print at 100% infill for strength and heat resistance. ASA for durability, PETG for easy printing.
Hand injector
Standard 5/8" nozzle. Available online from multiple suppliers. Reusable forever.
Plastisol + colorant
Bait Plastics, MF Plastics, or Dead On Plastics. One bag makes 50+ baits.
Alignment hardware
Stainless dowel pins, M5 socket head bolts, and brass heat-set inserts.
Heat source
Microwave or hot plate for melting plastisol. A kitchen microwave works fine.
Live now · Forge

From a saved seed to a fishable bait — at home.

Forge generates an endless feed of swimbait designs. Save the ones that look right, export a 3D-printable mold, and pour your first bait this weekend. No design experience required.

Already know exactly what you want? Skip the feed and draw it curve-by-curve in the Designer — the full parametric tool up top.

3D-printed two-part mold with a poured stick bait demolded next to it Real print + pour from a Forge seed
Print
~4 hrs · ASA
Per bait
$0.18 plastisol
Pours
50+ / mold
black-blue-stick-8kpk3.stl 2-part injection · pins + sprue
i
Scroll
Vertical feed of generated baits. Tune size, tail, and palette — every result unique.
ii
Save
Tap save on the ones you'd actually throw. Build a stable of seed-locked designs.
iii
Generate mold
One click on a saved seed produces a two-part STL with alignment pins and a sprue port.
iv
Print & pour
FDM-print the mold, microwave plastisol, inject. 50+ baits per mold. Cast it tomorrow.
Open Forge→ How printing & pouring works→
Stop buying someone else's design

Design your own. Test it. Perfect it. Own it.

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