Any secrets to this?
I just received some replacement barbs. I can see that one hole is bigger than the other on the barb. Pin easily slides into one side, but not the other.
I can probably figure something out but I'll give my 43rd born son to anyone willing to pass on a trick or the trade or two. many thanks.
inserting pins for single barbs
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I'm not clear on what's going on but both holes on barb should be the same size, large enough to accommodate the pin. If one is too small drill it out.
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As Dan said. And most important is how you hammer the pin at the "narrow" side (the one that doesn't have the head); 1000 soft hits from different angles with a round head hammer.
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¿que dice el HANK? el traductor no traduce correcto
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I checked a couple more of the barbs. The first one obviously had a smaller hole on one side but the next one fit the pin on both.
There is no head on the pins.
So.....I put the pin through, laid it on top of a vice and gently pounded with a ball pean hammer. Then switched to the other side. Looks good with a little "mushroom head" on both sides and the flopper "flops" freely.many thanks.
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Now you need to "tune" the flopper. The flopper should open almost all of the way by itself, but only go the rest of the way when you push it gently, or spin the shaft - then it should stay open. You do this by tightening up the pin by gently tapping the pin - but only enough to get the desired results. Go easy- it won't take much. The idea is that the flopper will open completely when a fish tries to get away, but will stay open if the fish gets back up the shaft during the struggle.
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I had one of the floppers that would stick closed. It's hard to tune them. Bend a little here, then there. And then the hydrodynamics change and it may curve the flight.
You're right about the tuning. I have to practice with an old one. All the new ones flop freely, but all my other ones do too. As long as the shaft is pointed down or horizontal, it stays open when a fish is on. -
I had one of the floppers that would stick closed. It's hard to tune them. Bend a little here, then there. And then the hydrodynamics change and it may curve the flight.
You're right about the tuning. I have to practice with an old one. All the new ones flop freely, but all my other ones do too. As long as the shaft is pointed down or horizontal, it stays open when a fish is on.Hank you shoot much bigger fish than i do, so I know you are aware of theway fish can be...but I used to think this and lost a very nice mutton when he did a spiral and the shaft rotated and shooop he slid right off the shaft with no resistance because my untuned flopper just laid down...I will never allow that to happen to me again.
it is annoying but i really recommend tuning the floppers
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This is what a tuned flopper should look like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vT1fkHt9Mqg
BTW quality floppers with correct size pin holes, and including a pin with a head are available from Pursuit http://freedivingspearfishinggear.com/53-flopper.html International priority shipping to Belize is only $15 with a USPS small flat rate box. They can go with regular mail too which will be cheaper but take more time.
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Thanks for giving me translate what this guy wanted to know
This video is done by my sore a two years ago the proper way to put the flap or death.
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Very nice videos. Thank you both very much.
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:diver2:HANK
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