Pitch pine speargun build

thanks Don , also forgot to say with the 2 warps the shaft reaches the end of the shooting line and bounces back some what which is why is was testing it with 3 wraps .

or sorry no 2 wraps of the shooting line

yeah i tested it more today and the spear is going far but it didn't have the punch i wanted so i shortened each band by about 3 1/2 inches because it was shooting the spear a little lazy . have to test it a little more [ fine tuning ] .:)

sorry i measured it , i cut 4 1/4 inches of each band . so each band is about 24 3/4 inches long which is shorter than the 27 '' bands on the riffe #3 which is what i was using as a guide but the reason i was following riffe's model is because cutting that 4 '' off makes it feel like double the pulling force to load it , which is little hard but i prefer the added power . i can physically load an even shorter band but i want to test it first .:)

hey guys , i tested the gun today with the shorter bands and i would say the 2 bands are enough but i am going to leave the third band in the gun just for the hell of it . on some separate news i just came back for the hospital . i was finished testing the gun and went back out to practice snorkeling . i then tried to dive but i could not because i was not wearing weights , so i tried using my hands to cup the water to pull my self down . when i put all my strength into it i dislocated my right shoulder , which hurt like hell . thankfully i was close to the shore was able to get out . i had to endure the pain for about 1 hr to get to the hospital . the bone spec dr popped it back into place while i was on some awesome pain killers so i don't remember him doing it . i woke up with everyone laughing because while i was high i was saying some weird stuff . the doctor said it was a combination of fatigue and weak muscles . he said that i would be fine but in two weeks i have to do some physical therapy to strengthen the muscles so it would not happen again . he did say though that it is a common problem with new swimmers . i did not think that my my injury from learning spearfishing would be some snorkeling .

yeah i wanted them to but my dad's phone is crap plus too many people was next to the bed to reset the joint . thanks for the kind wishes:D

thanks lunker starting pt in 2 weeks

Have not gone out yet , but physical therapy went really well although my right deltoid is still a little smaller than the left , i had moderately bad nerve damage . Feeling is coming back in surrounding skin [ itches ] . I am too busy to dive due to school and work [ piled up during rehab ] plus doc said to take it easy while ligaments fully heal . I hope to dive before end of year though . Thanks for asking .For now i am just admiring other dives on Speardiver .

Thanks Guys , on a semi related subject I've been trying stick welding [ Dad and i are doing some much needed home repairs ] and by happy accident i bought some stainless steel electrodes which are a dream to use . Great alternative to mig stainless , plan on using it on next trigger housing .
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