Posts by Dan

Quote from Alison

I was looking at the fiberglass fins4u because they were around $100 and you could pick different rigidity. Are those any good?

fins4u are Leader fins marketed to the UK. You can see the label on the fins in their website, it says Leader. Keep in mind all the prices are in British pounds, so if you see 100 that will end up about $160, plus whatever shipping is from Europe which isn't cheap.

Leader fiberglass blades are very poor performers at any stiffness. I wouldn't recommend them even to replace plastic fins. Leader carbons (really carbon/fiberglass sandwich) at medium stiffness only, are decent entry level fiber fins. Soft and hard stiffness are poor performers.

The Leader carbon fins medium stiffness are available at Leader Stereoblades Waves Carbon - FreediveStore.com for $160. Unlike other spearfishing gear shops we don't rebrand the Leader fins and sell at an inflated price. At this time included in that price we also install Speardiver tendon rails. The Leader tendon rails are poor quality and do not fit well in footpockets.

You'll need to get footpockets. I don't recommend the Leader footpockets. They're a copy of the omer Stingray footpockets which would be alright, except they're manufactured too soft which results in poor energy transfer to the blades.

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The Meguiars wax worked perfectly. Thanks for the suggestions.

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if you are a gear killer stay away from cf

I disagree with this statement. See this post http://spearfishing.world/67976-post72.html

linky no worky

Epoxy doesn't stick to saran wrap either. But I need a sure thing.

MO-8?

Will dipping or screwing the screws into the wax be sufficient? Or should I pack it into the screw holes?

No I can't use a clamp or something else, the surfaces are not even and the secondary purpose of the epoxy is to fill the gaps.

Then I suppose this will work too? MEGUIARS Wax at West Marine

Do globs of this stuff have to stay on the screw or just a micro film?

I'm bonding one piece of plastic to another with west systems epoxy. The epoxy is spread on one piece, the second piece is laid on top, and the two pieces are squeezed together with stainless steel screws. The problem is that epoxy gets into the screw holes and it becomes impossible to back the screws out, which I need to be able to do. The screws are held so tight that I've torqued the head off of them trying to back them out. I'm wondering if there's a way to apply something to the screws that will prevent the epoxy from gripping them. Maybe dipping the screws in vaseline before hand IDK. Suggestions?

Nice gun Dustan. Lucky kid, I'd like to hear what he has to say about it.

Is there an ideal way to send you a fish head? Should it be frozen? Vaccume sealed? What prep work can be done?

Interesting way of pricing it. Is this a standard method for taxidermy or something? I may send you a big stinky cuda head  

And the state doesn't sink stuff to make artificial reefs?

Hank, JB weld and JBL are not related products. I understand your confusion as they do sound somewhat similar. But in effect they're completely different, JB weld works well for some applications, whereas JBL does not.

To put a reel on any pipe gun you need support from the inside of the tube, to anchor the screws into. Something like this machined Delrin plug with o-rings would be ideal for the JBL, because I find it problematic to seal smooth aluminum tubes with plugs.

Before you ask I don't have this beautiful piece of engineering. But to plug a JBL you can probably find a suitable substitute. Look near public gas stations, usually around the back near some bushes. It will look like the pic below, although diameters and shape may vary. Once cut to size, push into the JBL tube, it will be just as if it came from the JBL factory.

I don't know where you got yours, but my buddies here put handles on their boat that originally were public washroom type handles. They're stainless steel and cost less than a similar handle meant for a boat.

What a cool build. What are those handles for? So low to the ground.

Again, outstanding. Even did the eyeballs.

Why are there so few wreck?

It occurred to me that in all the reports from CA I never heard anyone say they dove a wreck or some artificial structure. It's always kelp or reef. Is there no wreck diving in CA?

Cool vid. Love the music.

Interesting post Hank. Are you using a reel or float line? Are your companions using reels or float lines? If some are using float lines the fish's behavior may depend on it.