Posts by Dan

  • good knives

    This is a good thread so my contribution to it is.. to change the title to knives instead of knifes :)


    Unless it was misspelled on purpose for ultra cool effect, in which case let me know and I'll change it back.

  • Dolphin off St. Lucie

    Looked like you played him smart. Reading your post I got the impression that he got off and was painfully watching the vid to the end :) Nice fish!


    To embed the video grab the shortest direct link, the forum will embed it automatically.

  • Painting PVC

    The problem is the point of attachment to the board. Notice that the base of the PVC frame is seated in a depression made for the little black eyelets, which were replaced by the PVC frame. This depression has screw holes that are molded inside the board, so there's no water intrusion. Anything that has height that would attach to that point, would have too much sideways leverage put on it when line is wrapped around it, and would probably bend and/or pull out the screws. The PVC frame stops that from happening. Otherwise you can drill new holes for a more solid base, if you can find something suitable. I've used the same design PVC frame on my boogie board and it was nice and rigid, so I just repeated it. It makes for another convenient handle to grab the board by.

  • Painting PVC

    I'm making a frame for my dive board to spool the line on. I would've preferred to do it with the black PVC I posted, but since I already made the frame I thought I'd give the paint a go. After some research this is what I did.
    1. Fine sand the PVC.
    2. Wipe with M.E.K (methyl ethyl ketone). This is a component of PVC primer and is thought to give paint better adhesion to PVC.
    3. Spray paint with Rustoleum plastic paint. I'm not expecting miracles from this paint, but it will do for now at least for the purpose of taking pics of the rigged board.



    Here's the result.



  • Mares Spearfishing gloves (Sporasub)

    Thanks for the heads up.


    As of a couple of years ago Sporasub is no longer mares, Sporasub is now omer.


    Counting down to Marco 10.. 9.. 8.. 7.. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

  • Muzzle idea, need feeback

    I think that the whole metal piece in the front idea is more aesthetic than practical. It would certainly be a little more expensive and more time consuming.

  • Muzzle idea, need feeback

    Should work and look nice. I think I may adopt this way for an enclosed track gun. This way I can eliminated the track guards. I'd cut the metal in such a way that it encloses the shaft rather than leaving an open track. Positioning would have to be exact.



    With this design I always wonder if the bands deteriorate faster when contracting against the metal. Added weight in the front may also be a concern.

  • Aeris F10 V.2

    The new Aeris F10 V.2 freedive computer is now available from Pursuit http://freedivingspearfishinggear.com/145-aeres.html





    The New Aeris F.10 v.2 Personal Dive Computer. Aeris is introducing version v.2 of the F.10 Freediving Watch, the best dedicated freediving watch on the market today. Chilean Freediver Simon Bennett is beta testing the Aeris F.10 v2 as of this writing and just set a Chilean National Record. Much of these changes were driven by feedback gathered on the deeperblue.com forum. Martin Stepanek, of Freediving Instructors International, who worked with us to develop the original, was also instrumental in defining and testing these new features as well.
    Some of the key features of this new version are:

    • User settable depth activation for shallow water training
    • User updateable firmware – with optional cable
    • Salt / Fresh Water setting
    • Improved time and depth settings resolution
    • Repeatable countdown timer for interval training
    • Added history for the last session (resets at midnight, or may be manually reset)