Posts by onkelhedde

  • Hybrid Danish Style

    Thanks for all your kind comments - this is how the Danish Hybrid turned out...
    I just need to adjust the trigger pins and line release - and a triggerguard of polished steel is on the way.
    It hasn't touched water yet and I need to balance it - hope that turns out well.




  • Hybrid Danish Style

    Quote from Wishihadgills

    I really like that pain job! How did you create that effect? If you don't mind me asking.


    It is a sort of hydro dip. I pour small amounts of paint on a water surface, and then stir ever so slightly. The colours don't mix at all. My thought was making the ripples decide the pattern - a pattern made by water for water so to speak.
    If you google "guitar swirling" there are loads of articles on the subject. - and youtube videos as well.
    The white spray dots in the paint are actually pinholes and little bubbles that burst. It is not supposed to be like that and I was going to sand it down and start over again, but looking at it I kind of liked it, reminds me a bit of the dotted whale shark pattern.

  • Hybrid Danish Style

    Hi there
    Been working for quite a while on a cross over between a US hybrid and our Euro style guns.
    We rarely ever see hybrids here in Europe, why it is so I don´t know - but I have decided to give it a try.
    My aim has been to give it a more Euro like appearance, with a more curvy stock and a big challenge has been the transition from the stock to the 30mm carbon tube. I will be mounting a Meandros open muzzle.
    It is not finished yet but progress has been a bit slow, so I thought I might as well post a few pics.
    I will be painting this thing, with final coats of epoxy. Haven´t tried that before, let´s see how that goes :confused1:
    I have been talking to the always very helpful Mr. Wong, who has been more than willing to share his experiences of gun building. This guy is amazing - thanks Daryl if you reed this :)


    Anyway, here are a few pics - more willl follow as I progress.


    /Henrik









  • Is gorilla glue for marine purpose.

    I dont know if you can use it to build a boat, but I have used it with succes in speargun building. But you have to have very tight joints, as it has poor gap filling properties. Before using it for a real project, I made a glue sample an put it in salt water for approx. half a year, and the joints were not even close to failing!
    I know that Spearotiki used Gorilla Glue for his guns.

  • Slim Line Gun

    I don't have a overall pic of the gun, but I have this clip of it - at 7:25
    This video was shot by a couple of journalists, and the guy explaining is the owner of the gun Søren - a danish gun collector and spearo.


    Sørens passion for harpuner - YouTube


    The handle is a sort of sliding tenon, a center part of the grip with two grip scales glued on.
    This gives a huge gluing surface. It will never come off.

  • Slim Line Gun

    Yes is got some sort of sharklike fishlike appearance. If you look at cross section C on pic #4, that is very much like the cross section of this gun.
    Nate. I can see why you are asking about a mag track - no, there are no magnents - the picture was taken while testing band lay up. The gun is not finished on that pic.


    And thanks for all your kind comments, I consider you experienced lot my jury.


    /Henrik

  • one for dan

    Wow! You beat me to it - have had that in my mind for a long time.
    Havent seen any roller hybrids ever. I really like it.
    Looking forward to reading about the test.

  • Slim Line Gun

    Hi fellow spearos
    I have just put the finishing touches on this little gun. 85cm band stretch.
    I got a request from a friend to build him a gun for shallow water "aspetto". He had trouble tracking the fast grey mullet (Chelon labrosus), we encounter here in Denmark in summer. I ended up with designing this extreme slim profile (21mm), where I took inspiration from the caudal keel of the mako shark.
    I knew that I would be challenged by this thin profile and chose to incorporate carbon fibre in the design, running several layers of both braided an unidirectional fibres along the bottom. I wanted to be able to get a strong grip of the handle, and made a stippling tool to roughen the surface.
    The gun has a epoxy finish with a couple of layers of PU varnish. I have tested the gun for tracking and it compares to nothing I have ever tried before.
    I hope it will slay many fish for my friend.


    /Henrik


    aehm... Dan how do I link images from dropbox...? Got it.











  • Spearboard coercion of sponsors

    Yeah I read it. And took a screendump of the first post as I knew that it would be deleted. See if I can find it tomorrow if you want to see it.
    The site admin is taking a beating over there, has started a riot by cutting Daryl Wong off.


    The waters are so much calmer over here - you run a good site here Dan.


    /Henrik

  • 1250 Hybrid

    Quote from Don Paul

    ....a friend of mine in the UK has a jig'ed laminate that the reminds me of your gun.


    That would be foxfish' hybrid?


    Beautiful gun this is, love the curved stock.
    How do you make the hole for the barrel?


    I am about to build my first hybrid this winter and I am not really clear about how to make the hole for the barrel...?
    Should I rout or drill?
    I have a 30 mm barrel - should I make the hole 2 mm oversize to allow for glue or is it better with a 30 mm hole?