Posts by tufual

interesting design but is that another band slot in the front for a conventional band

Welcome Salty , Sorry about your Mom

Welcome

That had To hurt

Don , you really like 5/16 <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x"> , nice work man

Sexy! nice Dan , its good to see a strong mech

Quote from Dude george

This is a simple stop knot I use when sailing and for my wishbone inserts.
Ashley (Oysterman's) Stopper Knot | How to tie the Ashley Stopper Knot (Oysterman's) Stopper Knot | Boating Knots

George that is a perfect knot for bands

Quote from Dan

None of the Speardiver guns have it, so no. Also none of the wood guns I built in the past. The replaceable wishbone system is better all around for these reasons.
1. You can adjust the length of the wishbone ie. shorten/lengthen the bands without cutting rubber.
2. The wishbone can be replaced on the water if necessary. I always keep a couple of extra wishbones in my kit.
3. Wishbone often wears out faster than the rubber, you can quickly change it without cutting/retying the bands.
4. The band insertion slot weakens the speargun muzzle, with tie-in wishbones it's not necessary.

thanks Dan , i don't like the band slots either [ weaken the gun ] that is why i asked

Quote from Dan

I use replaceable.

Dan do you ever use the band grove [ the cut in the band slot to remove the bands without untying ] ?

welcome man

beautiful literature Don

Welcome man .. can't wait for the vids

very cool Reef ... like discovery channel cool

i am now understanding what i am looking at [ not a boat guy ] <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

nice work Don .

nice gun . very interesting way to tie bands

has anyone ever injured themselves chest loading those large 18mm and 20mm bands . i imagine its a lot of force on a small area of your chest .

this sounds a lot like the barrel and caliber size argument in riffles .

I am not sure if this is pertinent but my father did say that he had both the Nimrod [ pneumatic ] and a Champion 3 5/8 band gun at the same time and same length . when he judged both , the Champion had more power but was loud [ metal wishbones ] but the Nimrod was far more quite and accurate with less recoil .He ended up using only the Nimrod because he did not like buying bands . Take into consideration that at this time he was squatting 500lbs [ 7 yrs bodybuilding ] and both guns power were completely maxed out . [ he bent the Nimrods pump ]
from pumping it to hard. they also both used 5/16 shafts

nice haul guys

thanks because when i was doing my build i bought some rasps and they just skated over the purple heart . ended up using the router and sandpaper only .