Welcome Eric, if you see a Black Avon CRRC outside the kelp just wave.
Cheers, Don Paul
Posts by Don Paul
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Blue grease is faster..
and John says hi.
I have a Cernia Velox.Cheers, Don
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Bump for tomorrow.
Don,
Maybe he can autograph double trouble for ya....I bet if I took his dad's book; The Silent World up to him he wouldn't touch it. Lot's of images of Dumas and Jacques spearfishing .I was in the front row when he spoke at screening of his film on Baja many years ago.He was bullshiting me with some of the questions I had about his crew spearfishing.
I would never buy a piece of US Diver gear, but J.Y Cousteau's contribution to the underwater world will never
be topped, and I will forever admire the family.Cheers, Don
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This is bad advice, Just the sterioids talking.
How about 250 and trim back if needed?
Now you're talking...only this guy could cock good 16mm at 400% elongation.
Cheers, Don
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Welcome Bob.
Cheers, Don
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Make them closer to 400%. Trim them back after a few dives.
Hey look at the guns on that guy Josediaz....your thinking fo those pussy LA and NewPort divers.;)
Bands that cause you to drop a nut make you more conservative with the trigger finger. <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">Cheers. Don
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Thanks Paul, 3x to begin .
You may want to have that as your Max...in some ones book they call this 400%;).
I fellow the religion here..;) that my friends and I did a long time ago.Testing rubber speargun power bands Blue_Gun
I have note books full of my data, but my testing methods will get some one killed, it was when I was young and dumb.The math I used is the same though.Cheers, Don
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These bands pursuit ID 1/16 OD 5/8, which is recommended percentage elongation (300%, 350%, 400% )
I run my rubber at 3 X specimen length or 300% elongation of the band. Dan's small hole 16mm rubber has been on my gun for two years and is still testing well. I do keep the bands covered when the gun is racked in the sun.
Cheers. Don
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Gone are the days we washed our hands in that stuff after helping a neighbor fix his truck.;)
Here in Cali it's Orange Oil degrease'er for me, if we though a pint of fuel on the dirt we would get locked up and our Clean Air Board would send out a backhoe to remove 6 feet of ground under the spill.;)Nice blue color on the Cressi....I don't have that special one.
Cheers, Don
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That image is sweet
nice gun and hoo.
I bet the pattern and art is a hit with with the fur dogs.;)Cheers, Don
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Thanks for the update girl, wishing you guys safer Comp's this year, sounds like this one was from hell.
Cheers, Don
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At times I thought the writer was a pussy, but after the eloquent interview with William I got used to his novice perceptive of the sport. By the time i read the last closing comments I was feeling more connected, in total, I feel, even with the sensationalistic tone the piece was well written.
The don't quite understand the comment about Competitive Free diving being a new sport.....what was that war between Mayol and Enzo in 1966.
Cheers, Don
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What a great post Peter, I have only changed the grease in one Cressi Cernia , makes one happy for Air guns and bands.
Cheers, Don
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I will read it after I buy a new box of contacts, too much pool time for me with out goggles the night before.;)
Cheers, Don
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i think that people think ti is some indestructible metal , because of the aerospace roots ,and price . in reality its just, light weight, corrosion resistant aluminum. i do have to admit ti is fun to anodize
philI like Ti as a choice when a application warrants it. With a melting point at 1668.C vs Al @ 660.32C it has it's place. It's atomic wt is #22 vs #13 for Al.....so if a guys has a ultra hot GF she will like the earrings you fab for her.
Cheers, Don
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very cool vid...it is nuts that a pelagic fish like that will allow a huge boat to motor right over the top of it like that...very cool
They are warming their brains and bods after being in the abyss, but the one I swam up to woke up from a bad dream when I tied to get close enough for a good film image. I won't try that again.;)
Cheers, Don
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That is really good insight Don. I bet even 30 years ago those Ti shafts were very expensive! Did they kill any fish? I don't remember who said it but my favorite quote is.....
"All the good ideas have already been proven not to work" Not that I buy that sort of BS, but in this case, probably true.The faster you go....the harder it is to go fast.;)
Cheers, Don
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I suppose I can spend the next 30 years collecting all this data and bring it back to the forum
I have all the data up to 5- 5/8s bands on a 6 ' barrel.....this is easy.
Take the ''advertised range'', divide by the Young's Modulus of Elasticity while adding 10' for a ET and another 5' for any Ti on the gun.
;)If we post this here the Chinese will be building all the gear. ;)
Cheers, Don
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Welcome mate, great to have you.
Cheers, Don Paul
