Posts by Don Paul

Welcome mate.

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Welcome mate, what school at you at there?
Real nice Striper.

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Quote from virgili

not really!
do you evoke low pressure and pelagic behavior?
was told wahoo show less shy and distrusfull under low atm pressure!..

Three of my biggest Wahoo (60 to 80lb) came on a low with a storm the following day .

I do not target sails (just personal choice) but the ones I see are usually lit up slamming the bait. I dream of catching the ''light show'' on film some day, they are amazing... the true peacock of the sea.

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Question.....

If I can get a single peice of teak..
At what gun length would I have to consider a laminated blank?? (as opposed to a single unlaminated peice)
My goal is a 130cm gun, Is that to long?
Is it just a better practice to laminate the blank?

Thanks Guys
Mike[/QUOTE]

Here is a old pic of a 72' solid Teak barrel with 3 5/8 bands I built in 1980 that has taken hundreds of fish and is still going strong. The gun was hand sawed from one piece of timber,and shaped with a plane. The handle has a 6''x 3/4'' teak dowel glued in place to prevent the grain spiting. The rubbers are cut very long in this shot as I was nursing a injury.
!30cm is not too long.
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Welcome Logan, nice intro mate.

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Quote from spearstuff

Nice spotting that Mike. I bet that had a lot to do with what went wrong.

The Dorado spotted it first, that's why he pulled so hard for his freedom.;) ...thats why I asked Virgili about the image posted. Big fish won't let you make any mistakes.

The swaging of compression fittings directly over plastic coated wire rope will result in severely reduced holding power and is not recommended.

Don

Is the slip tip and cable assembly in the image the same one that failed at the slide ring cable end?

Was it sledged over the protective sheaf on the bitter end/

Sorry about the fish.

Don

Thanks Virgili, very cool, I love when they do a light show down the flanks and along the fins. Were these on a over cast day?

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Great lines, can't wait to see the top side and some close up of the handle if you have time.

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God those are sweet.

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Mike, since you want a oil finish I would lean toward teak, you don't even need to laminate on a short gun in the 110cm range. I have a few one piece barrel Teak guns that have 30 years on them and are still straight enough for a speargun. Seasoned and cured Burmese Teak is hard to beat as a DIY gun wood, it strength allows barrels of less cross section when compared to a softer wood.

After you build your first gun you can dive deep in to the abyss of exotic hardwoods, each with different density's and time consuming varnish's or epoxy top coats.

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That is a great shot, nice Tuna. That will make a reel buzz..

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You don't need a ET for a 7mm with twin 16mm bands, I would go deep open track mate. If one of those Kingies gets real friendly 3ft off the tip you wont blow the ET apart.;)

The Tahitians just to your North love Hibiscus wood that is well cured, I have a few gun made from it...
later need to sleep.

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OK mate, first some questions..

1.When one is going to build a tool, craft, car or boat we need to ask: What do I want this creation to do?
In the case of a speargun...what is the target species? as a dedicated Tuna/Wahoo gun will have different requirements than something for John Dory.

2. What kind of duty cycle and abuse will it see? ...teak will take more impact abuse than Honduran Mahogany as a example.

3. Do you want to have a oil finish or seal it in a Varnish or Epoxy?

4. What tools do you have at your disposal ?

Back later....

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[quote='flymike','http://spearfishing.world/forums/index.php?thread/&postID=61945#post61945']
Have been wondering about the no answer thing, but I am new I guess.

Well that is not the reason I did not respond , sometimes I wait a wee bit to let a more knowledgeable member
give expert feed back on such a complex question. Phil, Woodguy and and Steve Veros all work in this field.

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Quote from barnegat light nick

Cutco "fisherman's friend." Unbelievable knife. Not cheap, but my go to knife. Worth the money.

I really like Cutco blades, have a few in the kitchen.

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Welcome mate.

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Nice... surfing is something I only did once, the spero in me could only handle one addiction.;)

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So great to see the Pursuit brand going forward with awesome products. those blades are sick.

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