Posts by Don Paul

Quote from LunkerBuster

how would I go about making it loadbearing?

Form one from a bike spoke and tap and nut the ends.

Thanks Dan, back later after my little sluggers Champ game.
Cheers, Don

Rest Tab = Pussy Tab:nono: Sooooooooooo ..... SB

Quite OK for the injured and one armed Speros though.
Cheers Don

Dan, I can't open the images, maybe some else can?

Don

Quote from Kyle c

Is this the gun you said was built from a Hibiscus Tree?

No that gun is ''Little Mule" from 1980 this gun is Hondo,Maple, White Oak and White Birch that was built in 1984. It began life as a enclosed track.
I'll show detailed images next week.
Cheers, Don

I'm going to be completing the resealing of a gun I built in 1984 called Tiputa next week.
Here are some images to get started. Story later....
To be cont.
Cheers Don

Quote from Marco

Like the handle. I also use inner tube in some of my guns grips.

I even use inner tube for my wt belt, and it lasted 20 years. Some ahole stole both my prototypes off my boat last year.
Cheers Don

Quote from Marco

Like the handle. I also use inner tube in some of my guns grips.

Thanks Marco, Just got some Homer Ti 1.5 botties..... your were right... Marco San...made in china, but
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Ciao, Don

Quote from red tide

These are actually much nicer than the Riffe swivels.

Yes that is true, I use the one's Dan has as well.

Cheer's , Don

Nice job Lunker Buster.
I'll keep that product in mind the next time I re-grip.

Cheers, Don

Quote from robertdalton

see u out there

Welcome Cali guy, Dan runs a great forum here free of the Bubble Butt BS and drama.
He has a Calif section just waiting for us to fill with images and story's.

Tell us a little about yourself when you have time.

All the best, Don Paul

Bienvenido Jorge, welcome ...great guys here.
Cheers, Don Paul

Quote from attan

don paul is he one of the guys from the last hawaii skin diver issue where they tell of some behavior experiments with white sharks?? very insane and inspiring story...i was like :@
insane issue too..

Yeah he is very hard core, and has grown up to be a great diver that has learned much from his mentors.
Cheers, Don

Dan, that fish is too big to hold with a locked elbow....that pose is called '' The lean back''.;)

Quote from Dan

The gun is looking mean! Don, can you explain a little more how you did the grip? I'm assuming it's a bicycle inner tube.

Sure, the tube is from a mountain bike called VeeRubber size26x1.75. The tubes are powdered inside so first fit is
easy. Cut of a piece a inch longer then handle, just take your time and stretch it up to a good fit. Then
let it stay in place for a day to stabilize. Use a exacto knife to trim to fit top and bottom. I filled in any voids
at the bottom with leveled 3m5200 after I super glued the edges, but remember it takes 48 hr to cure. Turpentine works well to get off your skin.

I use to do the same thing on my darkside barrels to keep them from getting chewed up in ledges.
Cheers, Don

Quote from Adrian

That handle came out really nice, good job Don.

Thanks buddy, it was very easy and really improves the grip.
Wait till you see my wood gun I'm going to post in a separate thread at the end of the week.
Cheers, Don

Quote from LOMartin

yes that must be recent. Thats a custom SeaSniper(Pro 72 "Oh No") gun made in July of 2008.

Quote from Brandon....
Unfortunately the gun is on the bottom in 400 ft of water due to a white shark eating my buoy, pulling the gun out of my hand and taking the whole rig to the bottom, biting through my bungee with its teeth. It was a beautiful gun with a sick squid paint job by amadeo.

Cheers, Don

PS, I believe he shot the fish Sept 09.

I did this work last week and already changed out the green tuna line for some 2mil black coated wire rope.
If the gale winds ever stop blowing off shore, I'll get it wet along with the Fine...Fine...Fine looking Pursuit Carbon fins.
Cheers, Don

When I swam the gun through the kelp,the reel would hook on stringers.The green hard pack tuna line in image 5 will serve 3 functions.
1.Blend a little old school texture into all the metal and composite.
2.Help shield the reel from kelp stringers hooking.
3.Keep the reel and gun together should the reel tangle or hook a loop and be detached from the gun by a large fish.

I do not intend to use this gun for shooting grouper in caves so I'm loosing the Bald Eagle looking white handle.
No hate male please Omer... or all you gun losing types.;)

I made the handle grip using my cheap old school ways....( inner tube and 3m 5200).Line loop in image 4, is 600lb kevlar going up though the main handle body.( for drag line when needed).
I then re-machined a rubber plug I had and 5200ed it to the spool end to keep less sand going into the spool/bracket mount.

The bright shiny reel mount is a Omer part I reworked to replace the plastic/composite bit.
Made a rubber plug for the hole at the rear of the handle for adjusting trigger settings.
To be Cont....

Received the wt vest from Dan yesterday for testing and evaluation.
I've been around quality custom wetsuits over thirty years, and I don't blow in people's ears when it comes to telling the truth about gear I use and evaluate.
I'll be using the the wt vest on my next dive in a week, but if Dan's Pursuit wet suits are built to the same
precision as his wt vest, I'm going o buy one next year, even though I have a new Omer 5 mil.mimic.
My kid's baseball season ends his week, and is time start diving again and using the new Pursuit carbon fins.
Stay tuned....
Cheers, Don

Quote from Gobig

Thanks Dan. I forgot to mention I'm a 44-46 size so your pockets won't work unfortunately.

The tear is not where the blade ends (in the pocket), but that's the only reason I could come up with the pocket tearing. I use DiveR blades and the angle on the blade is so extreme, it probably puts way more pressure on my pocket than the other blades I use.

I doubt the pockets are under warrenty, but I'll check it out. Thanks

Hey buddy, good to see ya here. I have a set of H. Dessault coming today with Dan's great carbon blades.
I'll bring them for you to see next Month.;)

Cheers, Don