Posts by Don Paul

  • Hello

    Welcome mate, Spain is a country I have never been to, I would love to come to Barcelona some day.
    This is one of the best spero forums out there. I like watching the seed grow.
    All the best Don Paul

  • Looking for some Euro Gun advice

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    Don, that picture annoys me because your camo on the gun is too good and it makes hard to see, especially exacly what is happening in the handle/reel assembly <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">


    I'm refinishing the gun with Phil Herranen top coat resin, along with my laminate gun (tiputi).
    when it's done I'll post more images in the Double Trouble thread.
    Cheer's Don

  • Omer Airbalete 110

    Looking forward to see "your gun" Don!
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    Marco Melis


    I don't think the homer likes the fact I'm a wood gun guy.;) I'm hitting 3 baseball practice's a week and a game with my son. Sat he wanted to go lake fishing ( we had a great time).
    Now on my day morning off, it been raining all night a the water looks like coffee.:(
    I really miss my boat.
    Cheers, Don

  • Omer Airbalete 110

    Quote from Dan

    I noticed that too about the name. Arbalete was also the name of an old speargun.


    That's interesting about the nitrogen. I guess you can fill it with anything you want when you have the adapter. I'm looking forward to the shooting report.


    You never ever want to use pure oxygen, oil and oxygen = boom.
    Hey your site is looking great, I'll get back to you Mon.
    Cheers, Don

  • Omer Airbalete 110

    Don's Top Ten Reasons why I will try Nitrogen .


    #10.Lighter then air.
    #9. less pressure increase on sun heated barrel.
    #8.less mosture in the barrel chamber.
    #7.less oxidizing on rubber parts.
    #6.In Molecular size.... bigger is better.
    #5.Have a large tank of it already.
    #4.Feel the name Airbalete is a cheep rip off of the french crossbow.... Arbalete.
    #3. Paint ball shops have cool chicks with tat's.
    #2. Hey baby....it's Nitro Powered.
    And the number one reason I going to try Nitrogen in my gun is....


    '' Getting tired of saying....Yes baby it's just me pumping my gun''. :@:@^^^^

  • Another Man Down

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    very good advice Don, thank you for letting us learn from your painful memories and loss


    Thanks. I'm not saying not to live a good life, but listen to what your inner self is telling you. When the hair on the back of neck goes up swim to the boat and take a brake.;)
    Don

  • Another Man Down

    I don't want to overstate this, but to date I have lost 22 inner circle friends to spearfishing in my life time.
    I try to let them be little angles that sit on my shoulder and whisper in my ear......'' Are you REALLY sure you want to do this?'


    That's why I posted his image when he was a metal winning competitive swimmer. Take a second, look
    at him.Try to imagine the pain of his family and friends, and let it empower you to a have fun, but do not become complacent with your diving.


    Sorry....off the soap box.
    Don

  • Another Man Down

    My condolences to the Van Dam family. I have a post from his dad from the Air Force site I'll copy in the AM about his last dive.
    Don


    #
    Gerald Vandam said


    April 6, 2010 @ 10:26 pm


    I’m Patrick’s dad, he passed away freediving at a place called the Crater located in Midway UT. He was practicing for the US National freediving championships in Kona HI to be held at the end of April. He had done a few dives on the 17th of March, the last free dive was for 6 minutes and 30 seconds and stated he was going to be down a little longer on the next and his last dive. We suspect he passed on the way up on his last dive.
    #


    Patrick is in the center.

  • A couple of links for Don Paul..Nothing related to spearfishing

    Honouring your taste for stout beers and Great baseball times..


    Thanks but I only ever drink tap Guinness or bottles with the widget. In Baja it's Negro Modelo, I hardly drink at all when I'm at sea.Some times I'll have one beer or a glass of red on the boat.


    I love carnitas, but haven't had a hot dog since I was 14 and went to a hot dog factory.:@


    I live pretty much on fish, salad and vegetables...... oh yeah a Fat Vodka dirty martini at bed time.:boring1:


    Cheers, Don

  • Fox Lathe/Mill???? Calling out TinMan!!!

    Quote from Tin Man

    I have never done any real gunsmithing, but I think this might be a little lacking for that level of accuracy. In the machine tool world, rigidity (and therefore accuracy) goes right along with mass. That is not to say that a small machine can't be accurate, but it has to be a really good small machine.


    You are right that R8 tooling would be better than M3, but that would require a bigger machine. I think this machine could be great for the level of accuracy that a speargun requires. Not sure about a rifle though.


    But another way to look at it is you have to learn on something. Play with it for a little while, and if it doesn't suit your needs, then Dan is probably right that you can easily get your money out of it on resale.


    X 2
    Not tight enough for gun smith work but a nice little home shop unit that runs on 110 and not 3 phase.
    In Cali these turn up in fresh condition at swap meets for 500 bucks with a little tooling.Fine for a light duty cycle on spear guns.
    Cheers, Don