Posts by Don Paul

Quote from Dan

Don, there's a movie in you I'm sure. Happy ending please

My son is everything to me along with my mistress the sea....will do.
Don

Quote from LunkerBuster

tight...very cool

Yeah it was nice seeing it on a huge screen almost uncut. The images were so amazing I cried during some scenes.Some of my Tahitian friends were in the film.
Cheers, Don

Sad ending though. Quote Dan.

So was the last days for my friend Jacques....:( He suffered with depression and took his life in Alba Italy at the age of 74, by hanging):(
Don

Welcome Mate... A friendly bunch here.
Cheers, Don Paul

Quote from Dan

I can't make out the writing if that's what you're referring to.

I just saw how faint the inscription looks on the movie poster that was signed to me by Jacque.
The late Jacques Mayol invited me to a private screening of The Big Blue to help consult on the ending.
He also sighed a 1969 Skin Diver mag from 1969 I had when I was a kid. I told him I remembered him from Miami long ago, when he worked with dolphin at the Miami Sea aquarium.
I believe his son Jean still lives there.
Cheers, Don

Quote from Dan

That's a mighty clean bathtub for a single man <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

Clean house = dirty mind.

Dan, I'm surprised your sharp forensic eyes have not seen what is in the shimmering water surface of the Big Blue poster.
Cheers, Don

Quote from Tin Man

Truly beautiful work Don. Any concern that the thermal expansion of the aluminum barrel might crack the epoxy? Or did your "Suburban" treatment cure the epoxy with the barrel in its expanded state, so that the epoxy is always under comressive stress at any temperature lowere than what you cured at?

Boy your a sharp guy, but i knew that already. I didn't want to bore the guys with the pre- tests I
did with the G-flex on different metal coatings, hard anodized aluminum, and powder coat.
I had no idea what the factory coating process on the AirB would be until I received it.
I was lucky the stock finish was as thin as black magic marker and offered little resistance to the cut of the 80 paper.
The G-flex has a very high peel and a modulus of elasticity of 450,000 psi .It is a truly amazing glue.
The top coat coat resin came from Phil Herranen who uses it for his guns and surf boards.
Time will tel, and this barrel will have to take a beating.
Tomorrow I will shoot some images of the stock slid ring metal finish and sharp line hole edges I am surprised to find on such a expensive gun. :nono:
The devil is in the details.
Cheers, Don

later guys...

The handle comes of by drifting out a ss pin exposing the fill port. The gauge is Omer for the Airbalete.
My fast is over ya-hooooo
later, Don

Didn't scare the duck with the new camo, bringing the squeeze up to 30
bar for sea trails next week. Buoyancy in fresh water with the new skin seems very close to test 1. Using the hand pump and not my tank to pressurize ( want to take my fish with muscle powered energy).
Cheers, Don Paul

A 10 k.....:d:@:@
dp

I think they got off too easy.:angry5:

Don

Quote from Dan

:@

The worst part is the deck of by boat would be like a ice rink from the oil mist when I gun went off in the rack.:@

Back at the dock I would have to scrub the deck with degreaser and white vinegar....smelled like a greek
salad with out the feta cheese.

Later... Don

A death grip is just slang for a very strong bone crushing grip. I use gloves all the time here, I just wanted to see if I could load the gun @ 30 bar if I dropped the loader. I found out I could load it with wet gloves on
in my neighbor's pool while they were on vacation, but now my test's are over.;) until I hit the sea.

With dry barrel kits high pressure is not necessary as you know. We used to blow the muzzles off a lot
years ago when the over pressured big stens sat in the hot Cali sun.

I'm going use this one at 30 bar until I have a need to kit it.
Cheers, Don

Quote from Dan

That's a pretty ominous avatar Don.

I'm thinking that if you can load the gun by grabbing the shaft with your hand/without a loader (is this what you're talking about?) then it doesn't have enough pressure.

I'll take down the avatar if it offends any of you.
I'm loading the gun @ 30 bar. I used to load a 140 sten @ 32 bar by death gripping the shaft and hand over hand.
Cheers, Don

Quote from LunkerBuster

so are you really able to load this with just your hands? is the grip that tacky or are you just a manBear

I textured the G-flex base coats with mono line, even after some light sanding and two top coats of
Phil Herranen resin the texture is still there. I'm going the gun cure for 7 days while I complete the scuff
damage of 20 years on Double Trouble and Tiputi guns. I'll be using PH resin on them as well.

Sorry about the last image in my post last night it was a mis-post.
Cheer's Don

PS.... I'm going to use the top of my left foot, one hand around the muzzle ( fat part) with the right hand driving the shaft
into the mech.

Sanded light with 100 paper to give a good key-in bond. Top coated with Phil Herranen resin (has UV filters)
two wet coats. The colors are much deeper now, here are some shots wet.
I getting ready to kill some fish as soon as the water clears.
Don

Whiner...... I have to post from my Blackberry......no wait I don't have a BB any more;)
I'm on a IBM think pad and Living in van down by the river. <img src= " class="smiley" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x" height="23" width="23" loading="eager" data-tooltip="biggrin" aria-label="biggrin">
DP

Quote from sdeisen

i seen hau take his apart over and over,, so easy a caveman can do it,,

Why?

Don

Quote from Dan

Thanks for the review Judah. I gathered the same thing from researching this camera online previously.

Congret's on the new section, I'll see what I can dig up after I get some game fish in my freezer. I missed the heat wave here in Cali, and now it's blowing, raining and cold.
Don

Thanks guys, the G-flex makes it work. I never would have stumbled upon the mono wrap pattern if I did not have the Airbalete. This gun has inspired me to build another gun next winter using textured black
pigmented G-flex. The early pictures do not show the snake skin like surface. When the last topcoat is finished I'll post some detail images.

I haven't messed with a airgun in years, I'm just having fun. Wait till I cut it in half add 50cm and hone a 13mm Titanium inner barrel for her.......just kidding. The first mod will be a softer line release spring.
Cheers, Don