Posts by Don Paul

Yeah, that is Holly wood... I need all the help I can get.;)
Don

It looks just the way as I imagined, now that the mono is unwrapped and the epoxy is curing hard. It has a reptile/snake look and feel. The gun is only half way there. I was thinking of doing the handle in olive wood to keep it .....
Italian and fit my hand like a breast.....I mean glove.
Re: Airbalete 110
Here are some images before I pull the handle/reel and sand lightly with 80 for good keying of the Phil Herranen resin top coat.
I have decided not to camo the reel at this point as I may be doing one in Ti
if I really like the gun. I plan on a sea water shake down at the end of next week. I'll shoot some close ups of the skin when it finished.
Cheers, Don Paul

Quote from hau

Don Paul---=your gun/reel camo job is beautiful
Congratulations on such a nice job

Thanks hau, those were just pattern lay outs.
I decided I wanted a little more texture and uniqueness, something like the skin of a water snake.
I learned that if I can get a good enough grip on the muzzle I can load the guns 7mm shaft with my right hand.
So here we go to try something different.....

I Taped out the barrel with good 3m blue, than washed with acetone, followed by sanding prep with 80 to
give the G-flex 650 good texture to key to. Wipe down one more time with acetone.
I carried out the work at 78 deg F mixing the G-flex one to one in a wide plastic cup.
The work time at this temp is around 45min before it begins to gel.
Next I applied a wet coat to half the barrel with a foam brush, then laid on my pre-cut camo paper I had scanned and mocked up last week. I used the foam brush to pat a second top coat over the paper.
Now comes the tricky part: after 30min I tied off 10 lb mono line to the muzzle and very carefully wrapped over the camo/resin using app 7mm spacing between wraps.Once the G-flex became tacky I carefully unwound the mono leaving a snake like texture. The images show the the progress before the mono was removed. I'll update wed night after baseball.;)
Cheers, Don

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aye aye el capitan.. don paul ur not world war 2 old

Yeah, but my beat up body feels like it today. My kid's baseball coach must think I a young guy because
of my ten year old kid. He has me running the bases, working the out field and throwing to the catchers.

Then I volunteered to empty a van full of supply's down a stairs and into the snack bar. But a cute chick offered me a soft drink. I told her '' I don't drink that poison, ever''.
Fri night I danced my ass off at a pub after me and some friends toasted two lost brothers in Iraq.:(
Cheers, Don

LLSS. guys.
DP

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Yeah, after a few drinks you don't worry so much about the consequences, and after all it was only an air rifle.

Here they would shot first and check the gun later, unless it's dayglow green or orange.
But I live in very '' policed'' beach town, that has little violent crime. Even the pubs have few fights compared to the east coast where i am from.
Cheers, Don

More freedive data from a master, please use it safely.
Don Paul

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No paso Too funny. If you had a riffle in a back yard where I live a bunch of cop would fast
roping out of a helio.:@
Don

I hope the test fin was my size, I'm all in for discounted blems.;)
Didn't your mom tell you your going to put out a eye?:nono::@
Cheers, Don

Welcome mate... F-ing EH.. Great bunch of guys here. Looking to you for images of those big northern pike.
Cheers, Don Paul

Thanks Dan, Good to see the fin in the first picture and all you guy's discussing fin tech. Save those receipts from the company party.;) Thank god I didn't show any pics of my F'ed up foot... you guys would blow chunks.
Ciao.... Baseball... Don

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Don, I have a bone Cyst on my right instep due to martial arts injuries and what i do is to scrap a bit the footpocket with a cutter, it works for me.

Thanks, I may have to holesaw a circle above the raised joint and reform a 3m 5200 cover.
Don

If I could have got there for a 100 bucks, I would have loved to stopped by.
Dan, I'm posting a question here to stay under the radar and not publicize a foot issue:

The bone/joint on my left foot has somehow enlarged to such a degree that my once perfect Omer
foot pockets are almost impossible to even wear longer than 10 mins. Do you think Mustang pockets
might have enough stretch for a 1/8 higher toe joint? I have never tried Pathos pockets either.
Thanks in advance.
Don

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just remind the little slugger that good contact is more important than good power;)

He got to play in Angel Stadium on Sun with the all the bells and whistles and light show.
I'll post some pic in off topic Thur. I'll give him the tip, but he gets them over the fence sometimes and has a pro trainer. He's a catcher but I wish he was in the outfield, it's safer.
Cheers, Don

Quote from LunkerBuster

aahhh, makes good sense, thanks.

I read somewhere that you went on a gear test dive and shot a nice bonita....any truth to that? was it this gun?

No, it was Tiputa my laminate gun. I always take the first WSB of the season with it. I am out of fish,
the water was so green I thought it was a yellow tail. I'll post it in my avatar after baseball.
DP

I'll explain after work. I only use a reel as a line holder. After I get a knife in the brain I just reel in the line.
Not having a guide also lets me put my hand around the barrel with out getting my fingers sawed off by the
smokin line when the big fish run. I can also hold the gun barrel up out of the water for a chase boat call in while winding my rig in.
Later... Don

Quote from Adrian

I cant wait to see the pictures of this gun's victims.

I have a dive planed in two weeks, after I get a few more baseball games in with my 10 year old.
Here are some Camo patern layouts.
Cheers, Don

[quote='Don Paul','http://spearfishing.world/forums/index.php?thread/&postID=26625#post26625']Here's the first in water leak test at 30 bar, floating in fresh water @ 66 degrees. The gun looks so fierce, it scared my duck completely out of the tub......

This AM I added hi vis line to the reel. I will not be passing the reel line through the forward muzzle line guide in my setup for WSB (White Sea Bass) for two reasons: 1. The fish I plan to shoot weigh over 30 lbs and can strip off line at a hi rate of speed. The line guide hole has no SS or ceramic guide to help prevent the line sawing through the thin wall in time.
2.The roller guide is not being used until the spool diameter is reduced considerably after line take by the retreating fish or divers return to the surface. Recovery of line and indexing on the spool should also be improved.
Cheers Don

Here we go...

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Pics are not showing Don.

I'll post them in the AM.:boring1: sleepy

Here's the first in water leak test at 30 bar, floating in fresh water @ 66 degrees. The gun looks so fierce, it scared my duck completely out of the tub......

This AM I added hi vis line to the reel. I will not be passing the reel line through the forward muzzle line guide in my setup for WSB (White Sea Bass) for two reasons: 1. The fish I plan to shoot weigh over 30 lbs and can strip off line at a hi rate of speed. The line guide hole has no SS or ceramic guide to help prevent the line sawing through the thin wall in time.
2.The roller guide is not being used until the spool diameter is reduced considerably after line take by the retreating fish or divers return to the surface. Recovery of line and indexing on the spool should also be improved.
Cheers Don

PS got to watch Buzz Aldrin dance , I'll post images Tues.