I like the pin hole idea, most of my floppers shaft I point grind. i also mini tri cut my pencil point sliptip heads.
They cut through bone better this way.
Cheers, Don
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I can't seem to find that bitch, but it looks like this, made from the metal of your choice. I use a old school slide ring brazed to the plate ( same size as shaft) fitted with a set screw. If you clamp a flat metal plate to your bench grinder you just lay the grind jig on it's flats and grind off the side of the wheel, it can also work with a belt or disk wheel.
Align the faces with the flats of the triangle, and just take off a little material at a time as to not heat the metal too much and anneal ( soften) heat treated metal. You can make your grind jig square for 4 faced grinds.
I learned this trick from the legendary skin diver Big Jim Christenson. -
I just got home and I'm beat, I'll put up a jig pic Sat.
Cheers, Don
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I'm heading out now but the quick answer is to take some 1/8'' aluminum plate and make a triangle with a hole in the center for a grind jig to set on a bench grinder table.
Cheers, Don
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Welcome mate. good to have you. Most of us here have long ago forgot about drama and ego.;)
Cheers, Don
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Here is the reel belt with out the float co cartridge bit. My snap shackle is missing the bale. I just use 400# tuna cord that is easy on the hands. I only use this on reef dwellers that like to hole up deep, mainly to just mark the cave or ledge I will be working the fish out from.
Cheers, Don
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Welcome Josh, were here to help with any guidance.
Cheers, Don
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I enjoyed that Marco, very nice shooting , your a very good hunter.
Cheers, Don
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Was the rubber amber to begin with?
Yes, but the dye that is available now takes a lot longer to set in. The added benefit to very fresh, slightly uncured rubber is better cross linking/better performance.;) However I don't ''kettle cure'' past 200 degrees.
Cheers, Don
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Dyed some rubber I have had good performance with. Old school Rit dye and salt, temp @ 200 degrees and left to cool. Left it soak for a day.
Cheers, Don
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A lost big fish will keep you running it through your head for nights, but it sounds like the tip smacked the hull stopping the flooper from clearing the other side and opening as the others have said. Unless you hit the spine or brain I bet she will heal even with a hole.
Cheers, Don
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It is just a old school popper float, very small. I just use it as a marker. I'll dig it out of my kit Sat and take a pix.
They were made by Dacor in days past, I replace the rubber bladder with a punching bag bladder,Cheers, Don
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Agreed , that's where my skepticism lies
I jammed one solid with sand, but I just un-clipped the rubber belt and popped the little float. I still use it some times it's just a added tool.
Cheers, Don
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DON PAUL unir dos gomas lo hace cualquiera, mi padre lo hacia hace 50 años ¿multiplicar su potencia es otra cosa, no se si has entendido este tema pieza de las gomas mix?
The old bits in my hand are 3/4'' linked to 16mm.
I tried mixing 3/4'' joined to 16mm' and 16mm to 2- 1/2'' along with sliding very hi end bike race tubes over 16mm''rubber. The race bike rubber had a very hi modules and was a success until nicked/cut during elongation while hunting,
I may experiment again once my freezer is full.;)Cheers, Don
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Some very smart people in this thread giving you some great advice. My 5 cents, Don once told me that a open track is as good as enclosed, to my shame I was sceptical. I have since owned a open track bluewater gun, there was no difference in accuracy, range or recoil. My issue is my tracked guns load way faster and surer than the open, so no matter what size I like my wood guns closed track.
I shoot too many rocks thinking they are fish.;)
Cheers, Don
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I never liked the idea of belt reels but there may be one in my future
I used to us a belt reel with a small popper float when I first started diving in Tahiti.... I just copied the divers I was diving with at the time. (H,Dessault and Jean Baptiste Esclapez)
Yes they can be dangerous as with most things one ties to our body's.Cheers, Don
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Marco, why do you say this? Is 36" too short to get any benefit from am enclosed track?
Yes, the short rod is already stiff enough for what your building,
Cheers, Don
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Welcome mate.
Cheers, Don
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Nice.... float line or reel? <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">.... or bigger reel?
Cheers, Don
