Posts by Don Paul

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    Quote from LunkerBuster

    Very cool. Why is it so hard to source the mil spec floors?


    Thumper has a Mil Spec roll up floor, but not the Hard Deck.
    This boat is Avon CRRC (UK) and rare in the states, very few of these boats survived being cut up/destroyed.
    The Britts and NATO kept a tight lid on them.
    The Zodiac FC- 470 is similar, but the floor through ZodiacMilPro is 4k :@.
    Many of the surplus hard decks were scraped, when the gov sells FC-470 boats by the container full, some have been ''decommissioned'' with 3 foot cuts though the hull and all presure valves removed or lost, and no floors at all.
    The hard floors were only used for some missions. I know of one in Florida that may be for sale in a month.


    Cheers, Don

  • Pitch pine speargun build

    Quote from tufual

    hi guys , i just spoke to my dad and he told me the speargun he used in the 80's was the longest available Mares Nimrod pneumatic , because of the use of this gun he swears by pneumatic spearguns because he said the Nimrod was the quietest speargun compaired to band guns . was this speargun particularly quiet [ compared to a Riffe standard ] just to settle the discussion because online guys always say the band guns a quieter . ?(


    The Bazooka was the longest Mares in 80, the shot is more quite then a Riffe, but the slide ring slapping the shaft is not. The Mares rear handle 140cm was very quite with a plastic and spring slide ring.



    Cheers, Don

  • wong hibrid speargun

    Quote from Undersea

    thanks for response ,now,i want know wath is the distance between loading butt and the andle in a mid handle daryl wong ,sorry for my insistence but a need to know this for build me hibrid,thanks spearos


    Since your custom building it, I would fit it to my body. Measure the distance from the Y between you thumb and index finger to the back of your bent elbow. You don't want it so long you need to straighten your arm to track it.


    Cheers, Don

  • The Adventures of Thumper

    The Avon CRRC 4.5 was designed to be air dropped, launched through the surf or deployed from a sub.
    As soon as I decided to have electronics and a sit down helm I realized a hard deck would be needed.
    Now almost 8 months later, I have only 1 of the Mil spec floorboards of the 3 I need. While I continue looking I will implement my back-up plan, a fiber glassed 5/8 marine ply floor which will get me on the water.


    The stout roll up floor has 8 bullet proof reinforced D-rings in two rows amidships . The 5/8 glassed ply deck will be secured to the straps through milled slots in the wood in the method below. Ti pins will be slightly recessed into the deck securing the hard deck to the now sub floor. With glassed pads for the console and radar braces, I'm shooting for a deck weight of about 60lbs.


    Here is a test with some 1/2'' scrap and a chop stick.^^


    Cheers, Don

  • wong hibrid speargun

    Quote from monster slayer

    Hybrids are neat guns unless you overpower them. There is no way an hybrid could handle more then 2 rubbers in 16 mm which is the best set up for them, even the magnums.


    Are we only talking about Wong Hybirds?


    I think we first need to define a Hybird gun.


    Hybird; Anything made combining two different elements.
    Composite; Formed or composed of heterogeneous (composed of dissimilar parts) parts.


    The Terry Maas '' Hybird '' was teak body, Stainless barrel, and held 3-5/8's bands.
    Don Paul ''Hybird'' Teak and 6061T6 aluminum/foam barrel, held 3 to 4- 5/8's bands.
    Don Paul ''Hybird'' Double. Lacewood,7075T6 aluminum rectangle tube, Boron/Carbon fairing, 4-5/8's bands.
    John Warren ''Hybird'' Stainless barrel, foamed and fiberglass body, carbon fiber reinforced.5-5/8's bands.


    Wong ''Hybird'' could have a Ti or Carbon fiber tube from what I've seen. I have never shot one so, I don't know what they use for power.


    Now we need to define what a hot chick is.^^;)


    Cheers, Don

  • Diving in clear, cold rivers

    Great post Aaron, That part about the crawdads gave me flashbacks to by childhood. I never caught many by hand though, had one of those wire bait traps I use to drop in the creek. My mouth is watering now thinking about horseradish and cocktail sauce bathed critters.^^


    Cheers, Don

  • Pitch pine speargun build

    Quote from tufual

    i forgot to say that i spoke to my supplier and he told me all the stainless steel that i am using for trigger mech and gun hardware is 316 stainless.


    That will work just fine mate.
    It's a shame here in the US we live in such a litigation prone society, I have become too paranoid about posting my personal details about gun trigger mods and fabrication in this day and age.
    The devil is in the details as the power goes up on a gun, I like your approach thus far


    Cheers, Don