Posts by Don Paul
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Outstanding
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I have seen guys drop the tail end of the shafts on concret or boat deck when moving gear...a bad idea to guard against. :nono:
The 90 degree milled sear recess has two vector points to develop crack propagation when shocked/deformed.
Shafts with milled flats above the sear recess also reduce cross section in a highly stressed area.Cheers, Don
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. i think scott merlo was first to use uhmw for handles and enclosed tracks
philTerry Mass and I were doing muzzles and capture guides (sectioned ET) in UHMW for a long time. I never used it for a handle, but Terry Tuna had one before switching to Steve A's handles later in the late eights. Mass used to use black marker to kill the white color, I would dye mine. Some of the Ti comp guns I built for Ernst in 85 used the material well. When did Scott first build guns in the US?... love his work.
Cheers, Don
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Last few weeks my garage has been hot, even with a fan so I took some time off and knocked out a week of ''honey do list '' stuff.
Tonight the Cali air is cool and sweet with fall creeping in the slightly opened garage door. I used to really put in some late nights on my personal projects. Now... wanting to share time with my young son and GF I have changed, along with staying off the espresso (at night) and late night grinding of teeth. So please bear with me as I creep through this build.
Foam brushed on the first coat of Phil's epoxie system, then put it in my ''clean room'' for the night.
Then mounted the marine 12v accessory socket.
Cheers, Don
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Darkness with some Rit dye.
The mount was white PVC, the speedometer pickup was white nylon and needs more time.
I simmered the water and dye for 5min, shut off the flame and put in the parts for a hr. Just don't spill any on white tile in the kitchen.Cheers, Don
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Notice the first post date, it's 3.5 years ago. The product selection hasn't changed much, except for the decals
I think I saw one of them on a boat the other day.:@ How can a skipper not see that?
Cheers, Don
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Great looking gun, I like the sponge paint job.
Cheers, Don
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What no Lexan shaft? <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">
Cheers, Don
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G-Flex applied with a brush with trimmed bristles.I''ll trim the edges some before hard. Vac bag film ready for the tube.
Cheers, Don
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G-flex over my previous work, after it is tacky, followed by light rolling with a metal wheel.
Continued....Cheers, Don
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Here is a few of the 20 pages in the handbook.
Cheers, Don
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Wow that one looks mint
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I have a manual, will PM you tonight.Cheers, Don
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There were four sizes of silver series, COMMANDO, BUCANERO, CORSARIO, FILIBUSTEROr, which by the way I have the 4Cool. I'm glad my journey continues, I only have the US 1967 catalog.
We need to talk.
;)Cheers, Don
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Found some 5.7 oz plain weave carbon tow, going to rework my prototype control cover, I had some blems that bugged me.
Cheers, Don
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Thanks for the warning and memorable story Don.
Thanks Dan, it just dumped out.
Cheer, Don
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Cool thread
Cheers, Don
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32 meters per second for 9/32 and 5/16 shafts @ the muzzle is a good starting point, shooting a 3/8s 6 ' long is much less.
Dam....a whiskey sounds good.
Cheers, Don
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[QUOTE=Linghunt;71880
My handle is coming off my gun. Thanks for the info Don.[/QUOTE]
I have had a couple washing down the tuna tonight, I didn't mean to be blunt...but some times it grets the point a crossed.
Having guys out there have a hard look at the gear is words to my ears. I drove my best friend to ER
bleeding badly when a broken handle screw tore through the web between his thumb and index finger...
it was a bad day.All the best, Don
