Posts by metelin

  • What to look for in choosing a wood

    look for wood with no knots, tight grain (less than 1/8'' in width), also, look for grain that's as straight as possible from one end of the board to the other. knots and wide, wavy grain will cause the stock to bow even if you laminate. i go through dozens of boards looking for one that fits that description and if i cant find what i'm looking for i'll look at other types of wood although i try to stay between teak and genuine mahogany.


    flooring material is probably too heavy and your gun will not float properly making it difficult to use and easy to loose if it sinks with the shaft out. i don't like mixing wood with different density because they contract and expend at a different rate and will eventually delaminate.


    teak is expensive, mahogany is about half the price. if this is your first gun choose a wood that's cheap and practice till you are comfortable with the design and process , if you make one gun i suspect you will probably want to make more.


    have fun.

  • Fun Day

    Quote from ddonnell

    Anyways, I didn't take anything, although I very well could have. Grabbed a handful of bugs, but seeing as how they and mother ocean are being raped up the butt by some divers, I don't want to partake in them at this time. No hard feelings towards those divers, but they are channeling their anger toward the MLPA's in the wrong ways.


    :toast:

  • gun question.....Sporasub One

    Quote from greekdiver

    Someone would have to be crazy to spend 600 on a gun like that. It's an aluminum railgun that is not even very powerful. If you are spending that money it better be carbon or wooden and custom!


    agree 100%.


    the line release on dans gun works just fine, i have a gun with the same handle (mine came from pathos) and although it looks awkward i never though it was a pain to use in the water. at half the price and with a built in rail (not glued on) on the carbon tube, dans is hands down the better gun in my opinion.


    don't get hung up on looks alone, a good gun is based on a good shaft/bands combination. people love the south african guns (rob allen, rabitech, freedives, ect) because they come with a really good shaft and have appropriate bands. yes i know the south african shafts corrode but they are really stiff and will kill many, many fish before you might consider replacing one. don't know about sporasub but omer shafts in the past were noodles, although i like omer products in general i would replace the shaft on any omer gun i own right away and at the sporasub price that would not be good.


    if you have any doubt look at the accuracy test that was done by hsd magazine several years ago, hammerhead won not because it was the best gun but because it came with a better shaft/band combo.


    my 2 cents.

  • ever wonder why?

    i don't spend much time on forums anymore, mostly because i don't have the time but when i have a free moment i still like to see what everyone is up to.


    when i do go on, i'm reminded of the other reason i don't visit much any more. why is it that some people have to be such dicks on forums? is it a competitive thing like who kills more and bigger fish? is it a cliquish thing where only the cool kids could hang? or it the the anonymity of being hidden behind a keyboard that brings out the worst in some people?


    i'm not sure what it is but there are places that behavior like that is, at least, tolerated if not encouraged. then there are forums that people seem to be more civil, medfish run by our friend and new member memoa is one and this is another.


    like the saying goes, "shit rolls down the hill", it's up to whoever is at the top running the place to set policy and tone. maybe some forums are too big to be controlled so it could be the guy running the joint missed something but i doubt it.


    where i'm i going with this you say? i just want to say how refreshing it is to get on here and not have all the drama and for that i want to say, thanks dan.:toast:

  • Katerina from Greece

    Quote from Don Paul

    :toast::toast:Now here is a girl who knows great sashimi :thumbsup2:
    Please some one from Greece invite her here.... we need balance in life, in sports, in da sea and on Speardiver.:D


    Cheers, Don


    PS, calling Steve Veros;)


    i don't know her don but i'm sure we can get her to post some pics and tell us a little about herself and what she does.