Do you have any more pics of your aquarium setup sdeisen? They are a lot of hard work at times but beautiful when they are setup and established.
Posts by Bretto
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Ahhh Come on Brett, you didn't use Australian Lace Wood for the bench ?:D
Glade your on the heal.:thumbsup2:
Cheers, Donhaha you really like your Lace wood don't you Don
I will use Lace wood in one of the next guns i do, once the hand is all healed and i have finished off the latest gun I'm working on... So stay tuned 
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Thanks again for all the complements guys
Beautiful. What about the tuna itself, did you make that as well? Seems to me it would take as much work as the whole gun.
I get a guy to make the inlays for me Dan, i imagine it would be very tedious work making them! The quality of these inlays are amazing and a lot of work goes into making them!
Wasn't sure where to post this so thought I'd put it up in this thread... I went back to the hospital to see the doc about the fingers early this morning and he said its all healing very well so it's looking good at this stage!
Since i was feeling so good i started carefully knocking up the frame work for the new router table to help prevent any more router injury's in the future. I will probably have a play around with fitting out the top section tomorrow if i get a chance. It's going to be a pretty basic setup but will do the job nicely once it's finished.
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Cheers everyone, much appreciated!
Your atention to detain is obvious Bretto. Would you mind posting how you polish up all your stainless pieces? Are you just using a buffing wheel, or something else?
Tin Man for the polishing i just usually sand the stainless smooth with a linisher machine and then spend a bit of time on the buffing wheel. I use jewelers wax to rub on the buffing wheel and that seems to give a very good result and buffs a lot quicker.
Display Morewow man...excellent stuff..
I really enjoyed the first gun and the metal piece for the front is very cool..I also like the grooveds out area for the bands to lay in the third gun.
how did you clear out the shape for the inlay after you exactoed out the pattern...very very cool
thanks for sharing and heal well
Thanks LunkerBuster, here is a copy and paste from my post in another thread on how i done the work to insert the inlays...
I temporarily tack glued the inlay to the stock and very carefully traced around with the Xacto knife to get a nice out line of the Tuna
I set the depth on the trimmer and carefully routed as much as i could of the inside of the tuna trying get as close as i could without chipping any corners away
Once i routed as much as i could i then used the Xacto knife again to carve around the edges bit by bit and got the smallest little flat blade screw driver i could find and used it as a chisel and chipped away at it piece by piece.
End result...
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I can see that so much thought has gone into this gun Tin Man, it's a real inspiration to learn how to work with CF and learn all the tricks involved! Looking forward to seeing how the handle turns out, you can already see that it will look real sexy, even without it being fitted yet! :thumbsup2:
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And the nasty router accident... Be safe guys!
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Hey guys, a few people have mentioned that they wanted me to put up a few pics of some of the work I've done lately in some of my gun builds. I have a few pics here of the last few guns I've done and one that I'm currently working on, i would be uploading pics for hours if i put all the pics up but will put some of the better pics up and add some along the way. Feel free to add your own custom build pics up in this thread as well if you like.
I'm also just planning out a new gun to build now which i should get a start on very soon and i will start a thread for it once i get going. As some of you might already know i just had pretty nasty accident involving a router recently so as soon as I'm fit and well i will get back into things and start a thread with a new project gun.
Looking forward to adding many more pics and details up as time goes by and hopefully getting a few ideas off everyone along the way.
Cheers,
Brett
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do you know approximately the depth? also whats the temperature like on ur side of the island?
The depth you find these fish in general or the depth of the wreck? The temp around the area i live in drops down to around 16-17 Degrees Celsius in the winter months and is about 23-24 Degrees Celsius in the summer months, if you head up the coast a few hours the water gets a lot warmer though... Got to love Summer diving!
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Wow those are big and juicy. Are they difficult to spear? Do they fight hard?
They are pretty hard fish to approach at times especially when they are schooling up because genrally once one fish spooks it takes the whole school with them, so you need to be very stealth with your approach. When they are in caves or holed up they are a more docile and easier to shoot, you also find them a lot of the time hiding out in the washy areas around certain headlands. They are a pretty elusive fish around here and are hard to find at times but once you work out the right places to find them and the right times to look you start seeing a few more of them and things start coming together. I suppose any fish will fight hard if you don't hit it in the right spot but yes the big ones do put up a nice fight at times
The fish in the pics were shot off a wreck on the sand and was out of a school of 100+ fish all around the same size! Was definitely one very awesome experience to encounter, for me nothing beats freediving wrecks... I love it!!! -
Wellcome Bretto. Looking forward to see pics of your work! Nice avatar too, what are those? Sea basses?
Thanks mate, I'll start a thread and get some pics up soon. The fish in my avatar are Mulloway/Jewfish. I think they are a bit different to the sea bass species. Here is a couple more pics...
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Hey guys,
Heres my intro. I work and live in Karratha Western Australia. I have only recentley begun spearfishing and am now addicted thanks very much Jonsey. We mainly dive in and around the islands off Dampier in the northwest of Western Australia concentrating on spearing Coral trout and Blue bone Groper. Am waiting to try some open water diving and get some cobia or mackeral. Have had a bit of a problem with my trusty old Rob Allen Tomahawk it recentley broke the line release does anyone know if you can fit an after market stainless one or if a new vecta handle assembley will fit my old rail. Any help would be appreciated.
Cheers
Happy huntingHey trout hunter, not sure if you have sorted out this issue with your rob allen gun yet but if your still looking for a replacement line release a have a few sitting here if you need one. I'm from the East Coast just north of Sydney and will send one over for you if you like. Anyway send me through a PM with your address if you still need one and I'll get it off in the mail for you so you can get back out there and smash some of those mackerel and cobes!
Cheers,
Brett
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Well then lets have a thread showcasing some of your work when you're up to it.
lol I'll see if i can throw something together in a thread over the next couple days, I'll just have to round up a few pics first.
Cheers,
Brett
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Cheers Don and thanks for the complement my friend, I'm always happy to help out where i can and learn a bit along the way myself. The hand is doing great and is already feeling better as the days pass by.
Cheers,
Brett
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Cheers Tin Man and papaa
Hopefully i can jump back on the tools again soon when i heal up a bit and start on a new build and post something up on here. Absolutely lovin this carbon enclosed gun your working on Tin Man! Sensational work! :@ -
Thanks guys!
Dan over here these fish are called Mulloway or Jewfish, very tasty fish!
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Just found this site and looks like an awesome forum with plently of great info and helpful people getting around on here! I live in Australia and I'm a very keen diver and gun builder. Looking forward to reading back through all the threads and joining in along the way.
Cheers,
Bretto
