Posts by 808natural

Dart if you want to you could buy a blank already made up and ready to go. If not you will need to decide what type of wood you will use and cut it into strips 1/4"-3/8" thick, then epoxy it back together making sure to cross thread the grain of the wood to make your blank more solid, then off you go!! This is just a quick summary of how it goes but if you need to get into more depth feel free to ask. There are many gun builders on this site and it is alwayz better to get more than one opinion and then decide for yourself what is best!

Aloha bruddah Keoni

Dart are you talking about the aluminum clamps?

It's not mine it's my buddies pig. I think it's mostly talk because he was gonna kill it twice before he gets attached to the pig and twice he couldn't go through with it. So I'm pretty sure the longer he has the pig the more likely piggy will have a long life!! So you don't have to worry Lunker.:)

Nice guns!! This is only the beginning bro!!!

Thanks Dan. The handles are the one thing on the guns that I am particularly proud of!! I love the way it feels and if you noticed one of the handles are a little smaller because my partners hand is smaller than my own. I made sure I fitted the handles perfect for myself and my partner. Some people have a hard time believing that I made it. They said it looks like I bought it!!:nono: But I guess that's a compliment.

Dan I like the angle of your homemade handles and the thickness of the butt part of the handle embedded into your palm. I tried to mimick that a little and it turned out pretty good.

The boar will eventually become kalua pig for the whole family!!:D

Yea that is a pet wild boar. My dive partner went hunting and caught his mother then ended up taking the little guy home and is now raising the boar. That's a kalua pig plate lunch he's eating. Suprisingly he loves it!

Fishingdude I like the band set up because the bands move around much more freely making it easier for the way I load my bands (band farthest away from you goes to the fin farthest away from you and then second band to second fin). This way the bands stack on each other really nicely and the stretch on the two bands are equal.

welcome to the board bruddah Paul!!! Im from the westside of oahu and would love to get some tips and techniques for holding my breath longer, or hitting deeper depths. I am currently pushing 70 to 80ft. depths but thats on my good days!!

mahalo bruddah Keoni

ps I never met anyone with your caliber before and it would be a dream to dive with someone with your caliber!!

Finally done!! This was a fun project and im kind of bummed that its over!! Heres some pics of the finished product.

I ended up painting the guns black with some texture on it. This does two things, it hides all my mistakes:D and the texture makes dings and scrapes from diving less noticable.:thumbsup2:




I was gonna use the usual riffe line anchor, but it just didn't look right. Plus it won't look like a custom gun if i didn't make everything myself. I think making my own line anchor added a little more attitude to these guns.


Heres how the guns look fully rigged.




Personally i would like to thank bruddah james (Quick Learner) for experimenting with me on this project. He's actually the reason why my guns are black. James ended up messing up on his guns and had to paint his muzzles black to hide his mistakes. I saw his textured paint and decided that it would be a good idea to paint my whole gun black. Turned out that it was one of the best decisions i made.

ps. sorry everyone for not taking more in depth photos of the build. I was just so focused on making the guns that i forgot to take step by step pictures for everyone to see. Anywayz i love how the guns turned out!!

Aloha bruddah Keoni

Thanks for the insight Ryddragyn. The reason why I asked is because the guns I'm making has wood enclosed tracks on them and the ball cutter I used to cut the track are a perfect fit for my shaft. I didn't want to epoxy the track and make the track even smaller to where it's squeezing the shaft. I was thinking oil will be better but I'm not sure!

Does anyone know if I can use teak oil on sapele wood? And if so, can I apply a coat of epoxy over the oil?

I think I will make a jig and use heat trying not to burn the wood around the uhmw. I will let everyone know how it went!!

Does anyone know the rpms to run on the ball bit while cutting the track on my guns?

Thanks for the reminder WoodGuy. I'll be sure to do that. Does anyone know how to finish uhmw? Is there anyway to get it smooth without running it through a table saw? I heard about putting a torch to it but will excessive heat change the properties of the uhmw or cause it to bend?

Dan, the aluminum barrels seem to be fine for the job but I won't know for sure until I actually put it to the test. Everything I did on these guns are pretty much my first time, so it's all trial and error for me. I'll keep you updated on how everything worked out.

Aloha bruddah Keoni

Thanks for all the generosity!:). These guns will have a BW style rubber setup kind of like the seasnipers. I am using west systems two part epoxy and all I need now is the triggers and the ball bit. I ordered everything I needed from Josh at Neptonics but we had a couple of delays so can't wait til it gets here! Thanks again everyone!!

Aloha

First off i would like to thank WoodGuy, TinMan, Dan, and everyone else that shared their personal experience and knowledge on my thread. I wasn't going to post my gun build pics on this site because of all the beautiful custom guns everyone else are building. Im kind of embarassed but i figure this will only benefit me from all the feedback i will get. So here it goes!!:) These guns are 53" long and made with "sapele" wood.

This is a pic of one of the clamps i built from scrap pieces of aluminum and some 3 1/2" screws. I figured screws will do alot better than C-clamps. Turned out pretty good.:)

Heres a pic of the blanks. There was some saw burns on the blanks so i just sanded them off.

I inserted a muzzle protector made of scrap uhmw i found. Its not delrin but it will do. The only problem is that there are blade marks on the uhmw, and i don't know how to get the uhmw smooth.

Shaped the muzzle and put aluminum barrels for the rubbers.

Heres a pic of some scrap pieces of 1/4" thick aluminum that i fabbed up and welded. Im not done yet but im getting there. This is all the progress i made for now and cant wait to finish the guns. Feel free to comment on my progress. Any constructive criticism will greatly appreciated!!

Aloha Bruddah Keoni

Thanks Tin Man

What's the price of a bit on that website? How long does the shipping take?

Looks like my gun building mission has took a turn for the worst.:(. Now I guess I'm searching for a spherical end mill!

Is "spherical end mill" the correct name. Because no one seems to know what I'm talking about when I ask for a carbide ball cutter.

So it can be successfully done with a ball bur. Will it cut through uhmw?

I have one more question. Is a carbide ball bur the same as a carbide ball cutter? If not can a ball bur be used to cut the enclosed track?