Posts by farscape 1

ahhhh mi hermano!!!!!!!! unreal!!! you've taken me almost 2 decades back with this pics!!!!! so, here's what i remember........
The rubber bands were not favored because there were no bands to be found!! used to make them with the rubber seal off some soviet food can that were about 20 to 30 gallons, after our "good" friends went down so did the rubber bands :laughing3:. also to make the handle you would take (if you could get it) a block of teflon, used to cut meat at the carniceria (meat market), to a guy in Havana Vieja, he would machine a nice handle for your gun and keep the rest of the material, so your handle was free:D, when you got your handle back, you will then make the rest of the gun out off the frame of a catre, hahahahahahaha, sorry guys, that word is cuban, but it's one of those collapsible beds you use when camping.:crazy:. Rubber bands would be secured to nozzle using cotton string and so would the piece of wire that would hook the shaft. The nozzle itself was a piece off iron or aluminum machined and drilled to run the bands thru it and also the main body of the gun. Very low tech, very prone to breaks:crazy: but a great gun nonetheless given the time and place!! the shaft was made out off ALAMBRON (iron wire about 5 mm to 6 mm used to build houses and roofs, you can only imagine how hard was to get the damn thing straight!!!!!!!! Great times and if you had one, everyone wanted to go fishing with you!!!!hahahahaha.
About the pneumatics i have very little memories as they were cost prohibited for me, never really look much into then. I saw them, exactly as they look on the pics, but since my rubber band was doing the job, i never really care much for them.
Well...a little bit of history...
P.S. DAN, yo soy de guanabo,hahahhahahahaahaaha, that's my town!!

Thank you all!!! now if you could tell me how do i post the pics?? i've been trying but either am doing it wrong or am not allowed?? thank you

Hello to all the members of this great site!! My name's Alfonso Lopez. Am not new to spearfishing but like the title says it's been almost 16 years since my last fishing trip!!! Thank you all for all the tips and advices, i've been looking at the site as a guest for a couple months now. I must say it was your fault I got the itching to do it again:D!!!! Thank you for creating that feeling. Thank you for welcoming me to your forum, i'll post pics from sunday's trip.