Posts by Jono

Some cool info there, cheers.

Very nice work DP.

Whats the weight rating on the transoms on those boats?

Can't wait to see pics of dead fish on it

Went for a quick dive today with my old cressi gara's (mate has my c90's) and it felt as though i had bricks on my feet!

Can't remember the last time my ankles and feet were this sore :@

I think i must have adjusted my entire diving style now to suit the c90's

Quote from LunkerBuster

Jono is he wearing a shark shield?

Thats me! Yeah most of the guys I dive with over here wear them. Too many big whites over here, my wife likes the 'added' insurance.

I figure even if they only work 50% of the time i'm still ahead!

Always fun climbing into the boat without turning them off and zapping everyone holding the grab rails. <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"> <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">

Not so fun when you dive straight down and it lands on your head, i'm used to the feeling now so it doesn't really bother me much.

Still loving my Speardiver C90's with picasso footpockets, have lent them to a mate for a few weeks so he can try them out also.

I know this thread is old but i managed to top this last week, been looking out for a cheap railgun for my brother in law and found another HF2 camo 1.1 going for $75 (only been used a few times) with an omer reel. Didn't want the reel so i managed to get him down to $50.

But when i bought it he couldn't be bothered taking the reel off so got it for $50 with the reel!

This is the best part...

Sold the reel today for $40!!

So overall got the gun for $10 (no rigging and shaft but already have this gear anyway), these guns are still selling over here in the dive shops for around $450!

Gotta love a bargain

Quote from Dan

Good rubber is the key. That small ID stuff is da shit. It stretches and stretches as far as you can pull it. How much power are you missing?:plusone: and I don't feel this contradicts what I said before about liking to feel the "good" recoil. Still I think eventually you'll come back to the 2 x 16mm configuration

I agree 100% with this, people over here (australia) seem obsessed with using 18 or 20mm bands, i can't stand the feel of this bigger rubber, plus its much harder to re-load.

I use twin 16 for 90% of my dives and love this configuration.

Just my 2c anyway <img src= " height="23" srcset="https://spearfishing.world/forum/images/smilies/emojione/1f606@2x.png 2x">

There are other dive watches out there that are only rated to 100m though, like the Omer MK1? Still a pretty good price for a watch that tells you depth the temp. (i don't have one so can't comment on the quality, have read mixed reviews though).

K.I.S.S. :@

Love your work

You may have difficulty in finding a router bit for a RA tube, from memory they are an off OD (29.4 or something)

The speardiver barrel on the other hand uses a standard OD and ID which makes it easy to find router cutters and muzzles.

Perhaps establish what tooling you have available before you go out and purchase something that may not work.

Hope that helps

I remember reading somewhere a while ago that you should aim for 3-4 pounds blank per band (unrigged), that weight was to help manage recoil - can't verify whether that is correct but hope it helps.

Jono

I've built a couple of Hybrids now and i don't think i would state that they are easier to build then a normal timber gun, they cost more to build and are def. more time consuming.

I love shooting hybrids, they seem to track and move around so much easier than a pipe gun or a full timber gun - however i do understand Dan as they do get some getting used to finding a comfortable way to hold them. I don't really see how they are any different to aim though - to me i just point and shoot all my guns!

Interesting hearing different opinions though

Quote from Undersea

beautifull speargn ,a cuestion how do you conect the barrel inside the stock?with epoxy or screw?is is screw this dont make the water inside the barrel?thanks

The barrel is epoxied into the timber, however i run the barrel all the way to the trigger for strength and next time i'm going to run it to the end of the trigger and fill the last 4" of the barrel then fix the trigger and handle into it - this is overkill but gives me piece of mind.

If you did screw it in, you would have to fill the barrel with a waterproof foam first - a few guys do this on 'take down' hybrids.

Thanks for the positive comments guys, the transition between barrel and timber is normally the part on a hybrid i don't like, i personally don't like the timber stopping square, just doesn't seem to flow nicely.

Cheers

Jono

Cheers Don

Just under #5 without the shaft, lighter than i was expecting!! (just checked on cheap bathroom scales so may not be super accurate!!)

And the gun is finished!!

Ballasted it yesterday, just took a little in the back under the handle to sink slightly muzzle down, the gun is ready just in time for next weekend.

Enjoy

If I built a similar gun again I would probably slim it down a bit more but that would in turn require more ballast.

Cheers

Jono

Awesome - nice work Dan

Great work, always good to see people making their own gear

Fantastic work Don Paul, nice to see a perfectionist at work!

Quote from onkelhedde

That would be foxfish' hybrid?

Beautiful gun this is, love the curved stock.
How do you make the hole for the barrel?

I am about to build my first hybrid this winter and I am not really clear about how to make the hole for the barrel...?
Should I rout or drill?
I have a 30 mm barrel - should I make the hole 2 mm oversize to allow for glue or is it better with a 30 mm hole?

Got any pics of the foxfish hybrid - would love to see it.

I use a full round router bit to make the hole - the barrel runs right down to the trigger so would be impossible to do with a drill.

Keep the hole exact size also - i used a Speardiver 28.4mm barrel and a 28.4mm router bit.

Been a while since I have posted any guns up due to being extremely busy renovating my house, but this is a gun i have been working on for the last few weeks, some spec’s –
1.25m o/all length
Hybrid design – carbon ‘speardiver’ barrel, African Padauk rear
Rear handle/euro gun, open graphite track, open muzzle, neptonics mech, JBL handle (used this for the in-built safety since this gun is being donated to a spearfishing comp), 7mm speardiver shaft.

So here’s some pics of the build – Enjoy -

Gear all ready to go –

Design cut out and barrel fitted in to blank –

Rounding over begun and more shaping to give it some curves (sorry for the rubbish photo) –

More shaping (this process took me a long time) –

Once I was happy with the shape I went on and poured my graphite track, now I cut my tracks out with a slightly oversize bit for a trigger mech and then route the trigger area also, this pic shows the track poured –

Track dry and flushed with top of blank –

And the trigger cut out, you can see why I oversize the track as when I route out the trigger, the area the trigger is set into is completely sealed with epoxy –

Trigger set in and pinned –

Handle recessed in –

So this is what the gun looks like o/all –

Finally progress as of this afternoon – first coat of epoxy on the gun –

Hopefully the gun will be coated enough to ballast in the next few days, then all will be completed (just in time for the comp on the 10th Feb)

Jono