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Quote from Marco

My humble opinion is that for low visibility and guns equal or shorter than 110, one short thick band is better because has a lot of punch in short distance and loads faster.
For 120 and longer I'll go with 2 x 16 mm because you will load easier, have less recoil, more power, more reach and can you have the ability to power down.

Right on Marco. Up here in the NE we have limited visibility(8-15ft). Initially I was hunting with (2) 16mm bands but ended up switching to (1) 20mm. It definitely packs more stopping power in a short distance. I like the set-up better personally but I can't speak for 120cm + gun.

Jud, Larry, Dan, Slayer, Tin and everyone else. thanks for the warm welcome.

It's great to see familiar faces and being able to interact with them w/o all that "noise" if you know what I'm saying..This is gonna be alot of fun.

100cm Rabi has (1) 20mm band and a 140cm 7mm shaft.

I believe that the abnormal water temp may had something to do with it. When I went to the Caribbean I noticed that my bottom time increased significantly compared to when I dive NE. I really don't have a scientific explanation for that.

I know warm water will generally expand blood vessels, as the body attempts to remove excess heat. What I am wondering is if the body uses up more oxygen then normal when it is so warm..

This is terrible. I never really noticed until now that is happens more than I previously thought.
R.I.P Patrick..Are prayers are with you.

Thanks Dan,
I figured you would have an answer. Thanks alot for the visuals. It helped me out big time.
I just removed the the old tendon rails. Where can i buy new ones? My channeling rails are looking pretty bad also. I'm probably going to replace those also.

Larry thanks for the advice. PM sent

hey Fellas,
I figure I would post this here first.

I'm having a issue with my Edge blades. I don't know why but the rails to my foot pockets will not stay attached to the blades. I called Dennis because my fins were still under warranty but the only solution he gave me was to either drill a hole in my fins or permanently insert them with Epoxy. From what I understood my fins were still under warranty:confused2:

Anyways, neither of those solutions seem like a good idea. Even though I am not crazy bout drilling hole in my fins it seems like this is the only real way to fix the problem. I came across this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVzBtkJmBnw&feature=related

Does anybody know where I can get these clips? What should I do?

Welcome aboard. Goo to have you here.

I can't recomend a particular brand or model, but I'll throw out a few things to get your thought process started:

Floor model or bench top? The smaller bench top drill presses will probably do.

Capacity? How large are the holes, and in what material? Unless you are drilling large holes in hard stuff, you probably want to spend your money on accuracy, and not horsepower.

How many speeds? Mine has 16, and I probably use 3. 9 is plenty. With that said, if you are drilling in hard materials, it is good to have a really slow speed available.

Make sure it has a good depth stop, and the biggest table you can find

The limit to accuracy on a drill press, for me anyway, is usually my ability to position and hold the work accurately. Set aside enough coin to get a good vise, and maybe even the type that are adjustable in X and Y, along with some V-blocks for holding round stuff.

Hello everyone,

Many of you may know me. My name is Dan Fletcher A.K.A Fletchosaurus. I just wanted to introduce myself on the forum as a new member! I live on the coast of N.J and have an obsession with spearfishing.I look forward to being an active member and contribute to the Spearfishing community.

Dan Fletcher

I have never done any real gunsmithing, but I think this might be a little lacking for that level of accuracy. In the machine tool world, rigidity (and therefore accuracy) goes right along with mass. That is not to say that a small machine can't be accurate, but it has to be a really good small machine.

You are right that R8 tooling would be better than M3, but that would require a bigger machine. I think this machine could be great for the level of accuracy that a speargun requires. Not sure about a rifle though.

But another way to look at it is you have to learn on something. Play with it for a little while, and if it doesn't suit your needs, then Dan is probably right that you can easily get your money out of it on resale.

Run Away! Run Away!! (see monty python)

That evil metal working machine will be the ruin of you. If you've been a woodworker in the past you will learn that there's a whole new world of tools and equipment of which you were previously blissfully ignorant. Your work shop will suddenly be too small, your blades will be dull from cutting materials that they were not intended to cut, have you ever had a metal shaving in your foot? - you will. Flip flops apparently are not the shoe of choice for metal workers.

With all that said, I have no idea how I worked for as long as I did without a mill. Being able to finely control movement with the piece securely clamped is a very good thing.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

$600 is about 1/3 of the list price, so it sounds like a pretty good deal. If it comes with lots of extras, it could be a very good deal. It is REALLY easy to spend several hundred dollars on tooling and accessories for either a mill or a lathe (right Chad?). If it comes with cutters, measuring tools, etc. then you may have something.

I notice that it has "change gears". That means you will get a stack of loose gears that you will have to change out when cutting screw threads and such.

There's no real magic to determining the condition. Does it still have the instruction manual? Does it look well lubricated? Is it powered up and how does it sound when running?

There's almost nothing on a machine tool that should wiggle. Everything should move smoothly, but without slop or play. Check out the "ways", which are the polished areas where things move. Look for dings or dents where something may have been dropped on them.

Ask the guy what kind of oil he uses, and if he has any extra. That's a leading question, because if he
doesn't know, or doesn't have any, then you have to wonder how well it has been taken care of.

Here's what it looks like inside. You can see that the forward rod is held in place with a set screw. That's what makes it easy to tune the timing of the forward line release so that it lets go just before the trigger mech fires.

Here are a couple pictures of the handle for this gun. Jeff and I have been working (mostly Jeff working) on it for a while. Here's what I like about it:
(1) Self-resetting bottom line release. Moving the shooting line to bottom of the gun reduces the chance of it tangling with the bands.
(2) Adjustable length rod between the line release and the trigger. This makes tuning of the release timing much easier.
(3) Delrin slide trigger to cut down weight, prevent misfire due to bumping the butt of the gun, and to have a low friction slide.
(4) Slide trigger rides on bushings again to reduce friction and to prevent squeeze of assembly during insertion into the gun, which could affect freedom of trigger slide.
(5) VERY easy to fit into gun. Just route/mill pocket for it, drill through gun and assembly at front and back of assembly. and install pins in drilled holes.
(6) AR-15 style handle using standard handles available at gun shops. User can pick from numerous available handle styles to meet their personal preference.

This is not for every gun, as the bottom line release will be impacted by reel placement, but I'm excited about it for large guns which will not have a reel installed.

We are looking into having a batch of these produced. If you are interested, shoot TinMan or myself a PM. We don't know yet what the pricing will be, but we will work to make it reasonable.

thanks pucho i really needed that

wow...I feel sad every time a fellow diver is missing or die freediving/spearfishing..hope he is on a better place..

welcome bro...a lot of good people here..enjoy it..

oohh marko nice to hear that..recursos naturales estan activaos jaja...where I can find when fish are banned here in PR?

marco yesterday the south side was incredible!!!!!!....crystal clear waters...visibility was something I have never seen it like that before..and I have dive very flat seas here but nothing like yesterday..the reef was alive..saw the biggest barracuda ever..the bit^& was very very fat and big I honestly needed a bigger gun..but as soon it see me swam away and disappear into the blue..I hope some of the boricuas make it here in the south....I dreamed about yesterday..it was amazing..Im in love with my island,AGAIN jaja..it looks like some picture of a paradise in a magazine..