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Forum: All About Guns 09-01-2023, 04:40 PM
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Posted By kavachi
Re: mortising handle into low-profile wood gun

thanks Doyen :up:
which trigger mech with that?
Forum: All About Guns 08-26-2023, 04:51 PM
Replies: 5
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Posted By kavachi
mortising handle into low-profile wood gun

appreciate any tips on mortising shaped wood handle into a very slim gun.
not much volume to play with back there around the mech, and not able to use carbon wrap, so mortise needs to be tight and...
Forum: All About Guns 08-26-2023, 04:44 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 11,946
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ermes Avatar mods thread

solid advice there thanks Majd:up:
have used your cut-foam-with-5200 technique on a few pipeguns now, works perfectly and much lighter than rubber or silicone plugs.
Forum: All About Guns 06-10-2023, 05:44 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,235
Posted By kavachi
Re: Inverter roller Spearguns extensive write up.

great feedback there Armand! and photos to go with it :toast:
gotta love Spearboard, despite the crap you have to wade thru and the droughts between useful posts, still a bloody great place to learn...
Forum: All About Guns 06-10-2023, 03:48 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,794
Posted By kavachi
Re: Belt reel to gun connection

Have been using the setup outlined in above post for a year now and loving it.

Only change is moving to lighter snapswivel connection - 600lb Centro double ring was overkill - Centro #6 single...
Forum: All About Guns 06-10-2023, 03:23 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 25,234
Posted By kavachi
Re: reverse mechs... tell me why again?

very much appreciate that info on the DR mechs Majd, muchas gracias. saved me a whole lot of dicking around and testing there :up:
Forum: All About Guns 06-09-2023, 09:11 PM
Replies: 88
Views: 25,234
Posted By kavachi
Re: reverse mechs... tell me why again?

apols for dredging up old thread, but has anyone tried the shorter Ermes DR mechs to see if possible to get hand position way up high behind the mech, a la Dr P?

I realise reverse mech not optimal...
Forum: All About Guns 06-09-2023, 08:58 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 7,794
Posted By kavachi
Re: Belt reel to gun connection

posted to wrong thread
Forum: All About Guns 06-09-2023, 07:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,432
Posted By kavachi
Re: DIY: How to cast PU handles for guns

anyone done up moulded recoil handle with materials available Australia?
love me shaped wood handles but lotta work, and every one a little bit different, be nice to do some popouts, give the OCD a...
Forum: All About Guns 06-09-2023, 06:59 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 7,962
Posted By kavachi
Re: 1.5 wraps set up

still using that half-wrap tab on yr barrel mate? changed it at all?
Forum: All About Guns 06-08-2023, 06:09 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 11,946
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ermes Avatar mods thread

bloody hell. thats a quiver. keen to hear how that little 70 goes. 8mm shaft and 1.6mm cable. pocket rocket!
Forum: All About Guns 06-08-2023, 05:52 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 11,946
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ermes Avatar mods thread

been offline for awhile, just logged in and saw all the replies on this thread. great stuff!!!!

japan epoxy from amazon still MIA so up did a slim-profile recoil grip with grit coating, epoxied...
Forum: All About Guns 05-04-2023, 03:23 PM
Replies: 118
Views: 52,435
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ermes Avatar speargun handle

copy that Dano :up:
Forum: All About Guns 05-03-2023, 02:18 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,801
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ulusub reel line for shooting line

One and a half wraps is perfect length for lot of my diving - shout out to Jon for putting me onto that, have it on my wood guns - but havent gotten around to epoxying a halfway hook on the pipeguns....
Forum: All About Guns 05-02-2023, 10:04 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 11,946
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ermes Avatar mods thread

my bog standard 117cm bandstretch Ermes Avatar, no mods, straight off the shelf

140 x 7.5 Hunt shaft powered by twin 14.5mm small ID primeline bands @380%

got a few hundred fish on this gun...
Forum: All About Guns 05-02-2023, 06:25 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 11,946
Posted By kavachi
Ermes Avatar mods thread

Firstly a disclaimer - Ermes Avatar is my favourite pipegun, period. I love what Mario and Majd have come up with!!! It does not need any mods to work superbly for most applications - I own a 117...
Forum: All About Guns 05-02-2023, 04:21 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,801
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ulusub reel line for shooting line

Ah, lets agree to disagree on that front eh Marco ;)

it would be wonderful to be able to use single wrap, for all the reasons you mentioned and more, but with gin-clear ocean and bluewater...
Forum: All About Guns 05-02-2023, 11:07 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 52,435
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ermes Avatar speargun handle

how bout a nice thorough pool test of that Mako Ermes eh Dano? instead of just endless plugs on SB? :gun:
Forum: All About Guns 05-02-2023, 11:00 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,801
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ulusub reel line for shooting line

thanks Marco! Yep, been using Aussie 2mm for years, and Rob Allen's white 2mm. Love it's stiffness, grippiness, durability, and lack of memory, but dyneema's inherent lack of stretch makes it hard to...
Forum: All About Guns 05-02-2023, 02:51 AM
Replies: 118
Views: 52,435
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ermes Avatar speargun handle

reckon we need to start a GoFundMe to get Majd to pool test a stock standard Ermes Avatar???
Forum: All About Guns 05-02-2023, 02:47 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,801
Posted By kavachi
Ulusub reel line for shooting line

anyone using Jon’s yellow Ulusub Reel line as shooting line?
Only used it coupla times, but seems to be a nice balance - i.e. not so prone to kinking as the hard LP mono, and - unlike dyneema -...
Forum: All About Guns 05-01-2023, 05:32 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 1,167
Posted By kavachi
Ermes Leonardo reel - swapping handle to right hand side

any tips on disassembling Leonardo reel to move handle to the other side? bit more tech than other reels, some advice would be nice before pulling to bits, thanks!
Forum: All About Guns 04-29-2023, 05:12 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,286
Posted By kavachi
Forum: All About Guns 04-29-2023, 02:38 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,286
Posted By kavachi
reccos? ball end bit for routing wood cuttle seleves

Hi all
Anyone bought router bit for sleeving wood cuttles of late??
To sleeve standard 32mm [1 1/4"] OD carbon pipe.
Would appreciate referral for supplier, amazon, ebay etc.
Only bit found so...
Forum: All About Guns 02-17-2023, 07:34 PM
Replies: 118
Views: 52,435
Posted By kavachi
Re: Ermes Avatar speargun handle

Hi Majd, PM'd you re cuttle selection
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