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Ric.Fallu
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08-07-2017, 12:46 AM
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Help with wood
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Re: Help with wood
Mate,
Your cover info indicates you come from Sydney. All you need to do is to walk into the nearest Bunnings and select a strip of Tasmanian Oak from the indoor timber section.
Its far...
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07-18-2014, 07:47 PM
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Quad Roller Tuna Cannon
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Ric.Fallu
Re: Quad Roller Tuna Cannon
Spearq8 may well be right (he usually is!) but there are two doubts that come to me from the earlier postings on band loading v spear mass.
1. The bullet analogy probably doesn't hold as a bullet...
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07-12-2014, 07:15 PM
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Few Tools trigger mechanism
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Ric.Fallu
Re: Few Tools trigger mechanism
if you have precision tools with massive frames and adjuster screws, it is easier to do precision work. But as Manoa Matt says, it is possible to do nice work with hand tools. This is especially true...
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07-11-2014, 06:17 PM
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Few Tools trigger mechanism
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Re: Few Tools trigger mechanism
Line clips
Some of the mechs discussed have flash arrangements for line clips, and this can make them difficult to install. I have got around the problem by making a separate line clip...
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07-11-2014, 06:05 PM
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Few Tools trigger mechanism
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Ric.Fallu
Re: Few Tools trigger mechanism
Thanks to the people who have contributed
In times gone by I tried several times to make mechs: but never with success. I never used the circle analysis (detailed elsewhere in the forum in...
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07-11-2014, 05:51 PM
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Speargun for the Coral Sea
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Ric.Fallu
Re: Speargun for the Coral Sea
There are people out there who know a lot more about the Coral Sea than I do, but I have some experience. I tried one of my classic woodies, a design similar to Riffe. It had a 1.3m stock, an 8mm...
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07-06-2014, 01:32 AM
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Few Tools trigger mechanism
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Re: Few Tools trigger mechanism
The comments of the preceding three are valid (and come from people who's advice I respect). Normally, I would give the same advice - its a lot of trouble, and there is the safety/legal liability...
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07-05-2014, 07:33 PM
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Few Tools trigger mechanism
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Ric.Fallu
Re: Few Tools trigger mechanism
Cheap mechanisms
I have successfully used the Simontal/Picasso mechanism in single rubber guns. This mech has the big advantage of being cheap, and its also shallow, allowing you to keep the...
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07-05-2014, 07:19 PM
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Few Tools trigger mechanism
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Few Tools trigger mechanism
The “Few Tools” approach is to build a gun the simplest way, with the cheapest materials and fewest tools, but to apply design that produces a safe, efficient and aesthetically pleasing result.
...
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06-16-2014, 05:32 PM
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My last work
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Ric.Fallu
Re: My last work
Seal
thanks for the information. I have thought about it, but never tried.
Pankrationist
The function of a bladder I can guess, but the oven??? I am not sure why it would be needed.
Ric
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06-16-2014, 05:02 PM
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New here, first time builder
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Re: New here, first time builder
In most circumstances, you can see the line of a joint - its usually darker than the surrounding wood. Back when I was a boy, and learning woodwork in school, I was told that the best joint was a...
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06-16-2014, 02:50 AM
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My last work
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Re: My last work
kwtony
If I was going to attempt to build a gun like the beauty this thread is about, I would make it up in wood, and then coat it in carbon fibre set with epoxy. That's why I asked Seal what the...
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06-15-2014, 06:28 PM
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My last work
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Re: My last work
Don't even need to go to that much trouble I think - when you are making the shells (which is the main part of the work) you partition them, and leave holes in some of the partitions, and fill others...
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06-15-2014, 06:10 PM
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My last work
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Re: My last work
Seal
I sort of assumed that you made a wooden gun, then covered it with carbon fibre weave and epoxy.
But, from the sound of it, you make a form (cast) and lay the fibre and resin into it...
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06-15-2014, 06:04 PM
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New here, first time builder
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Re: New here, first time builder
My experience of laying fibreglass between lams is that the fibres sticking out at the ends can really rip into planer blades when you level the stock sides. I prefer to use tape, and have the edges...
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06-11-2014, 07:11 PM
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My last work
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Re: My last work
Nanna
The brown water diving is addictive. When I lived in Darwin, the viz on the bottom was sometimes 1 metre. There were crocs and big hammerheads - but you only saw them rarely (because the viz...
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06-11-2014, 06:59 PM
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New here, first time builder
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Re: New here, first time builder
There are light guns and inertia guns. Inertia is added to counter the effect of recoil, which usually becomes a worry when maybe 3, definitely 4, or more rubbers are used
For light guns, the main...
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06-08-2014, 07:34 PM
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My last work
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Ric.Fallu
Re: My last work
Seal
Gun looks nice - as usual.
What material is the core?
Nanna - your pic looks like crocodile country to me, but probably great for jacks - Roses are red . . .
Ric
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06-07-2014, 06:33 PM
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Pre-build questions
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Re: Pre-build questions
When mixing different timbers, make sure they are balanced. That is, you have two lams, each the same distance on either side of the stocks centre line.
Different timbers have different...
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06-03-2014, 05:10 PM
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Shooting low..
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Re: Shooting low..
You really must do some target shooting. If you don't check with a target, you may be building supposition upon a falsehood - and waste a lot of time to come up with a negative outcome. I use a...
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06-03-2014, 05:30 AM
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Laminating
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Re: Laminating
With the fast cure activator, the epoxy usually sets overnight - even at this time in wintry Victoria. I think the lowest recommended temperature is 12/14 - but check the instructions.
If my...
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06-01-2014, 07:39 PM
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Ideal Blue water gun
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Re: Ideal Blue water gun
From the point of view of design, the Wong Ono really appeals to me. Clean lines, simplicity and functional. And its not to big and unwieldy. I have also seen some nice fish taken with them.
Ric
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06-01-2014, 07:35 PM
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Laminating
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Ric.Fallu
Re: Laminating
Ben
Follow the instructions for mixing the epoxy. I mix up 40ml of resin for each lamination. I paint un-thinned mix onto both sides of the joint. With the remainder, I add thickener to take it to...
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05-24-2014, 06:06 PM
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Merbau or Teak?
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Ric.Fallu
Re: Merbau or Teak?
Hau
Seems to me that you want to put the reel as close as possible in front of the trigger. That way, the water resistance when swinging the gun is minimised. (Not that I am a great fan of reels)....
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05-24-2014, 05:58 PM
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Hobby-scale polyurethane varnishing
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Ric.Fallu
Hobby-scale polyurethane varnishing
There have been a few discussions about putting a finish on a gun – either oil or varnish. They have provided a lot of really useful information, but it has been about manufacturing scale operations....
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