[frogmansailor]

Hi All,

I'm finally getting down to my winter projects and I wanted to share.

The first, and my most important, is a blue water gun that I hope to use this summer. (I'm going to have regular access to a boat that I can use to get offshore, and can't wait to get a big one!)

I'm going to model it after the riffe island mid handle.

Stock 60" mahogany - 6 laminates 3/8" thick
3 bands-> 5/8" x 28 1/2"
60" shaft at 5/16" diam. with Hawaiian flopper
my own trigger mech. as seen below in CAD
epoxy and marine spar varnish finish

let me know what you think! I have the wood and have the laminates all cut and aligned. They are waiting to be glued, and I'm waiting on my steel.

Project #2

A euro style 90 cm gun also out of mahogany (the leftovers from the cannon of project #1) - 5 laminates 3/8" thick
2 bands 9/16" x 15"
100 cm shaft at 5/16" diam. with Hawaiian flopper
my own trigger mech. (similar to CAD but with the release directly above the trigger)
epoxy and marine spar varnish finish

I have attached pics of my handle for the euro gun, still w/o any finish on it.

Talk it up,
Dave