I refurbished my swim master and it was easy making the bands because the gun is a JBL clone. My friend has a "aqua sport" that has a 20" barrel and is 31" overall. It doesn't have the old bands so I don't know how long to make the new bands. What is the rule for band length?
-
Welcome to the DeeperBlue.com Forums, the largest online community dedicated to Freediving, Scuba Diving and Spearfishing. To gain full access to the DeeperBlue.com Forums you must register for a free account. As a registered member you will be able to:
- Join over 44,280+ fellow diving enthusiasts from around the world on this forum
- Participate in and browse from over 516,210+ posts.
- Communicate privately with other divers from around the world.
- Post your own photos or view from 7,441+ user submitted images.
- All this and much more...
You can gain access to all this absolutely free when you register for an account, so sign up today!
band question
- Thread starteryakfisher
- Start date
Thread Status: Hello
, There was no answer in this thread for more than 60 days.
It can take a long time to get an up-to-date response or contact with relevant users.
It can take a long time to get an up-to-date response or contact with relevant users.
Generally if the gun has a band slot... measure from each shaft tab to the middle of the band slot. If the gun has a muzzle with individual band holes, measure from each tab to each band hole.
This is an example...
Then take the measurement (for let's say tab #1) and multiply it by 2.
So if tab one to middle of slot was 20in... 2x20=40in
Take that number and subtract the wishbone length you plan to use.
I use 4in wishbones. So 40in-4in=36in
Now take that last number and divide it by 3.5
Gives you 10.3in
So cut the band 10.3-10.5in.
All of this is very easy to do, and it can save you a lot of money.
This is an example...
Then take the measurement (for let's say tab #1) and multiply it by 2.
So if tab one to middle of slot was 20in... 2x20=40in
Take that number and subtract the wishbone length you plan to use.
I use 4in wishbones. So 40in-4in=36in
Now take that last number and divide it by 3.5
Gives you 10.3in
So cut the band 10.3-10.5in.
All of this is very easy to do, and it can save you a lot of money.
Yep, Poly got it right. The only thing I would add is that the answer from that calculation is the distance from knot to knot. So for total rubber length, add 1 inch, or 1.5 inches if you taper the bands.`
But maybe I'm being anal.
But maybe I'm being anal.