my first woodie

[Orangekiwi]

my first homemade woodie,

a 110cm iroko gun, single 19mm rubber, picasso mechanism, 6.5mm riffe shaft. Oiled 6 times with teak oil. Took it out saturday, first shot one of the knots gave way :martial,..... oh well, retied many hours later back on dry land. Took it out again later in the evening and test fired it , shoots like a dream !
Thank you persiko for your wonderful website, enjoy....

http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l158/orangekiwi1975/speargun/

 

[metelin]

there is nothing like the felling one gets when he/she lands a fish with a gun of their own manufacture. good job, now send pics of the fish you get.

steve

 

[JJ Rousseau]

Very nice gun Kiwi,

How did you laminate the Iroko? I have a lot of this wood, and just want to know how it's been to work with it?

(I have access to an almost illimited quantity of 7 feet long, by 6" wide, and 12-13mm thick, for 3.75$can per plank!!! so much guns )

 

[Old Man Dave]

Iroko is sometimes called "bastard" teak. It is cheaper than teak but similar in many ways. Because of its high oil content it is used like teak in boatbuilding. Like teak it can be difficult to glue. Epoxy is really the only successful glue with both woods. Iroko is more yellow especially when cut but oxidises to a rich brown colour although not quite as atractive as teak. Specific density is similar to teak and it has similar mechanical properties although generally more like 90% the hardness of teak. The only true advantage of iroko over teak is price. However for the difference in cost of the small amount needed to build a gun I would buy teak. If you can get lots of iroko at a cheap price then I suppose you could build lots of guns and experiment a bit but in the end teak is THE wood. Iroko makes a hell of a nice outside table/chairs etc and all the deck seating in my boat is iroko.

Hope that helps.

Dave

 

[Orangekiwi]

i used gorilla glue, this is an expanding poly glue, nice thing is that it is a one-pot system, easy in a squeeze pot with nozzle. It has worked fine for me, , spray your timber with a water sprayer ( lightly, not soak it) then dribbled on the glue, used an old piece of timber to "butter" it out nicely, then put timber together and put the clamps on. Use a wet cloth to wipe out glue that comes squeezing out. Once when dried use an old chisel to scrape off dried up glue.
In the process of making the next gun, a rosewood 130, double 16mm rubber.

 

[scubafreak]

Does anyone have any good websites with directions for making a woodie?

 

[l_smircic]

Does anyone have any good websites with directions for making a woodie?

www.arbalegno.com

 

[poacher]

www.arbalegno.com

Think you need to go to an adult site for that mate
No seriously there is one on this sight I just don't remember where. also look at Extremespearfishing.com.au and spearfishing.com.au some good info in forums on these sites also regarding glueing etc etc when making guns.
Peter