wood choice

[doyenofcastle]

I have work with different of woods building few guns ,I think if someone still new and want to start building conclusions without much details below as everyone said in other posts :
teak is best but gluing is a challenge
the African teak (Afrormosia) but smell is challenge (urine dirty smell when machining)
padauk is good choice challenge in dense and heavy
brazilian rosewood challenge in dense and heavy
south america mahogany challenge in high buoyancy
African mahogany challenge in high buoyancy
Black Cherry challenge in high buoyancy
iroko challenge in wrap easily if small thickness
oak challenge in smell , dense and tear out easily by hand tools

other woods either don't have good rot resistance , attack easily by insect or tea rout and blunt tools easily
If there a mistake above I 'l be happy to listen and learn from you guys

 

[Rock Shooter]

Arrrgh my eyes, the BLUE!

Nice info tho bro!

 

[doyenofcastle]

do u have more information

 

[Rock Shooter]

Pine
Chips easy ( hard to machine delicate bits)
Takes in a lot of water
But smells nice

 

[Rock Shooter]

Pine
Chips easy ( hard to machine delicate bits)
Takes in a lot of water
But smells nice

I once tried making a very simple 'speargun' (I say that very lightly) using pine... It didn't work out so well..

 

[doyenofcastle]

I once tried making a very simple 'speargun' (I say that very lightly) using pine... It didn't work out so well..

make some research on:
Black Walnut
Merbau
Spanish Cedar
Cedar of Lebanon
Port Orford Cedar
Sapele

 

[Marco van Wyk]

Hi there, very interesting stats. I made my first woody with Rhodesian teak, might be the same than Afrormosia.

It’s got a lot of SS components on it and just not buoyancy enough to flout without the spear.

And my lattés one even got more stainless parts, reel and all.

Thinking of installing aluminum square tubing in the next one, blocking the ends with plugs.

Got some Mahogany as well…thought of doing same, purely because of all the SS parts.

Wonder how many of all those nice looking guns actually do flout.

 

[doyenofcastle]

after all of my research I went to the market near me ,nothing of that there ,only teak $$$ ,dabema ,mahogany african ,so your research should be connected to availability in your market but as a general rule choose the stable wood with durable character and medium density

 

[Marco van Wyk]

Ok..Checked the specific gravity of the wood I used (Rhodesian Teak).

It is much higher than the average hard wood…..73.89, but very durable.

So I assume that must be the reason for the poor bouncy.

That makes me think twice about putting the aluminum blank in the Mahogany gun.

Will probably only install them in the Teak guns….it’s not the same wood than

Afrormosia.

 

[doyenofcastle]

go for first /second class

 

[Victee]

I have built a few guns out of makore. It fits all the parameters needed for speargun stock. Plus it is readily available and very reasonably priced. This is the best web page for wood information.
http://www.wood-database.com/teak/

 

[doyenofcastle]

I have built a few guns out of makore. It fits all the parameters needed for speargun stock. Plus it is readily available and very reasonably priced. This is the best web page for wood information.
http://www.wood-database.com/teak/

CAN YOU SHARE SOME PHOTOS FOR THE GUN YOU MADE ?HOW ABOUT BUOYANCY ?FOR ME I BUILT IN LAST YEAR MORE GUNS AND FOUND OUT BEST WOODS ARE TEAK,PADOUK,IROKO OTHER WOODS WON'T TAKE THE SEAWATER SERVICES AS THESE THREE .

 

[Victee]

 

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[Victee]

The first picture is of a gun which has been in use for a year. The last photo in the series is of two guns; which the left one has be used for a year and the right one which as not been in the water.
As far as buoyancy, these guns which I have made required not ballast and that maybe just luck. On my first edition the stock was a 1.8 inches square and it needed some ballast so with these I shaped them a bit we wood is holding up. These guns have not seen 10 years of use but I am very pleased with the way the wood is holding up thus far.

 

[doyenofcastle]

COOL ,OIL ONLY? NOT LAMINATED ALSO !MAY I ASKED WHY NO ONE TALK ABOUT MAKORE? ITS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO TEAK !!

 

[Victee]

The guns have been oiled, ting oil. One or two coats, I can remember. I did laminate the stock. It was my first experiences with epoxy and I didn't apply pressures evenly with the clamps. The glue joints didn't come out evenly and the stick needed to be subsequently jointed or straightened.
It is a good question as to why it is not used for speargun stocks. The tree grow a five foot diameter trunk and produces a lot of good straight lumber. I happened to purchase a couple of slabs a bunch of years ago for a hobby. They sat around for many years. I finally found a good use for them.