Rob Allen | Is your wood good enough? | 2024 

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Can i buy direct from you?😊

Or i can get a gift from rob allen 🙂 to fish some tuna here in easter island rapa nui

@@golixtube sorry no, please ask our distributor in Chile to order for you.

I have been asking like 4month and nothing happend, thanks a lot

I'm no expert but I doubt it. I had tried this timber in a few directions and no different. The epoxy glue layer between laminates could help. I have seen some builders use a layer of carbon fiber to improve stiffness.

A compression load would be a load compressing down the center of the barrel. A loaded gun is not centered but off to one side, hence the barrel flexing. This flex is very little but can be sufficient to cause inaccuracies.

​@@RobAllenSpearfishingis it possible to test how much load it takes to deflect them in that setup? Id think it might be enough that either would be okay? Timber guns also usually larger then pipe.

@@spearo16 One day I will do that test. I have done a test with a laser locked to the gun mechanism while the barrel is securely clamped in a vice. I sighted down the spear, finding a point at about 4m away on a wall. I dialed the laser to that point while unloaded. Then load the gun and checked where the laser light is in relation to where the gun is pointing. The gun (spear) was now pointing 60 to 70mm higher. This was on a 1,2m carbon barrel with 2 x 14mm rubbers. I did not test an aluminum barrel. The point here is, the carbon is way stiffer than the ali, so the ali should be significantly worse, wood being more so. I fully understand wood can be made thicker to compensate but now the maneuverability in my opinion can be compromised. I have no problem with wooden guns, I love wood. I wish it was as rigid as carbon. Our "compromise" is using the carbon barrel as a spine (strength) and adding the timber to the side. That encasing with wood add massive structural strength to the hoop support in the carbon tube as seen in our barrel break tests.