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Air breathing sub

Haha I could have jumped over and whacked the smug fella in the face. He was that close. Just back stroking around the boat waiting for us to bring him his dinner

Unfortunately my potty mouth ruined the footage. So I can’t post it here. But here’s a still image of what took my pinky

Thanks mate I love it

My reading suggests alot of monos absorb water and lose a lot of their dry land abrasion resistance. Up to 50% in the case of Berkeley trilene mono after being underwater for 20 mins Fluorocarbons are supposed to have a harder outer shell which doesn’t absorb water like a mono. So thats the key for me. There are monos with a harder outer coating which don’t absorb water like Berkeley Trilene If a test doesn’t take into consideration water absorption over a session. It’s still a good test but it is missing a vital element Also trusting manufacturers to correctly state

Was making some Velcro line maintenance loops today and made the classic error of not reading the fine print on the packet (the Older your eyes get - the more things qualify as fine print) finding out the Velcro had a sticky back was a huge disappointment when I got home. first I tried sticking them to paper to get rid of the stickiness then hot water then sticking them to dirty bits of wood outside but just like you fight fire with fire - fighting the sticky with sticky was the answer - duct tape to the rescue.

This bloke is Special - I didnt even bother asking - I just instinctively went in to trying to fix his problem, as opposed to asking how it happened We were fishing in 20 knots on the week end and he managed to get the bridle rope snagged on his snapper rack - so the full weight of a 2 tonne wooden boat which catches alot of wind - folded the snapper rack and the rod holder it was in over, tearing the wood. So I imagine he was patching the hole in his Gunnel back at the dock, and something went wrong during that process.

A mate just called saying he dropped a snapper rack over the side in the creek. he reckons he might be able to net it at low tide i wasn’t so sure. So a few squirts of the drill and a few spins of the angle grinder. And now there is a plan B

Both the ring and the boat hook just passed the stress test with flying colours

Both the ring and the boat hook just passed the stress test with flying colours

The old ring wasn’t jumping the chain every time. I purposely made it small so it would be strong but I think I made it too small will see how a bigger fella goes Here’s the old one

And after the weekend boating fiascos a larger Alderney ring and a boat hook that can push rope aswell as pull it

A new donga/tenderiser

That’s like telling Michelangelo it would have been easier to paint the roof of that chapel white with rollers. ps I’ve got one of those aswell

Haha - yeah the Binniest cut of the chicken - the breast - all Im chasing is a uniform thickness, for even cooking over coals - and I let my marinades take care of the taste. The "Turnout" - I like it

and heres the intended use

How many men can say they designed their own donga - I’m in Is one of these doable?

Looks like I'm Talking to a master - I bow down I was going to drilling the pilot for the rod then glue that in - then once than was set - hope like hell I could eyeball and free hand drill through both the wood and the metal - then glue in a little finishing nail. The clean it all up with the grinder I wasnt completely happy with the ergonomics of this unit and I was sick of mucking around with the shape. A thinner rounder profile would be nice

I mean it will be a bit late for tonight’s chook bash - but I still want one for upcoming bouts

I was literally just about to go out to the shed and cut off a section of steel pipe to tenderize some chicken breasts - but one of those Dongas would be sweet - I'll grab the smaller of the 2 Plec. I put the chicken in a snaploc bag before whacking, so it doesnt need to be food safe - but it would be a bonus if it was

ok so thats the wrong vid but I dont know how to delete a post and I couldtn erase it Heres what I was trying to post - just testing some double sided tape to see what it could handle before failing

Funny you say that about the pin - I was scratching my head for a while the other night before coming to the same conclusion for making some Tbars out of dowell

They look superb Plec - bloody good work