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Monday, December 03, 2012

Crimping New Mono to a Spear Shaft.

Step 1. Get together all the required parts, Mono, 2 x Crimps, Crimping tool,
Snips to cut mono and a lighter.
Step 2. Thread the mono through one side of a Crimp.

Step 3.  Thread the Mono through the hole in the end of the Spear Shaft.


Step 4. Thread the mono through the other side of the Crimp

Step 5. Place the Spear Shaft in the Spear Gun and check the Shaft can fully
engage the trigger without the Crimp interfering. Adjust the position of the
Crimp if needed.

Step 6. Using lighter carefully melt the end of the mono into a mushroom
shape taking extreme care not to damage any other section of the mono*.
*See note at end of instructions.

Step 7. Using the crimping tool compress the Crimp as shown, do not compress the crimps right on the ends this will damage the mono.

Step 9. The completed Crimp should look like this.

Step 10. measure off the required amount of Mono and cut.

Step 11. Thread the mono through one side of a Crimp then back through
 the other side to form a loop.

Step 12  Using lighter carefully melt the end of the mono into a mushroom
shape taking extreme care not to damage any other section of the mono*.
*See note at end of instructions.
Then using the crimping tool compress the Crimp as shown, do not
 compress the crimps right on the ends this will damage the mono.

Step 13. The completed loop and Crimp should look like this.

Step 14. Using the Clip on the end of your reel line or Muzzle bungee
attach the mono loop.
*Note. There is debate about the practice of melting the mono end prior to crimping, I do it but others may not. Some claim it can weaken the mono however I cannot attest to the validity of this claim. Although I have never had mono fail through the practice of melting the ends prior to crimping, I leave the choice to melt or not up to you.

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