The BASICS of Making Bands

[@asianseaanimals]

Great sharing video with clear explain

[@Kineticscuba]

Awesome vid

[@lamantine_assassine]

Good day, I'm just now finding y'all channel. Apparently it's been two years and no follow-up? This video is good, I'd like to see the next! Thank you

[@XhaleSpearfishing]

Thanks for the support! We have definitely slacked on making more content, but we've had a lot of people wanting more so we will get off our butts and get it done!

[@kayb4995]

Bro your band making vids are legendary. I follow almost to a tee; I just have these plastic inserts I like that came with my gun. Hey do you have any opinion on the 14mm small id bands, I feel like they are now being listed as 14.5mm on spearamerica and mako, but I think they are the same 14mm bands because they are labeled as 9/16”. I love 14mm bands and I was wondering if you know if these new “14.5mm” are equivalents? Or are they actually 14.5 and the old ones were 14? I hope I asked that clearly. I know there is some variance but since you do so many bands I thought you may know.

[@XhaleSpearfishing]

Thanks for the kind words! I'm not quite sure what those companies are selling as 14.5mm, but if it doesn't state that its small ID, it probably isnt. Most shops/brands in the US sell 9/16 and 14mm as the same thing, but technically 9/16 is 14.5, and true 14mm bands are slightly thinner than 9/16. Youll generally see true 14mm on any guns that are european brands, but most US brands wil be running 9/16 and calling it 14mm. The difference is honestly pretty negligible though. I personally tend to stay away from small ID, on paper it might have an advantage, but I find in practice it doesn't, and I prefer the ease of buiding standard ID over whatever small advantage youd get with the small stuff. Totally my personal opinion though so don't take that as gospel :)

[@kayb4995]

@@XhaleSpearfishing thanks. I finally ended up “solving” this because the guys at Spearit finally restocked the “14mm” bands I was looking for. Although I still am unsure if they are actually 14.5mm I guess I could measure them. I’m probably just being too particular.

[@judyannmacabudbud9746]

Can I have 1. I have no budget to buy.

[@rvierra7235]

Thank you for the great video post!! What size line are you using for each application? Also, do you still plan on continuing this series on band construction as stated?

[@XhaleSpearfishing]

We definitely are! Next video will be all about wishbones and we will have details on line sizes for wishbones in that. If I remember correctly the line I was using in this video was a 1.9mm jacketed dyneema.