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Post by nikeajax on Oct 2, 2012 14:59:56 GMT -8
I thought I'd start a new thread off of Puff's "My old scuba items" as the original was getting a wee bit long: Charlie sent me some of his "junk" he really didn't want to work on and I was more than happy to get... I've assembled the gauges included with the console I got from him with my others: Scubapro: "Automatic Decompression Computer"
U.S. Divers: depth gauge
Sportsways/Waterlung: depth gauge
Iklite(?) compass
Princeton Tectonics: "Bottom Timer"I'm really diggin' on the "Bottom Timer", it has a pressure sensitive switch on the back that engages the mainspring-drive when you dive. It's encased in Lucite, and sealed shut with a permanent glue; you'd have to cut the case apart to work on it, which is why I decided to glue the crown back on since it was stripped, and I couldn't set it, or wind it. Jaybird
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 2, 2012 15:31:31 GMT -8
Hmmmm! Kinda surprised that the USD isn't luminous--at all! The Sportsways isn't either, but I think I can fix that one so it will. I think the end of the Scubapro's hand was at one time, but maybe it's a conspiracy, you don't need to how deep you are in the dark Jaybird
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Post by nemrod on Oct 2, 2012 17:12:42 GMT -8
I used the hell out of Bottom Timers for years, still have two and both are 100% go! They made a little plastic hose mount, still have that too. Also the compass pictured. Sometimes use it but mostly these days I just use my super powers to divine direction.
Nem
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Post by SeaRat on Oct 2, 2012 17:47:11 GMT -8
I have that compass too, and it works quite well.
The capillary depth gauge automatically compensates for diving in fresh water and at altitude. This is something few divers realize as these are not readily available now.
John
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Post by scubadiverbob on Oct 2, 2012 23:50:10 GMT -8
Same compass on my SP gauges (I don't use a dive computer; had one fail on me at depth ... my gauges ... no problemo!).
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 3, 2012 8:05:09 GMT -8
Robert, that's my thinking exactly: I love analog things! The good-old stuff will take way more punishment than the modern-finicky-fragile pieces: microchips and sea water aren't a good combination... I've heard about dive-computers biting the dust too many times exactly when you need them!
Jaybird
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 3, 2012 10:04:24 GMT -8
Hey, anybody got a source for the tubing for the capillary gauge; mine's the color of coffee!
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 9, 2012 16:20:42 GMT -8
Hey, anybody got any-o-these: Cresi, Fixe-Palmes? Yup, the same ones as in the Healthways catalog! Holy smokes, they actually work! My Nemrod-Cortez fins are kinda big, but they really snug things up--super swell! Jaybird
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 28, 2013 12:14:12 GMT -8
Was thrifting with the wife yesterday, Sunday, and found what I first thought were Healthways-Waterdogs: as it turned out they're Voit Sail Fins, and I think they're the first generation, that means PRE-AMF!!!!!! The first patent number is for the Churchill-fin; I'm thinking the second, "reissue number" is for this redesigned-incarnation of a swim-fin, no...yes? Here are side by side comparisons with what I read on-line replaced it in the AMF catalog, the A6 Viking: From what I was able to find on-line, they sold them but weren't in the catalogs, but were available until the 1970's. The ONLY images I was able to find all said AMF, or had the inverted-triangle and circle logo like on the Vikings... Jaybird
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Post by cnotthoff on Jan 28, 2013 12:49:38 GMT -8
Jax, I don't think they say Fixe Palm anymore, but these are available through any store that is a Trident Diving Accessories dealer. Charlie Attachments:
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Post by drado on Jan 28, 2013 16:00:45 GMT -8
I think fixe-palmes are also known as "Fin Grips" Hey, anybody got a source for the tubing for the capillary gauge; mine's the color of coffee! As for the cap gauge tubing, Herman has had a lot of success repairing his gauges with tubing from McMaster Carr: 8339K132 Ultra-Clear Tygon PVC Tubing 3/32" ID, 5/32" OD, 1/32" Wall Thickness, 25'L. In stock at $0.28 per Ft. - McMaster site Regarding the compass, the Ikelite compass above is one of my favorite compasses. The other one would be a Tekna compass. I just need time to acclimate to each when used as the Ikelite is a direct-reading compass, while the Tekna is an indirect reading compass.
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Post by nikeajax on Jan 28, 2013 17:20:18 GMT -8
Holy smokes Ed, thanks! Um, I think there's A LOT of stuff I may need in the future from them, 'cause my motto is, "I don't care what it is, I'll get the dang thing fixed..." Jaybird
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Post by DavidRitchieWilson on Jan 29, 2013 3:09:15 GMT -8
Hey, anybody got any-o-these: Cresi, Fixe-Palmes? Jaybird Yes, Jaybird, I've collected fin grips / fixe-palmes / fin retainers / Flossenhalter / Sujeta Aletas over the years. I have the originals (fixe-palmes = "fin fixers"), manufactured by Beuchat of Marseilles in France, the company that invented and patented these three-way rubber straps that are so useful with oversized full-foot fins. Here's a page from an early Beuchat catalogue featuring "fixe-palmes" alongside their perhaps more memorable invention, the Jet Fin: And here's an image of my Beuchat (Tarzan Espadon) originals plus an interesting adjustable variant designed by Mares, which came with a sort of buckle at the end of one of the loops with a plastic clasp to cater for a range of sizes. Other makers of fin grips (including Spanish diving gear company Nemrod) just manufactured them in small, medium and large. I remember reading somewhere how thrifty divers were encouraged to make fin grips by cutting a "Y"-shape out of an old tyre inner tube. Another factoid about fin grips is, or was, the popularity of coloured versions for use in playing underwater hockey in swimming pools with full-foot fins. The idea was to get a nice contrast between the colours of the fin grips and the fins themselves. Yellow/Black and Blue/Yellow combinations were particularly popular. The only currently viable source of coloured rubber fin grips these days is Gull Marine Sports of Japan, which makes them in black, blue and yellow, the latter two illustrated below: They can be ordered from western commercial outlets which I've used to obtain the yellow and blue versions. David
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Post by nikeajax on Feb 4, 2013 15:58:35 GMT -8
Okay, here's my find from this weekend: Note: apparently that's not the label you usually see on these! Okay, so, the guy who had it told me that in the 1960's his father and he had a business of collecting golf-balls that went into the ocean in LA. Said he used it ten-years ago and it worked fine... As I was attempting to put it together to take these images, I noticed everything was up-side-down--backwards: valve, hoses, mouth-piece... I also noticed he had a piece of twine to activate the "J" Valve--YAHOO! The diaphragm is as hard as a rock, and everything is crispy or melted, but the duck-bill still worked but was melting where it attached to the horn and came in contact with the hoses. I have to say I was really charmed that the BIG-weights say, "King Neptune"... Jaybird
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Post by nikeajax on Feb 5, 2013 18:09:24 GMT -8
Hmmmm? Can I run an SPG off of that plug on the end of the valve: I hope, I hope? Jaybird
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