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Post by vance on Oct 13, 2019 8:50:55 GMT -8
A very interesting homemade regulator sold on eBay this morning for a pretty good sum. It is a lovely thing and I was interested, but would never have paid the $545 ending price on it. It was described as a two stage Aquamaster DA copy, but it is a single stage. It does have an HP tap, it looks like. I'm not sure what yoke and yoke screw that is. I would love to see the innards.
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 13, 2019 10:08:41 GMT -8
...I'm not sure what yoke and yoke screw that is... My guess is Northill or Divair? JB
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Post by vance on Oct 13, 2019 12:45:43 GMT -8
The screw isn't a DivAir, unless it's from a bronze one.
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Post by snark3 on Oct 13, 2019 12:59:44 GMT -8
Its not Northill either. Northill yokes are one piece with the body similar to an original USD Aquarius
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Post by snark3 on Oct 13, 2019 13:04:12 GMT -8
The screw looks like an allen screw with a hole drilled to allow for the "T" handle. Maybe in a USD or Snark3 yoke?
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Post by vance on Oct 13, 2019 14:14:46 GMT -8
The screw looks like an allen screw with a hole drilled to allow for the "T" handle. Maybe in a USD or Snark3 yoke? Good eye. I missed that. The yoke looks like it could be USD.
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 13, 2019 15:08:19 GMT -8
The screw looks like an allen screw with a hole drilled to allow for the "T" handle... Geez-o-peezo Skip, ya think er all smart cuz yer like all payin' attenshun an' stuff--knock it off man yer making me an' Phil look bad JB
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Post by vance on Oct 13, 2019 15:56:40 GMT -8
Vance needs no help to look bad.
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Post by SeaRat on Oct 13, 2019 17:23:46 GMT -8
Okay, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is not a home-made regulator, but most probably a prototype of a production regulator that was planned by a diving company. The only one I can think of that meets this description is DESCO. If you have a copy of Fred Roberts' book, Basic Scuba, go to pages 421 through 430, where he explains "The Deep Dive," a chamber dive to test a newly developed DESCO regulator.
Now, what if this single-stage regulator was the very regulator that Fred Roberts took to 380 feet on air in a chamber tank? To my knowledge, no one has yet come up with one of the DESCO regulators. If that is the case, it would be an exceedingly rare and valuable regulator.
John
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Post by scubalawyer on Oct 14, 2019 5:34:11 GMT -8
I was really interested in this reg as well so I got ahold of the ebay seller to ask some questions. They were told it was made by a retired machinist in his garage who was always tinkering with such projects and that he made it just to see if he could. No other info. Mark
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Post by crabbyjim on Oct 14, 2019 6:05:14 GMT -8
How refreshing. going to the source to ask questions instead of speculating.
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Post by vance on Oct 14, 2019 7:59:16 GMT -8
I was really interested in this reg as well so I got ahold of the ebay seller to ask some questions. They were told it was made by a retired machinist in his garage who was always tinkering with such projects and that he made it just to see if he could. No other info. Mark The listing had this information in it. I'd like to know more about it. Maybe the buyer will see this thread.
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Post by nikeajax on Oct 14, 2019 12:54:59 GMT -8
I was wondering why this reg looked familiar to me: it has a very similar anodized color as this super high end fishing reel: luresnreels.com/kovalovsky.htmlJB
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Post by vance on Oct 14, 2019 15:27:16 GMT -8
Is it anodized or just brass? I'm thinking it's just brass.
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Post by vance on Oct 14, 2019 15:28:20 GMT -8
I want to make a regulator out of food cans. It could be done.
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