USD Deepstar-II first stage-->

[nikeajax]

I was lookin' at stuff on eBait and saw this:

www.ebay.com/itm/284347152232?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item4234693768:g:ZAgAAOSwvW5glVRN&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAAA4DVN3ikkzdZNTzzvzgiZiFm6ilSsJvH0t8PtLjtZHot7LCkRA76%2FIaMgrQzKgWNSWtOaDviGitGLPAosKOFqt416wyD9N6%2BH3LXoU6kd22BUW0%2F3kNI1CQhH%2B2qsNHtLA3hF5W6M%2BhTqKJANvpZPaKKdTHq%2FEt80zcWZbb6J%2BWTq2uUtOQ11Lg7O1zhkRLfbejlIiSHBni5PxDQ93p0sH%2FhT1%2BNynxxLOQbP%2BLmKmQphAV9q1bJ0P9i5Im2cRsTP%2B6mMjTUiYZcj10CWfc%2BOZekUVTvwVXsg51s2AN%2B8EwRf%7Ctkp%3ABFBMlonN1MFf

It's the first stage of a USD Deepstar-II. Luis and I were discussing this one a while back: if I dismember correctly, he said that they are the only female piston regulator ever made. Very hard to come by too! The Deepstar-I was a clone of the Healthways Scuba Star.

JB

[james1979]

Oops

[luis]

I hope someone here got it, but that one looks kind of rough.

It has no HP port. You may be able to use a banjo fitting.

Here are pictures of the interior.

[james1979]

The oops was because my (low) offer got accepted!
Now I need a Deepstar II second stage, lol.

[nikeajax]

BWA-HAHAHAHA...SNORT!

Geez-o-peez-o James, I'm a horrible influence on you--sorry!

JB

EDIT: Basically, you only need the sticker, cuz the second stage is identical to all the rest of the USD gear from that time, say, like off of a Calypso...

[SeaRat]

Dec 30, 2021 17:47:38 GMT -8 james1979 said:

The oops was because my (low) offer got accepted!
Now I need a Deepstar II second stage, lol.

Congratulations. It looks interesting. Now, you'll need a LP adapter for more LP ports.

John

[vance]

AND you got a nice q/c LP hose to boot!

I suppose it's not news to mention that you have succumbed to the slippery slope (like the rest of us). Still, I sympathize.

Alls anyone'd have to do is give you a little piece of a, say, DivAir, and you'd be stuck in the "hunt for (and make) all the parts" loop until it's complete. And then, all the "parts regs" will need to be completed.

It has happened to a lot of us. Thankfully, my obsession is DH, and not SH. Don't care a whit for THEM.

Unless it's an MR-12. Or a Titan II. Or a Dacor Oly.

They're aight.

[vance]

There's a pretty corroded one of these up now on eBay at the starting price of $10/$17.97. Second stage looks beat , but the first might clean up.

www.ebay.com/itm/294689878004