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 I talked to JJ yesterday about gear rigging. He ask me to supply him with a
set 
of copies of "Doing It Right" so that he can send it to students to rig their 
gear properly prior to coming for his courses, leaving more time to get right
to 
the meat of the matter. He said the ones who have done this on their own have 
shown up squared away and ready to start the courses.

 Here is my question. He said that those who have the same regs as I do, rig 
with no problem, but that those with other brands have difficulty with the hose 
routing. Do you who have seen it think I can make it nore clear somehow? If so,
I can add a section to the film and add anything else that anyone thinks is 
apporpriate, uncovered, etc ., and put out a second version. Give me a list of
what is needed.

 On the hose thing, the idea is to have no adaptors on the first stages, but to 
run the hoses straight from the ports, straing down, and then off to their 
routing. If they all have strain reliefs, this will be ok. The most number of 
hoses possible should cross behind the neck, so that you can hear a leak -you r
head transmits the sound perfectly, and the flow in the hose from even a
pinhole 
leak will be heard as regulator action and air moving. This is not needed with 
the hp hose, as the leaks are so loud. Hoses should be exact lengths, like 26" 
for the pressure hose so it will be possible to run it from the left reg
without 
bowing. Any shorter and you can't read the guage. A quick fix until you get the 
26" hose is to put the clip a few inches up the hose, rather than right at the 
guage: the hose will lay smoothly, but will stick
down further - good until you can get a custom fit.  The two lp hoses should be 
24". The backup must come from the left and feed around to the mouth. There can 
be an elbow there to make is lay evenly, but no swivel. It is not really 
necessary, but I do it because I do not want the reg to snatch when i turn my 
head to the left, and I do not want any excess hose flapping in the breeeze.
The 
inflator is on the right reg, with the long hose , so you can hear the air, and 
to get a good feed. Almost any regulator can be made to run the hoses properly.
DO NOT pay any attention to those silly "R" ports or other bozonity. Any post
on 
a good reg wil deliver more than you need, unless you are running power tools 
with it, or a paint sprayer, or a haskel pump. NEVER use adaptors at the first 
stage, and just think it out, you will see a way. NEVER accept any gear 
situtaion that is not 100% to your liking and perfect- get in the habit of 
correcting everything immediately to perfection and you will get less bites i 
the ass. - G
  

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