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Oh come on. Homemade does not necessarily equal dangerous. Some of the best gear I have ever seen is homemade, or at least hand-made. And this list is the best source of information on building gear that I've ever come across. There is a line of course, I don't think anyone is out there trying to build their own regulators, tanks or manifolds, but I've seen a lot of good information on building harnesses and lights. I'm certainly going to build my next harness by hand WKPP style (and save a lot of money in the process) rather than spring for some techie contraption. Although I'd personally never to try to build one, I'd take one of George's hand-built scooters over what's in my local shop anyday. At least half of the expensive and supposedly "high-end" stuff I see in dive shops these days is junk. Anyone for a $1200 hoseless computer? Anytime anyone comes up with better solutions at lower prices I for one would love to hear about it. -KL "Mitch Ashley" <chance@sn*.ne*> Wrote: | | Two things have become dangerously obvious here lately. | | Seems there are two kinds of divers: | | 1. Those that depend on their gear to do what's it's supposed to and | therefore put their money on the best possible for the job. | | 2. Those that want good gear but don't want to pay. These include | the homebrewer (George reformed me with one of his sharp but accurate | comments) and the cheapster. Homebrew makes it himself, cheapster | gets his gear by the cheapest means possible. | | It comes down to this - when your life and the lifes of those you | dive with count - do you really want to be diving with the cheap | stuff? | | Not me. | | Thank you George for straightening me out on that one. | (P.S. - I guess you know this means your reel is on hold :) ) | There are those that talk about it, and those that | do it. The ones that talk about doing it really | bore me. | | -- | Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. | Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. |
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