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Lt me get this straight - they have been building rebreathers for years and can not get it right YET? What is wrong with this picture? On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, seasport_scuba@su*.ne* (Bill Brooks) wrote: >>Date: Mon, 4 Nov 1996 22:18:17 -1000 (HST) >>From: Dennis Pierce <dpierce@al*.ne*> >>X-Sender: dpierce@ha* >>To: Bill Brooks <seasport_scuba@su*.ne*> >>Subject: Re: Dennis the Great (fwd) >> >> >>Aloha, >> >>Thanks for the post. >> >>The ccr500 is a real deal, unfortunately for us that are impatient the >>prototypes we saw in july were just that.. Dick King (the president of >>Bio Marine) is a really kool guy, and a fun guy, but he is also very >>serious about what he is doing. his goal is to put out as good a product >>now as they always have. I believe he fully intended to have units out >>in july or august, but he has another quality which is unique in the tek >>industry, he doesn't think he knows it all and is willing to listen to >>others and pay attention. instead of pushing the units out to make his >>market, he is making sure they are right the first time to protect the >>whole market (unlike a couple of other companies). >> >>now to answer your question; they turned the canisters around to make the >>hoses shorter and the breathing resistance better. the case has been >>changed to cover the canister like the other Bio Marine units, this will >>protect it, make the unit <a little> more insulated (the scrubber will >>work better in cold water), and of course cut down on drag. The first >>design was with a hole in the case around the canister. >> >>there have been problems too; the threading on the bottles took more time >>than expected, something about the tooling had to be switched twice. >>the valves took longer than usual, Dick wasn't happy with something about >>them, i don't remember exactly what, but he sent them back, this took >>about a month alone. >> >>there have been other minor, less time consuming, situations to deal with >>but i won't get into all of it here. >> >>on top of this Bio Marine took on more space to produce the units, they >>had to improve the building and move in.. more time. >> >>Hal spoke with Dick this morning (monday), and he was asured that units >>are being shipped really soon. I'm like a little kid before Christmas, >>i don't even want to <<think>> about it or i get impatient. >> >>you can forward this post to tekdiver if you like.. i'm sure others want >>to know what's going on too.. >> >>aloha, >> >>dp >> >> >>On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Bill Brooks wrote: >> >>> Hello Dennis >>> >>> >ps i have unsubscribed >>> >>> I hope this is only temporary, I have enjoyed your posts in the past and >>> look forward to your comments in the future. >>> >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> PS What is the status of the CCR500? >>> >>> >>> >> >> > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. >Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. > >
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