Sorry, Anthony, the P-Weight moniker stays. And are you confusing it with 
a D-Weight?

I suppose you could use 2 V-Weights, drill holes in them put them on 
either side of the doubles and run some SS all-thread between them, that 
might work as well.

  Jim

On 1/2/98 8:04 PM Anthony DeBoer wrote:

>Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> writes:
>> I made some V and P weights and documented the horror, er, procedure with 
>> lots of picts. ... [snip] ... Oh, 
>> and the doctor said the burns were just superficial and should heal in 
>> two or three weeks or so.  ;)
>
>Jim, you've got to rename the "P-Weight".  It sounded on first reading
>much much too much like it was what caused you medical woes.  Man, would
>that hurt!!!  It sounds too much like a bit of stroke gear whose only
>hypothetical advantage is you can still attach it to yourself when you're
>diving stark naked, but which has the major disadvantage that you can't
>wear it and a P-valve too, if you understand my drift.  I dunno, maybe it
>helps increase the length or something, although it boggles the 
>imagination.  
>
>Seriously, there's a third possible V-weight position, in the outside V
>of the tanks, with a length of stainless strap holding it to the bolts on
>that side.  There are at least a few divers in this part of the world
>with that configuration, and at least there there's no limit to how big a
>weight you can use to help hold down an aluminum set.
>
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