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Subject: RE: V-Weight Web Site
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 98 11:32:34 -0500
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
To: "David Shimell (shimell)" <shimell@se*.co*>,
     "Cavers List" ,
     "Tech Diver"
David-

Something just occurred to me, those who use single tank adapters with 
their backplate might find the P weight a good way to ditch some or all 
of their weight belt.

  Jim

On 1/5/98 9:04 AM David Shimell (shimell) wrote:

>
>Jim
>
>>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.
>
>I built one of these in addition to standard V weights.  As part of the   
>moulding process, I recessed and moulded the SS studding as an integral   
>part of the outside weight and used a small V locking weight in the   
>inside with an oversized hole to slot onto the SS studding.  The locking   
>nuts to hold the outside weight were recessed and then filled in with   
>molten lead. This leaves the outside weight clean and snag free.   
> Recesses on the locking weight were also made so the nut is flush.  A   
>brace and (cheap) bit will cut the recess.
>
>David Shimell
>Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd, Weybridge, UK
>Email: shimell@se*.co*
>
> ----------
>From:  owner-techdiver[SMTP:owner-techdiver@aquanaut.com]
>Sent:  02 January 1998 22:08
>To:  Anthony DeBoer; Cavers List; Tech Diver
>Subject:  Re: V-Weight Web Site
>
>Sorry, Anthony, the P-Weight moniker stays. And are you confusing it with   
>
>a D-Weight?
>
>
>  Jim
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