Jim

Good idea - what is the maximum weight you think you can get in a   
P-weight?

Dave

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From:  cobber[SMTP:cobber@ma*.ci*.co*]
Sent:  05 January 1998 11:33
To:  David Shimell (shimell); Cavers List; Tech Diver
Subject:  RE: V-Weight Web Site

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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