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Tupperware, you know those platic bins with the snap on top, the kind skippers hate. Look, if you like dealing with tools that rust, fine, I don't. I had a few people ask me to let them know if I found SS hex wrench=B9s, thus the post. Jim On 6/29/98 9:51 PM Mark Melendez wrote: >Jim Cobb wrote: >> >> Mark, I use them to check the 1'st stage plugs before a dive or >> reconfiguring/adjusting and for removing/installing the yoke adapter, >> stuff done out on the boat all the time. >> >> I am tired of finding a rusted lump from a forgotten allen wrench in the >> bottom of my gear box and stains all over my equipment. I dive in salt >> water so anything the least bit ferrous rusts immediately. You must be a >> fresh water diver? >> >> The whole shebang costs $40 but you can get away with a 5/32", 3/16", >> 7/32" for a grand total of $15.98. You realize, of course, that quibblin= g >> over this amount of money in the sport of scuba diving is laughable, to >> say the least. > >I dive in the same waters you do, only about 500mi north. > >Whatever works I guess. I've had the same $5 set of allen keys that I >use for the same purpose for the last 10 yrs. Of course I keep that >stuff in a very small Pelican case. So it's never gotten wet. > >What kind of "gear box" do you have that you're finding wet rusted >wrenches in? > >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Mark Melendez >melendez at bigfoot dot com > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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