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C. Randy Bohrer wrote: >I don't mean to insult you, but if the Oxygen Hacker's Guide and this list are >your only references for what to do regarding oxygen service components in a >mixing system, you have a long difficult journey ahead of you. Randy, I've been mixing for a couple years now as per the oxy hacker, and no problems. After I'd been mixing a year or two I took a course from Joel just to get a card and make sure I wasn't doing anything seriously wrong, and it turned out I wasn't - he even commented that the Hacker was OK. I know a bunch of other divers who learned mixing from the Hacker, and I haven't heard of any horror stories, or even complaints. About the time I got interested in mixing, I called you up about buying some stuff. You gave me so much hassle about it, and, as I recall, refused to sell me a whip or even parts because I wasn't a shop or wouldn't buy a filter system from you too - don't remember the details - that I went elsewhere. That may explain why you are pulling out of the biz, and the Hacker is going strong. The MIXED GAS DIVING book you recommend seems to me too dated to be much use, and I don't think anyone could start mixing, or even oxy cleaning going just by the info in it - the book (your chapter included) is long on theory and short on specifics. I'm not saying this to put you down - you are one of the old timers in this game, know a heck of a lot, and I respect your knowledge - but I think your comments on the Hacker are more sour grapes than substance, because it gave away the secrets a lot of the folks in the industry were trying to keep for the annointed. As far as the info on this list goes, I know diving industry types like yourself like to belittle the quality of the info here, and you don't have to look very far for stupidities to prove the point, but it's important to keep in mind that info on the net develops as a thread, and is largely self-correcting. When I first came on this list, there was a lot of talk about how O2 cleaning was for wienies - I haven't heard anyone say that for many months now. I do agree with you, though, from my own experience, that, while anyone can make a whip, and probably save some money, a panel is a whole different ballgame (I don't think even the hacker is advocating making panels from scratch) and most people would be better off (and not much poorer) with a ready made panel from a reliable source. Now Randy, the truth - is that Krytox you are selling the same stuff C&H had for $12.50 a tube? -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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