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Will, the Cis Lunar plate is the plate before it is put in the press - a high roller like you should have bought a second one pre-press for that application. There is also a rig for the MK15- series to acommodate the diaphram. This means yours has been pressed twice. If it were me, I 'd put the Cis Lunar in the press before it put me in the press. Be sure the bolts do not cut into your drysuit on the pressed plate. You may want to permanently attach it to the RB housing with outside bolts. Actually, I would weave the straps right through the the fiberglass housing and skip the backplate altogether unless I had a set of doubles attached to it like we do with the Halcyons, but this is all a "mute" point with me anyway - I can't think of a dive where IF I needed a CCR I would use one - the catch 22 of CCR's, i.e., if the dive required that much effective gas, the time involved would preclude me using the electronics or sensors and I'd be back on the mechanical with o/c bailout, like we do now. Keep in mind I do not break out the RB until the logistics demand it, not even for practice anymore. It takes a pretty serious situation before RB is required, but I know most people do it for the fun of playing with the toy itself, like those guys in Texas who try to pick up rattlesnakes without getting bitten. William Smithers wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote: > > > The beauty of a harness is tht the harness works for all applications > > interchangeably without modification or any change - if you goober it > > up, you might as well buy a "tech" bc or "transpac" type bc. > > > > Heh. Yeah, George, thought you'd enjoy this one: first thing I > did, after getting my new Cis Lunar, is rip off the hokey > piece-of-shit DUI excuse for a harness/BC, and stick on a > Halcyon steel backplate and one-piece harness (this did take > the assistance of an 80-ton press, and a 60-ton sheet metal > bender, but it got done). > > BIG difference - the thing's now trimmed like a champ, and > the weight of the steel makes the rig perfectly neutral. > > So, absolutely, it's *amazing* how far you can extend > the DIR one-piece harness philosophy! > > -Will :) > > > > > > Cam Banks wrote: > > > > > > So, the DIR spot for my compass is on my arm? I can barely get my > > > computer/bottom timer strap over my drysuit above the glove. Is it okay to > > > wear the compass on the other arm? Most days in Monterey, I need the > > > compass, unfortunately. > > > > > > Weights: why are the Halcyon ACB pockets not-DIR? (I hate non-integrated > > > weights) > > > > > > Solo Diving: if you're diving solo, non-DIR by definition I know, what > > > changes should be made? Besides getting a buddy. Thanks. > > > > > > Cam > > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > -- > > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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