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I made mine out of SS 1/8" rod this weekend! $1.49 for the rod, $8.50 for the spring, and used some old 550 paracord for the inside. Took an hour to completeion. Works perfectly! JP >From: "Stan Dilcher" <divewrecks@ho*.co*> >To: techdiver@aquanaut.com >Subject: RE: Oceanic Straps >Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 04:06:58 PST > >Hi everyone, after hearing all the hype recently about the Oceanic straps I >decided I had to have some. I went to the dealer listing on Oceanic's web >site and got the email address of every dealer that listed one. I then sent >an email inquiry to them all. I got mostly "sorry can't help ya" replies, >but then found someone that had three large pairs. I purchased all three >($35 each). I then had another dealer respond that had one pair ($25). I >was >happy with three, but gave the lead to my dive buddy. Moral of the story: >they are still out there. I would venture to guess that if one was to send >postal mail to all the dealers that don't have email addresses (which most >of them didn't have one listed) they would find a source for the straps. >Hope this helps someone who just "has to have some" and doesn't want to >make >their own. BTW, installation was not a problem for me, I bent the "C" >shaped >hook into an "L" shape, applied a little lubricant, pushed the hook >through, >and then bent it back to shape. > >Regards, >Stan Dilcher >divewrecks@ho*.co* > >>From: John Cooksley <j.cooksley@ei*.su*.ac*.uk*> >>To: "'trey@ne*.co*'" <trey@ne*.co*> >>CC: "'TECH LIST'" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >>Subject: RE: >>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 09:33:21 -0000 >> >>Yep I guess that overcomes the issue of attaching them safely without >>hacking up your jetfins too. >>There is considerable chance of something cutting or pulling through the >>rubber attachment hole on the fin. >>Some of us who got these straps had problems installing them with the >>black >>plastic end bits.... >> >>John >> >>-- >>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > >______________________________________________________ >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'. ______________________________________________________ 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'.
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