Jim,

That's working _way_ too hard.

A 2x4 5 feet long less the short dimension (actually about 4' 10.25") will
do the same thing and is a whole lot easier to store.

In any case, a great concept and I'll cut one tomorrow.

Combining this with the ideas I've been getting off list, I'll mark the
first 50 ft with magic marker every 10 ft and knots at each 50 ft point for
my main reel.  For the backup reel, coded knots every 10 feet to about 20 ft
beyond the deepest possible deco stop.

Thanks,
Don

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*>
To: Chris Elmore <elmorec@at*.ne*>; Don Burke
<donburke56@ne*.ne*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: 21 May, 2001 22:07
Subject: Re: rockin' & reelin'


> Don I read about an quick way to mark your line a while back. Make
yourself
> a frame 5ft square. Wrap your line around the frame real shipshape-like,
> then just run your magic marker down one side of the frame on the line for
> 10' increments or both sides for 5' increments.
>
>    Jim
>  -------------------------------------------------------------------
>  Learn About Trimix at http://www.cisatlantic.com/trimix/
>
> > From: "Chris Elmore" <elmorec@at*.ne*>
> > Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 22:08:22 -0400
> > To: "Don Burke" <donburke56@ne*.ne*>, <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> > Subject: Re: rockin' & reelin'
> >
> > Don,
> > It's got to be something you can feel in zero vis or no lights (I guess
> > that would be zero viz too). Knots are the easiest solution. They are
enough
> > to feel but not too much to create problems on the reel.
> > C.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Don Burke" <donburke56@ne*.ne*>
> > To: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 6:11 PM
> > Subject: rockin' & reelin'
> >
> >
> >> Is there a better way to mark off distances on a reel line?
> >>
> >> I've been using knots and it seems there must be a better way to figure
> > out
> >> how far off my tie-off I am at any given time.
> >>
> >> Some methods I'm thinking about:
> >> 1. Threading a small piece of black dacron through the nylon braid
several
> >> times, burying a reef knot inside the braid.
> >> 2. Paint
> >> 3. "Magic Marker"
> >>
> >> Any thoughts?
> >>
> >> Don Burke
> >> Chesapeake, Virginia



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