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Other Options
Halcyon Dress Up
If you want to dress them up "ala" Halcyon, you can
get nylon tube webbing at your local camping store in many colors
(including black, the only color any REAL diver would wear). I've found
this preferable to the hose as it will dry out between dives and
doesn't stress the spring when putting on or taking off your fins the
way the hose. I'm in the process of changing all of mine over to
the nylon strap
(Figure Y) Jackie Smith Copy
If all this seems like too much work you can buy a
piece of round delrin ?" dia and drill a ?" hole in it
sideways and a 1/8" hole lengthwise and attach it the same way and you
will have your own Jackie Smith straps
(Figure Z).
Length
You may shorten the length of the blocks before attaching them
to the fins as Joe did with the CSS-1. Just don't shorten them so
much that your spring hangs out all exposed! Joe also did a nice
job of easing the edges and chamfering the hole in the block.
I'll get around to doing that real soon now - but first I'm going
diving!
In Closing
If you follow these directions you can make the CSS-1 / DSS-2 for less
than $20, considerably less than ? of the price of the cheapest
models out there and less than 1/3 of the Halycon. In addition
you will have SS that look better than anything on the market, AND be
custom fitted to you. And you can join the ranks of divers of
days gone by that could puff out their chest and say, "Oh those, I made
them myself."
Oh, and one last thing, make sure you run a piece of cave line inside
the spring to limit the stretch of the spring - if you don't you WILL
be buying more springs when you over-stretch them.
Should you have any questions feel free to
PM me on
The Deco Stop or
e-mail me.
Materials
McMaster-Carr ( http://www.mcmaster.com)
Type 302 SS, Extension Spring, 1/2" OD, .062 Wire Dia., 11" Lg, w/Machine Loop Ends, $4.42 each
Part Number - 3932K54
Black Delrin Rectangular Bar, 3/4" Thick, 1-1/2" Wide @ $12.20 per foot
Part Number - 8662K52
Black Delrin Rod, 3/4" Diameter, 3' Lg $ 2.12 per Ft.
Part Number - 8576K183
316-Stainless Steel Split Ring .545" OD, .455" ID, .09"
Part Number - 90905A651
Type 304 Stainless Steel Rod, 1/8" Dia, 6' Length, $ 6.20 Each
Part Number - 89535K22
American Home and Habitat (http://www.americanhomeandhabitat.com)
(or most camping/rock climbing stores)
Nylon Tube Strap, 1", $0.53 per ft.
Global Manufacturing Corporation (http://www.gmcscuba.com)
(available at most dive shops)
Jet Fin Buckles, about $2.00 each
Global Part Number - 53050
Sports Authority, Walmart, Kmart (or other sporting goods store)
Hockey Pucks, $.99 each
Home Depot, Lowes (or other hardware store)
Vinyl Tubing, ?" ID
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