Thought I'd start a thread for those who like to do more than settle for "off-the-shelf" equipment - for those who like to customize their (non-life support) equip & / or work with their hands (esp when the weather is too bad to dive).
My thought is that this is a good way to share tips, instructions, and lessons-learned.
To start, I thought I'd offer this great set of instructions for spring straps (downloads as a .pdf file):