DIY Rebreather...
DIY Rebreather...
So I have been surfing the internet for awhile now, asking questions on scubaboard and figured that a DIY Rebreather wouldn't be that hard... and since I built it myself I would be the training agency!! SCORE! saves me big money on that whole training thing...
I started out looking around the house for parts... and I found the perfect scrubber..
Next I had to find a can to put it in... looking around I found the perfect one...
Next I needed to find a loop.. after some looking around for hoses, turns out I had the perfect ones, made for the scrubber no less!!
Next I had to build my own CCR computer, I mean $2k for a computer?!?! Ba! I have my UEMIS computer and thought to myself "that would be a sweet CCR computer" so I did some quick math... needed to make my own Deco program.. wasn't hard only took about an hour, then I thought about what platform to run it on... I needed the most reliable software I could find, in the end I settled on Windows 95, light weight, runs great and NEVER crashes..
All was going well but I had to make my unit look cool.. I mean I know the cool kids on the board would make fun of me and I wanted to be able to hang out with them so off to the hardware store I went, some paint, sand paper and stickers.. and here is the final look I came up with...
Notice how the stickers and paint really make it POP?
*DISCLAIMER* If you belive for one minute that anything in this post is the correct way to build a rebreather.. do us a favor and shoot yourself now
If you belive for one minute I would dive a rebreather without being trained on it.... I have less respect for your intelligence then you do for mine.
If you belive anything I said in this post about building my own rebreather..... I'm sorry for you
I started out looking around the house for parts... and I found the perfect scrubber..
Next I had to find a can to put it in... looking around I found the perfect one...
Next I needed to find a loop.. after some looking around for hoses, turns out I had the perfect ones, made for the scrubber no less!!
Next I had to build my own CCR computer, I mean $2k for a computer?!?! Ba! I have my UEMIS computer and thought to myself "that would be a sweet CCR computer" so I did some quick math... needed to make my own Deco program.. wasn't hard only took about an hour, then I thought about what platform to run it on... I needed the most reliable software I could find, in the end I settled on Windows 95, light weight, runs great and NEVER crashes..
All was going well but I had to make my unit look cool.. I mean I know the cool kids on the board would make fun of me and I wanted to be able to hang out with them so off to the hardware store I went, some paint, sand paper and stickers.. and here is the final look I came up with...
Notice how the stickers and paint really make it POP?
*DISCLAIMER* If you belive for one minute that anything in this post is the correct way to build a rebreather.. do us a favor and shoot yourself now
If you belive for one minute I would dive a rebreather without being trained on it.... I have less respect for your intelligence then you do for mine.
If you belive anything I said in this post about building my own rebreather..... I'm sorry for you
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Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
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Life isn't like a box of chocolate's, life is like a box of chocolate and horse bisket's and no matter which one you get you have to keep on chewing...
Re: DIY Rebreather...
Sweet looking breather. Does it come with its own bov? Can it withstand a dash mash? If you have 2 tacos and you add a burrito what's the outcome of the ppo2?
Why didn't you go with pink?????
Why didn't you go with pink?????
Re: DIY Rebreather...
very nice sir
Why have the goat bladders gone so heavily out of fashion? They are My preferred rebreather for ANY invasion
Why have the goat bladders gone so heavily out of fashion? They are My preferred rebreather for ANY invasion
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As Elmer Fudd said, "be vewwy, vewwy caweful", Kyle....Josh and the rest of the Meg Myrmidons will undoubtedly take great umbrage with your jest and hunt you down....
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Re: DIY Rebreather...
Nice rig! Looks familiar, somehow......and, yeah....be vewy, vewy, cawefull....
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Re: DIY Rebreather...
John Rawlings wrote:As Elmer Fudd said, "be vewwy, vewwy caweful", Kyle....Josh and the rest of the Meg Myrmidons will undoubtedly take great umbrage with your jest and hunt you down....
They only hunt down the guys that haven't seen the Megalodon light yet.... the rest they just send in for "correct thinking" retraining.. I hear it involve's listening to Millie Vanilli while watching Sharktapus until your mind is drained enough to accept the correct thoughts.... thats only what I read though..
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer,
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
http://www.tacomacomputersolutions.com
Life isn't like a box of chocolate's, life is like a box of chocolate and horse bisket's and no matter which one you get you have to keep on chewing...
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
http://www.tacomacomputersolutions.com
Life isn't like a box of chocolate's, life is like a box of chocolate and horse bisket's and no matter which one you get you have to keep on chewing...
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Hey, I looked like you had a good thing going there. Why did you wimp out on it?
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Re: DIY Rebreather...
Looks like a spareair for the rebreather world.
Pop tarts and gravy,
It's what's for breakfast.
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Re: DIY Rebreather...
Mouthpiece?
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Re: DIY Rebreather...
Well, it's on the cheap so you have to suck out of one hose and blow out the other... which ever end isn't in my mouth atm I press against my cheek to prevent a flood
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer,
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
http://www.tacomacomputersolutions.com
Life isn't like a box of chocolate's, life is like a box of chocolate and horse bisket's and no matter which one you get you have to keep on chewing...
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
http://www.tacomacomputersolutions.com
Life isn't like a box of chocolate's, life is like a box of chocolate and horse bisket's and no matter which one you get you have to keep on chewing...
Re: DIY Rebreather...
http://www.rebreatherworld.com/other-re ... afest.htmlCaptnJack wrote:Mouthpiece?
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I shot McDonald's sweet tea out my nose.spatman wrote:http://www.rebreatherworld.com/other-re ... afest.htmlCaptnJack wrote:Mouthpiece?
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exactly the reaction i was hoping for.Dashrynn wrote:I shot McDonald's sweet tea out my nose.spatman wrote:http://www.rebreatherworld.com/other-re ... afest.htmlCaptnJack wrote:Mouthpiece?
Re: DIY Rebreather...
Really? That's so retro, try this one
http://thedecostop.com/forums/showpost. ... ostcount=8
http://thedecostop.com/forums/showpost. ... ostcount=8
Sounder wrote:Under normal circumstances, I would never tell another man how to shave his balls... but this device should not be kept secret.
Re: DIY Rebreather...
CaptnJack wrote:Really? That's so retro, try this one
http://thedecostop.com/forums/showpost. ... ostcount=8
Remind me never to ask for air from you.....
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer,
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
http://www.tacomacomputersolutions.com
Life isn't like a box of chocolate's, life is like a box of chocolate and horse bisket's and no matter which one you get you have to keep on chewing...
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
http://www.tacomacomputersolutions.com
Life isn't like a box of chocolate's, life is like a box of chocolate and horse bisket's and no matter which one you get you have to keep on chewing...
Re: DIY Rebreather...
don't make fun of richard's binky. he's sensitive.Geek wrote:CaptnJack wrote:Really? That's so retro, try this one
http://thedecostop.com/forums/showpost. ... ostcount=8
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Re: DIY Rebreather...
HAHA I saw that on tds before. Pretty hilarious.CaptnJack wrote:Really? That's so retro, try this one
http://thedecostop.com/forums/showpost. ... ostcount=8
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Re: DIY Rebreather...
Allo kidding aside, THIS is my all-time favorite homebuild.
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