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  1. The Horn

    Can diving class costs be claimed at tax time?

    Any form of training that you take is education and can be claimed under that section of the Canadian tax claim under the non refundable tax benifits I do believe.
  2. The Horn

    How should my new Bare CD4 drysuit fit?

    I have an XCD2 pro dry and it is a large. I sort of happen to fit the large build for the suit exactly in the middle for most of the measurements. The only thing I have extra space for is in the belly area. With BC etc this has not been an issue at all. If you seem to have alot of...
  3. The Horn

    DIY Video Housing a success...

    Went for a filming test ( unmanned) just dropped over the side with film running. Now I know why my wife let me use the camera.......freaking battery craps about 10 minutes into the film test. New larger battery on order......... Questions: 1. Camera has a dark or "cat-eye" feature...
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    DIY Video Housing a success...

    Threw the works over the side into 20 feet of water for 20 min. Hauled up and checked for leaks and found ..................none!!!:D Took apart and re-asssembled. Assembled quickly and not worried about how the cover was placed Next squared away a longer teather and dropped her to the...
  5. The Horn

    Pressure Depth in a Cave

    Water pressure is related to the height of the water colum, gravity and the specific gravity of the water. Or P= Specific gravity X 9.81 m/s^2 X height of the water colum. So for the initial example taking fresh water in the cave the presssure at 33 feet (c) or roughly 10 meters is 1000...
  6. The Horn

    DIY Video Housing a success...

    Hey Bobby, Just noticed your shirt in your Avatar....You play the drums?....if so Rock on brother so do I :D
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    DIY Video Housing a success...

    Yes Guba your design is much simpler........ Finished assembly and I think It should do for several thousand feet. Might be a tad heavy in construction...... I have enough room for a mirror to reflect the image on the side screen. About 2.5 x 3.5 inches in this particular camera. Has...
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    DIY Video Housing a success...

    Off and fabbing........someone stole my pencil so it may take a little longer.....geez
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    DIY Video Housing a success...

    Worked the last couple nights for a few hours so I'm gettin g pretty close to assembly: Parts: 6" PVC pipe 10.5 inches long 6" coupling PVC $$ 6" 45 degree as could not get another coupling 2 pieces 7.5 inches square 3/8" lexan air craft grade 2 -1" NPT...
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    DIY Video Housing a success...

    I'll give a go at making the control. Just need a push button for my camera so that should be easy enough. What paint have people used on the PVC casings??
  11. The Horn

    Your online name, howd you pick it?

    I am the second son of the second son of .......up to 7 generations....last name first four letters "Horn.." Gotta be something there...
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    DIY Video Housing a success...

    Working on my first UW housing. 6" PVC as disposable???? video camera is larger 1995 model. Using tips and tricks from this thread and will try and take some picks of the process. Lots of photos are missing from original posts due to server change so some things I'm making up. Any of the...
  13. The Horn

    Seal Protection for longer storage?

    Scott, I live about 15 min outside of...............................Barrie! I could walk it to you ha ha What does it cost for a pair? It is a Bare XCD2 pro dry Large. If your ever short a dive bud I can ususally go anytime during the week when I'm off shift.
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    Seal Protection for longer storage?

    Put drysuit away for a month while off working. Did normal talc and lube proceedures on latex cuffs and waxed up zipper. Found hair like cracks in the latex seals at some points where the dryglove seals are fitted (not manufacture installed). Suit is about 2 years old with about 50 dives. Is...
  15. The Horn

    Mask on forehead = diver in distress?

    When will this thread die......I guess when we all run out of beer......ha ha Its all a matter of choice. Personally I leave it on until striding ashore or back on the boat. I will then park it on my forehead or remove it. If someone was to have a great freak on me for having it there...
  16. The Horn

    Another dive flag with float

    lots of pics are gone since the move to new server. My buddy and I made a great float with a milk crate, 16" innner tube and a stainless flag pole. Made the pole 4 feet high with a store bought dive flag. Milk crate sits in a rubber cradle wrapped around the inner tube. fastened with...
  17. The Horn

    Entanglement

    Do a Search for: MOF, Pony, snorkel,etc.....many opinions, many circumstances and many different scenarios. Big thing is to keep a cutter in reach, and hope you need not use it. Old way is on the inside leg....newer ways is on the BP/W belt or on a shoulder strap or on the wrist...etc etc...
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    Farting at Five Fathoms???

    We should set up a new acronim for this post. As the rather expanding posts of verbal diarrea keep going with mask on the forehead etc: FIDS: Fart in Dry Suit FIWS: Fart in Wet Suit STFIS: Smelled the Fart in Suit PAWHS: Pulled a WarHammer....Sorry :rofl3:
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    Farting at Five Fathoms???

    :rofl3: The warhammer is just way too out there. Gotta give the guy some credit for the lack of humility! As for the dude in the black expanded suit :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3: :rofl3:
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    Farting at Five Fathoms???

    Say you blow your relief valve amidst a school of fish? Would they notice ie attracted or repelled? When the bubbles pop on the surface does each one have a diminished noise value depending on size and concentration of gas it contains? Could you, as a Rec diver enter your dive "log" (no...
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