This video describes some uncommon techniques in assembling a set of backmount doubles / twinset to facilitate the process.
Assembling a set of backmount doubles / twinset using uncommon techniques
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Thank you. It's well done.
Not sure how you are going to stand up your steel cylinders to do that. This is a much easier and faster way to assemble them:
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Not a problem with steel tanks with rounded bottoms.
You temporarily use a boot on each tank. Since you are going over the top instead up under the bottom, the boot does not interfere with the tank bands.
The first time that I saw the rotating technique I decided that I did not want to risk damaging my tanks finish, particularly if it was a galvanic coating. In addition, rotation is more difficult if you use an insulating material. I don’t think they had that in the DSS video.
I just assembled a set of LP85s yesterday using the technique in my video. My boots are easily installed and removed. So, they stay on the tanks until after the next dive when I maintain them.
I did a beach dive a couple of weeks ago with a different set of LP85s. After that dive I was shocked to see how much wet salty sand had accumulated inside the boot. If I hadn’t removed the boot and flushed out the salty sand, I am sure my galvanized coating would not last nearly as long as when properly maintained.
A lot of people never use boots on steel tanks for corrosion or whatever reason. I prefer the convenience of standing them up for storage and removing them when I need to.
You temporarily use a boot on each tank. Since you are going over the top instead up under the bottom, the boot does not interfere with the tank bands.
The first time that I saw the rotating technique I decided that I did not want to risk damaging my tanks finish, particularly if it was a galvanic coating. In addition, rotation is more difficult if you use an insulating material. I don’t think they had that in the DSS video.
I just assembled a set of LP85s yesterday using the technique in my video. My boots are easily installed and removed. So, they stay on the tanks until after the next dive when I maintain them.
I did a beach dive a couple of weeks ago with a different set of LP85s. After that dive I was shocked to see how much wet salty sand had accumulated inside the boot. If I hadn’t removed the boot and flushed out the salty sand, I am sure my galvanized coating would not last nearly as long as when properly maintained.
A lot of people never use boots on steel tanks for corrosion or whatever reason. I prefer the convenience of standing them up for storage and removing them when I need to.
I should add that the method I linked to greatly reduces the potential for cross-threading the manifold components.
There is more than one way to achieve the desired outcome. I know; I've done both.
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If only you could cut the videos in half, and glue what's left together
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Great videos great perspectives
Mate go toss those vice grip pliers and go buy yourself an extra nut
Just go to YouTube and watch them at 2x speed.
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