Wiznutaggie
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Finally got tired of cycling by hand and remembered my kid had a K'nex motor laying around. A couple zip ties, an old second stage and a few minutes later and I'm sitting back smiling.
Boredom is the mother of all invention: DIY seat break in tool
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Wiznutaggie
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A bit under 4 minutes to hit 300 cycles by my count.
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Pretty neat.
My hack is to use a stubby Phillips screwdriver and an inflator hose (BCD or drysuit). It's easy to depress the Shrader valve to get a bunch of cycles in very quickly
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Magnificent achievement!
although I have never cycled a reg I have rebuilt, in my life
although I have never cycled a reg I have rebuilt, in my life
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Is 300 your goal post service?
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Somewhere around there.
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The way I was taught was to simply take teeny tiny little sips of air. I can do 50 actuations in one lung full of air, which takes about 15 seconds. 10 repetitions is 500 actuations in plus or minus 3 minutes.
Having said that, I am someone who has created a pump based system for checking cracking pressure, another task that can very easily be done with your lungs. So I applaud the spirit!
ETA: It was @rsingler who taught me that trick in his famous reg service class. Reason #437 why the class is recommended for anyone who services their own regs — or even thinks they might want to…
Having said that, I am someone who has created a pump based system for checking cracking pressure, another task that can very easily be done with your lungs. So I applaud the spirit!
ETA: It was @rsingler who taught me that trick in his famous reg service class. Reason #437 why the class is recommended for anyone who services their own regs — or even thinks they might want to…
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Wiznutaggie
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The way I was taught was to simply take teeny tiny little sips of air. I can do 50 actuations in one lung full of air, which takes about 15 seconds. 10 repetitions is 500 actuations in plus or minus 3 minutes.
Having said that, I am someone who has created a pump based system for checking cracking pressure, another task that can very easily be done with your lungs. So I applaud the spirit!
ETA: It was @rsingler who taught me that trick in his famous reg service class. Reason #437 why the class is recommended for anyone who services their own regs — or even thinks they might want to…
Yeah, I just got to the point that I'd rather do something else for 5 minutes than sit there hyperventilating lol.
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