Dive slate materials

[davecampbell]

I use pvc sewer pipe and pilot croquis mech pencils... heat the pvc, and it becomes really pliable. can bend it, flatten it into sheets, etc... I'm also a plumber, so the pipe was already kicking around. large size (8 or 10 ") is also dandy for tank ranks.

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

How do people print on these sheets?

My handwriting is scribble.

 

[swimlikethefish]

Power paper. Used for laser printers. They make a heat transfer type too. Applies with a heat gun.

Or you could just order your custom slates from a website and save yourself all this time and energy.

Custom Designed Dive Slates and Cards

 

[wetb4igetinthewater]

Or you could just order your custom slates from a website and save yourself all this time and energy.

Custom Designed Dive Slates and Cards

Yup. That'd be the direction I'd rather go. It isn't like I'll be spinning these on a weekly basis. Just pay a little extra and save a bunch of time and startup expense.

 

[JamesBon92007]

I've made some for the backs of consoles etc using white acrylic (Plexiglas) but I used to do acrylic fabrications so I have it laying around. I rough it up with sandpaper (around 100 grit) and find it much easier to erase than the commercial slates that I have been given.

 

[Doctor Rig]

Just like @davecampbell said, PVC makes a nice slate. I took a flat section out of a 4x4 PVC post, cut to the desired size and then sanded the surface smooth with fine sand paper (so pencil lead will stick better). Any PVC will work well!

 

[rsingler]

Navigation Board - homemade post #5

Perfect for your Navigation component
8x10 slate (you can use homemade)
Glued compass
Nav plotter on reverse for your segments

 

[Etmutt]

Trying from china (thanks @dlao ). Cost a few cents each and looks quite the thing: https://m.tb.cn/h.fkFZeBG?sm=a3f7c7?tk=AcAM2dlc3XB

They have standard size and I m found of there biggest one which is slighty smaller than the padi one

Will report on the results here

 

[Couv]

Delete. Answered an old thread with no new information without reading the OP.

 

[kagejumper]

I know this is an older post, I'm working on this myself. I rent equipment, and have a bad habit of leaving my white slate attached to the rental BCD. in a pinch, I have used a piece of plastic from the kitchen on a liveaboard, a piece of plastic I found in the closet of a rental condo, and a piece of waterproof paper someone gave me. The paper worked better than expected, but the floppiness sucked. the kitchen plastic wasn't quite white enough, and the condo plastic eventually cracked and was lost on a dive site (I'm a bad person).

I am currently looking for UV stable white PVC that I can drill. I've usually let it dangle, tucking it in the BCD pocket, but I'm thinking wrist mount might be better. I love DIYing!