This is not building from the ground up but it will save you a few bucks.
We've all seen these magnetic slates that you can write on and then wipe clean and write on again. They run in the price range of $25.00 and up, plus shipping.
Well this idea came from an article I read on SCUBA Diving Magazine's web site a few months back. (Give credit where credit is due).
A magnadoodle works just fine, is as big or bigger and costs about $5 to $7 depending on the size you want. I get them at Wal-Mart or K-mart.
They come with a very inadequate clip that I immediately removed. Then I drilled a small hole in one corner. I put a metal key ring (stainless steel would be best) through it and attached a small telephone style spaghetti cord with a clip on one end, to attach to my BC, and there it was.
The key ring and spaghetti cord I found together in sporting goods where keys are made.
I have much less than $10 in the whole thing and it works great. I have had it on many dives and many of the people I run across in my travels have adopted the idea.
For under 10 bucks it is no big deal if I lose it and it is easily replaced.
NOTE: The "pencil" has a metal tip and needs to be well rinsed and oiled after your dive. But I have had no problems with mine so far and I am planning to make some of them for Christmas presents.
I have been thinking about mounting a regular dive slate on the reverse side to keep track of time and psi in and out, temp and the other usual stuff but have not yet tried that.
I'm not cheap, I'm poor.......there is a difference.
Make bubbles
We've all seen these magnetic slates that you can write on and then wipe clean and write on again. They run in the price range of $25.00 and up, plus shipping.
Well this idea came from an article I read on SCUBA Diving Magazine's web site a few months back. (Give credit where credit is due).
A magnadoodle works just fine, is as big or bigger and costs about $5 to $7 depending on the size you want. I get them at Wal-Mart or K-mart.
They come with a very inadequate clip that I immediately removed. Then I drilled a small hole in one corner. I put a metal key ring (stainless steel would be best) through it and attached a small telephone style spaghetti cord with a clip on one end, to attach to my BC, and there it was.
The key ring and spaghetti cord I found together in sporting goods where keys are made.
I have much less than $10 in the whole thing and it works great. I have had it on many dives and many of the people I run across in my travels have adopted the idea.
For under 10 bucks it is no big deal if I lose it and it is easily replaced.
NOTE: The "pencil" has a metal tip and needs to be well rinsed and oiled after your dive. But I have had no problems with mine so far and I am planning to make some of them for Christmas presents.
I have been thinking about mounting a regular dive slate on the reverse side to keep track of time and psi in and out, temp and the other usual stuff but have not yet tried that.
I'm not cheap, I'm poor.......there is a difference.
Make bubbles
