I have always had an issue with follow-through with gift cards / certificates, but recently had a chance to splurge on a pricey little tool (at US 82.50) with "funny money," since men have been unable to resist the lure of shiny new tools for over a hundred thousand years.
This is a product of Scuba Tools, described as the "Poseidon Cyklon and Jetstream Assembly Tool," whose threaded rod replaces a standard Poseidon drift, for the assembly of a Cyklon second stage valve, which otherwise requires a bit of coordination, during the installation of the spring, kept under tension; the valve piston, clip and control arm.
I had a considerably cheaper threaded tool, that did much the same, from a Swiss dealer: In The Weeds with the Cyklon . . .
The Scuba Tool’s tiered base, though, additionally allows for setting the proper height of the Jetstream diaphragm cam.
More importantly, this 100 gram, three-in-one tool solves my single most hated task of scuba repair and maintenance -- the repair or replacement of the switch of the Jetstream second stage, which is only kept in place by a tiny lock washer, attached to a small post, for the diaphragm cam. The issue had been getting the dinky washer to seat as tightly as possible; otherwise the switch, sealed only by a small o-ring on its underside, will eventually leak.
More often than not, I could eventually get the damn thing to seat with the tips of needle-nose pliers but I could clearly understand why the manual explicitly advised, "Don't remove unless damaged!" because they know that its replacement absolutely sucks.
Exclamation marks in manuals, as a rule = not that great.
I recently had such a leak on one of my full face masks, barely noticeable but visible, in the right light, while soaking; and the switch had developed a bit more play than I would have liked. New, they are about as tight as a drum.
The assembly tool did a bang-up job, since its tip is hollow and shaped to accommodate both the switch post and the washer. While it did take a bit of force to accomplish, that switch is now going nowhere fast and is watertight . . .
This is a product of Scuba Tools, described as the "Poseidon Cyklon and Jetstream Assembly Tool," whose threaded rod replaces a standard Poseidon drift, for the assembly of a Cyklon second stage valve, which otherwise requires a bit of coordination, during the installation of the spring, kept under tension; the valve piston, clip and control arm.
I had a considerably cheaper threaded tool, that did much the same, from a Swiss dealer: In The Weeds with the Cyklon . . .
The Scuba Tool’s tiered base, though, additionally allows for setting the proper height of the Jetstream diaphragm cam.
More importantly, this 100 gram, three-in-one tool solves my single most hated task of scuba repair and maintenance -- the repair or replacement of the switch of the Jetstream second stage, which is only kept in place by a tiny lock washer, attached to a small post, for the diaphragm cam. The issue had been getting the dinky washer to seat as tightly as possible; otherwise the switch, sealed only by a small o-ring on its underside, will eventually leak.
More often than not, I could eventually get the damn thing to seat with the tips of needle-nose pliers but I could clearly understand why the manual explicitly advised, "Don't remove unless damaged!" because they know that its replacement absolutely sucks.
Exclamation marks in manuals, as a rule = not that great.
I recently had such a leak on one of my full face masks, barely noticeable but visible, in the right light, while soaking; and the switch had developed a bit more play than I would have liked. New, they are about as tight as a drum.
The assembly tool did a bang-up job, since its tip is hollow and shaped to accommodate both the switch post and the washer. While it did take a bit of force to accomplish, that switch is now going nowhere fast and is watertight . . .
