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Twin HP 40's with USD single bar manifold
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 7:24 pm
by ScubaLawyer
Here are a few shots of my latest creation. Thanks loads to several forum members contributed assorted parts for the project.
Karl at Scubamuseum - Indianapolis.
Bill at PSI - Texas.
Rob at The Scuba Museum - Cincinnati.
The guy at the dive show whose truck the 40's fell off the back of (good story which I will recount another time).
I took it out for a test dive yesterday and caught dinner! No bubble leaks at 3442 PSI!. Mark.
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Re: Twin HP 40's with USD single bar manifold
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 9:10 pm
by Bryan
Nice! New marketing strategy....Argonaut Kraken red hoses cause lobsters to jump on your back and beg to be taken home.....
Re: Twin HP 40's with USD single bar manifold
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 12:15 am
by antique diver
Nice rig Mark! I bet it dives as good as it looks.
Re: Twin HP 40's with USD single bar manifold
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:28 am
by ScubaLawyer
antique diver wrote:Nice rig Mark! I bet it dives as good as it looks.
The balance on a short twin set is amazing. For some reason I figured it would have similar buoyancy characteristics as my steel LP 95. Turns out I had to take 10 pounds of weight off so I wouldn't do a Capt. Nemo away-mission walk along the bottom.
Re: Twin HP 40's with USD single bar manifold
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2014 1:38 pm
by ScubaLawyer
Here is a better photo. Mark
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Re: Twin HP 40's with USD single bar manifold
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2015 10:38 pm
by 1969ivan1
That looks like a lot of fun. Diving and getting lobsters at the same time.
Re: Twin HP 40's with USD single bar manifold
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 3:12 am
by 9fingers
Very cool! I'm very interested what wing, bands and harness you are using.
I have a pair of OMS LP 45's that for some time I've hoped to double-up. I believe they are 5.3" longer than yours, hopefully not too long for good buoyancy while using my double-hose regs. Each of my cylinders are about three pounds heavier than yours, but I always dive in a drysuit here and the extra weight is not a disadvantage.
Tim
Re: Twin HP 40's with USD single bar manifold
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 9:20 am
by ScubaLawyer
9fingers wrote:Very cool! I'm very interested what wing, bands and harness you are using.
Tim
18lb Oxy-Cheq wing; 5.5 in. bands from DiveGearExpress.com; and a VDH backplate with 2 in. webbing. Good luck. Mark.
Re: Twin HP 40's with USD single bar manifold
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2015 1:39 pm
by 9fingers
Thanks Mark! Tim