Diving Concepts Dry Glove Replacement (4 Parts)

[dherbert]

We have a winner.

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Ken

Dude, where's your stuff? Did you get robbed? Is that supposed to be a work bench?

I resent organization. Okay, maybe I envy it.

[orangelion03]

Looks like my dentist's office. Nothing like any real workbench I've ever seen.

[CompuDude]

I've seen Ken's pad, once. Eerily clean.

I know I have a post-it where I wrote down a neat quote about lack of clutter here somewhere...

[Mo2vation]

Its my office. Its the spare desk in my office. I use it for, you know, assembling stuff, cleaning stuff, PHOTOGRAPHING stuff...

Clean is good.

Kalani - yeah... he's one of about 4 or 5 people that have breached the gates.

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Ken

[SparticleBrane]

Nice rabbit pics.

So you have quotes about keeping things clean? Let's hear 'em...maybe they could help me get motivated to clean my room. Place is a pigsty.

[CompuDude]

"If a cluttered desk signs a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"
-- Albert Einstein

[College Diver]

Great write up, the tool, by the way, is a thing of genius - I can't imagine trying to do this without one.

Time to fab the ring tool: 15 minutes (including deburring and sanding)
Time to swap gloves for the first time: 20 minutes (had a couple slips that sent me back to step 1 twice)

It was literally that easy.

Looking forward to diving with dry hands this weekend...

Thanks

CD

[Ben V]

What did you use to cut the groove?

(ps got any spare pieces of ABS? Can I bribe you to make an extra one for me? )

[College Diver]

Sure, I think I can manage another.
PM me with your address.

I used a table saw.

The blade kerf was about 3/32, a little more than I would have liked, but the end result was a very good channel which retains the o-ring well without trapping it.

I set the blade height to maybe 1/16... eyeballed it to be honest with you.

Set the fence at 3/8, about half the distance for a 3/4 ring

made many quick, short passes across the blade, until the channel depth was uniform.

then I cut the 3/4 thick section away from the rest of the flange

the sander took care of most of the deburring, I used an exacto blade for the rest, and finished with a sanding sponge.

after all the finish work was done across the surfaces, I went to the band saw and opened the hoop to facilitate the "squoosh".

The thing works exactly as advertised.



Thanks again Ken!!!

[Ben V]

Cool, Thanks.

(Yeah and I wouldn't know what to do with a table saw other than make myself bleed)

BTW anyone have the part number and a 3rd party source for the outer O-rings that hold the glove on?

[Mo2vation]

Cool, Thanks.

(Yeah and I wouldn't know what to do with a table saw other than make myself bleed)

BTW anyone have the part number and a 3rd party source for the outer O-rings that hold the glove on?

My tool is so ghetto. I cut the ring with a hacksaw while leaning the pipe on a stair with my foot. I cut my groove with the corner of a file. I rounded the edges with another rasp. I can't wait to see CollegeDiver's high end tool made with power tools!

Ben - I'd come away from the saw with 9 fingers.

However - if you find the number for that inner-ring - share it. I haven't found it yet. Did you try TDS? Lots of poindexters over there with Oring guides and hard copies of the McMaster catalog...

God love 'em.

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Ken

[College Diver]

I can't wait to see CollegeDiver's high end tool made with power tools!

I think I can arrange that

[seavonj]

Was that a 4" I.D or O.D on the size of the tool?

Ben,

If I get a hold of a piece of PVC I can cut a few of the tools. Maybe even use my router.

[College Diver]

The ABS Coupling I am using is marked as 4" .

However, after a sidebar with Compu Dude, I measured the OD at 5".

A Table saw with a variable height blade adjustment works very well for both creating the O-ring groove and separating the hoop from the stock.

[Ben V]

Can anyone cover the alternate A clamp method?