Backplates

On Wed, 03 Nov 2004 17:33:35 GMT,
spamPetespam@spamderwentspamelec.spa....spamco. spamuk (Pete S.)
wrote:


>
>You only need to fit those if you have a badly designed plate. Like
>the custard divers plate / wing I threw into a corner in my garage
>that kept on breaking......
>

And for the pedants out there it was the plate / wing that kept on
breaking, not the corner of my garage......

Pete S.

"Pete S." <spamPetespam@spamderwentspamelec.spamclara.spamco .spamuk> wrote
in message news:418916e9.40775828@news.clara.net...

>
> And for the pedants out there it was the plate / wing that kept on
> breaking, not the corner of my garage......
>
> Pete S.

How do you break a plate?

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:20:56 -0000, "GregW" <h@h.com> wrote:

>
>"Pete S." <spamPetespam@spamderwentspamelec.spamclara.spamco .spamuk> wrote
>in message news:418916e9.40775828@news.clara.net...
>
>>
>> And for the pedants out there it was the plate / wing that kept on
>> breaking, not the corner of my garage......
>>
>> Pete S.
>
>How do you break a plate?
>
Never been to a Greek restaurant?

David

rads wrote:
> GregW wrote:
>> "Pete S." wrote
>>
>>> And for the pedants out there it was the plate / wing that kept on
>>> breaking, not the corner of my garage......
>>
>> How do you break a plate?
>>
> Never been to a Greek restaurant?

I don't think they'd tackle one of ours. One evening when we were
in party mode the subject came up and one went in the yard and
we drove the van over it. It marked the yard and maybe slightly
deburred the plate. There was talk of trying some of the more exotic
stuff down at the ballistics range but I suspect they would have
pulled our contract if we were caught playing games.

nigelH

On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 17:20:56 -0000, "GregW" <h@h.com> wrote:

>
>"Pete S." <spamPetespam@spamderwentspamelec.spamclara.spamco .spamuk> wrote
>in message news:418916e9.40775828@news.clara.net...
>
>>
>> And for the pedants out there it was the plate / wing that kept on
>> breaking, not the corner of my garage......
>>
>> Pete S.
>
>How do you break a plate?
>
>
The plate was a piss poor design.

The plastic components kept breaking on the harness and the wing.

The bladders, erm, "escaped".

Pete S.

> [FX: Sob!] Indeed, the end of an era

Well done Nigel, it gave me the impetus to make my own quality Aluiminium
backplate, after buying a crap DiveRong product, and single tank adapter.

*** unashamed plug follows***

I do have some of my hard-anodised aluminium backplates and single tank
adapters available at sensible prices.

Both items are completely finished and ready to have a harness and bands
fitted.

PDF's available.

TonyH. tony@samesamediving.com

>Keith S. <false@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> Err, no. You really don't want to do that unless you want to f**k up
>> your drysuit. The wingnuts will dig into your back. The first backplate
>> I had (Custard Divers one) was like that, and it was changed pretty quick
>> when I saw what it was doing to my suit...
>
>how about if you use <http://tinyurl.com/4ulyz> these?

Nah.

WozKnobs

http://www.kitfondle.co.uk/bp_accs/bp_accs.htm

And over a fiver cheaper too.

John Kendall <news@johnkendall.com> wrote in news:2ursh7F2dk6t1U1@uni-
berlin.de:

> david wrote:
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>> "Nigel Hewitt" <news@REMOVETHISnigelhewitt.net> wrote in message
>> news:41889999$1@news.star.co.uk...
>>
>>>Nigel Hewitt wrote:
>>>
>>>>They have promised me a number for how many we made of the years.
>>>>I would guess 200 or so.
>>>
>>>And the breaking news from the Combro accounts guy is
>>>
>>>7+10+(13x25) = 342
>>>
>>>Of which I have one and one is waiting for CAS so
>>>there are 340 out there somewhere.
>>>
>>>nigelH
>>
>> I have one....................... this could take a long time.
>
> I've got one of the second Batch, and know about another 5 or 6
>
> John

One day I'll be able to tell my grandchildren that 'yes, I owned a Combro
BP'! They will be so proud of their grandfather...

--
Michael Wolf
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In article <Xns959A118ABA310michaelwolfstopspamt@195.130.132. 69>,
Michael Wolf <michael.wolf@advalvasstopspam.be> wrote:

>One day I'll be able to tell my grandchildren that 'yes, I owned a Combro
>BP'! They will be so proud of their grandfather...

No no no... One day you'll be able to GIVE it to your grandchildren, and
you'll be able to give it to theirs... These suckers will last forever!

Gordon (Another Combro owner)

gordon@lion.drogon.net (Gordon Henderson) wrote in
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> In article <Xns959A118ABA310michaelwolfstopspamt@195.130.132. 69>,
> Michael Wolf <michael.wolf@advalvasstopspam.be> wrote:
>
>>One day I'll be able to tell my grandchildren that 'yes, I owned a
>>Combro BP'! They will be so proud of their grandfather...
>
> No no no... One day you'll be able to GIVE it to your grandchildren,
> and you'll be able to give it to theirs... These suckers will last
> forever!
>
> Gordon (Another Combro owner)
>

Hmmm, now that you mention it...

Centuries from now my descendants will still praise me for having bought it
for they will be one of the 340 blessed families (OK, I know, it's over the
top).

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Michael Wolf
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