St. Andrew's jetties dive video

[jhayes75]

The main part of the housing is 4" PVC with a piece of thick glas glued to the end. Then I took a 4" pvc end cap and cut out the back except for a 1/4" lip for a second seal on the glass. On the other end is a 4" pressure test plug. ( they are built not to leak). I have had it down to 100ft at least with no moisture at all on the inside. The only down side is that uou have to turn it on and off above water. You have to edit the video anyway so its not really a problem. I only have about $15 bucks in the housing. I think thats better than the other option,,,buying a housing$$$$$$$$.

What type of glass did you use and what did you use to cut it perfectly?

 

[jhayes75]

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[JPENDERGRAST]

I'm still relatively new to Gulf diving, but what kind of fish is that when the video gets to 1:36? Is that a scorpionfish?

Thanks.

 

[kalik]

yes a scorpionfish. the lookdowns in the video are very cool also

 

[aucade]

For the glass I went to a glass / window repair shop and took in the PVC and he cut it to fit for about $10 bucks. I think it is 1/4" tempered glass

 

[denisegg]

Awesome video. That is one of my favorite beach dives also.

 

[jhayes75]

For the glass I went to a glass / window repair shop and took in the PVC and he cut it to fit for about $10 bucks. I think it is 1/4" tempered glass

well you did it right. That is what I was wondering if you used tempered glass.

 

[ClanMom]

Finally got to see the edited version. Good job!

 

[mwhities]

Great video. Very good since you didn't have a view finder. (So it looks with your camera pictures.)

Michael

 

[BNow0707]

The main part of the housing is 4" PVC with a piece of thick glas glued to the end. Then I took a 4" pvc end cap and cut out the back except for a 1/4" lip for a second seal on the glass.

Ok so you glued the glass to the PVC pipe first and then cut and glued the cut out end cap over the glass/pipe?