Here are my first two attempts to rig an Al 80 has my pony bottle, the first one was not so great after I realized that i had ended up chaining myself to the tank and that the plastic zip strips would not stay in place when walking around my apartment.
Second attempt has proved much more reliable, I changed out the plastic zip straps for a metal hose clamp and replaced the handle and most of the chain at the K-Valve with rope
and than ran black and white electrical tape over the hose clamp to cover any sharp edges as well as around the rope to hold the rope together for the handle.
So far after one dive things have worked out, just have to practice the attachment and disconnection with 3 finger gloves on.
If anyone has any advice or tips on how I could make this thing any better it would be greatly appreciated
Cheers
Second attempt has proved much more reliable, I changed out the plastic zip straps for a metal hose clamp and replaced the handle and most of the chain at the K-Valve with rope
and than ran black and white electrical tape over the hose clamp to cover any sharp edges as well as around the rope to hold the rope together for the handle.
So far after one dive things have worked out, just have to practice the attachment and disconnection with 3 finger gloves on.
If anyone has any advice or tips on how I could make this thing any better it would be greatly appreciated
Cheers