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GarryL · 11th January 2008, 10:38

Quote: (Originally Posted by Dive!Dive!)

Heres another solution I posted earlier. I've been diving this for a few months now and love it. It does make the whole rig heavy though....
Steve

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I suspect many of you, like me, need a reasonable amount of weight when diving with a drysuit. On OC this was easy to sort out with v weights, but since having my Meg I've been looking for another solution. Up until now I've been using a mixture of soft weight in the back of the CL + a weight inside the V of the plate.
I recently got some of Peter from V4Tec's weights and one of his STA, but instead of using the weights atached to the STA as intended (would be a pain on the Meg as I'm using jubilee clips rather than cambands), I've drilled my plate and attached them direct to that. I'm pleased with the results so thought I'd share a few pics. The advantage of this is that it is 30 secs to remove the weights or change for different size if moving from salt to fresh water.
If you want to do this, I found a 13mm (1/2 inch) hole with a 16mm countersink works a treat.
Top marks to Peter at V4Tec for service as well.
Cheers
Steve
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Steve, many thanks for this info too. My first plan was to cast some weights for attachment to the back of the backplate as I mostly dive in the UK and wouldn't need to remove weights more than a couple of times per year. Do your pictures show standard V weights? Is the attachment drilled right through the lead (doesn't appear so?) If not, what length bolt protrudes from lead? How much weight is attached - looks around 4 kilos? Any other detail? This also looks like a good solution and thanks for sharing. Cheers. Garry

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GarryL New Member Current Rebreather/s: Megalodon Other Rebreather/s: Inspiration Classic Megalodon Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London Posts: 17	Re: Shoulder Weighting the Meg Quote: (Originally Posted by Dive!Dive!) Heres another solution I posted earlier. I've been diving this for a few months now and love it. It does make the whole rig heavy though.... Steve ************************************************ *** I suspect many of you, like me, need a reasonable amount of weight when diving with a drysuit. On OC this was easy to sort out with v weights, but since having my Meg I've been looking for another solution. Up until now I've been using a mixture of soft weight in the back of the CL + a weight inside the V of the plate. I recently got some of Peter from V4Tec's weights and one of his STA, but instead of using the weights atached to the STA as intended (would be a pain on the Meg as I'm using jubilee clips rather than cambands), I've drilled my plate and attached them direct to that. I'm pleased with the results so thought I'd share a few pics. The advantage of this is that it is 30 secs to remove the weights or change for different size if moving from salt to fresh water. If you want to do this, I found a 13mm (1/2 inch) hole with a 16mm countersink works a treat. Top marks to Peter at V4Tec for service as well. Cheers Steve Attached Images Steve, many thanks for this info too. My first plan was to cast some weights for attachment to the back of the backplate as I mostly dive in the UK and wouldn't need to remove weights more than a couple of times per year. Do your pictures show standard V weights? Is the attachment drilled right through the lead (doesn't appear so?) If not, what length bolt protrudes from lead? How much weight is attached - looks around 4 kilos? Any other detail? This also looks like a good solution and thanks for sharing. Cheers. Garry
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