What's The Best Way to Shorten Spool Line? #AskMark #scuba @ScubaDiverMagazine
Alphry Lee
@alphrylee771
Hi Mark,
I recently bought a new spool that has a lot of excess line. The end of the line is setup perfectly, hence I am wondering if there is a way to trim the access line from the end which attaches to the spool. #askmark
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00:00 Introduction
00:52 Question
01:08 Answer
#AskMark Hello from Egypt Mark! I’ve been diving for around 10 years now, cleaning my regs hundreds of times… one thing that I keep thinking about, but never really understood is: Why don’t regulator manufacturing companies just make a “seal” instead of a dust cap so that we can just submerge the 1st stage?
Some do.
DIN is easier to create an effective seal compared to A-Clamp because the O-Ring is prominent. The problem comes is that not all dust caps are water/air tight so, it’s hard to say to everybody watching my videos that “_all dust caps are safe_” because some will leak and let water in.
Unless the manufacturer describes their dust cap as water tight, I’d assume that it isn’t.
Cool trick I learned for the dropped spool scenario: https://youtu.be/BK3mJg4894E
In the US they are called spade bits.
Makes sense, they’re shaped like a spade
#AskMark the “drill bit” is either known as a “Flat Wood Drill Bit” or more correctly a “Spade Bit”. :)
That’s it, useful for more than just drilling holes