Cheap Rebreather.

[mark w]

Hi all,
Due to the missus spending over budget on various useless items. I find myself not having enough money to "live the dream" and but myself a new shiney yellow rebreather. However I now find all is not lost having found this forum section on home builds. I have therefore started to assemble what I believe to be some top quality components to start work in the shed. So far I have obtained:

An old snorkell - to use the mouth piece from.

Two lengths of hoover flexi - for the breathing loop.

A large nescafe catering coffee tin
2 medium sized scrubbing brushes
A bag of cat litter
These 3 items will be cleverly combined to create a scrubber.

An old wooppee cushion (unpunctured) - for the counter lung.

A sinclair Spectrum - for a trendy colour display.

A sinclair ZX81 - for redundency on the spectrum.

An empty fire extinguisher - for the oxygen.

A budgie - this will be on a perch linked up to the spectrum to monitor oxygen levels. (the budgie is of course yellow)

An old plastic bakery tray - to mount it all in for good looks.

I also have a van stacked full of plumbing fittings.

Technical expertise is not a problem as I have years of experience as a heating engineer dealing with all manner of pipework and plumbing systems etc. etc.

My question to you people is ........have I missed any major components.........and should I be able to complete all the assembly with a hammer two pairs of grips and a blowlamp.

Also does anybody now the paint code I will require to obtain an aerosol of the traditional yellow colour I need to finish it off.

[Diving Dude]

l think it would be a good idea for you to contact Digger, he made a couple of rebreathers out of similar bits and pieces.

[Mick F]

Originally Posted by mark w

My question to you people is ........have I missed any major components.........and should I be able to complete all the assembly with a hammer two pairs of grips and a blowlamp.

You forgot the bag of fidigits, and the quididle. FFS if you're serious about this thing then do it properly!!

Bloody amateurs, I just don't know...

Oh and before I forget

[tom]

Originally Posted by Diving Dude

l think it would be a good idea for you to contact Digger, he made a couple of rebreathers out of similar bits and pieces.

I was wondering if Digger had changed his username!

you do need to buy a yellow box to hide all the assembled crap in so that people think it's the real thing though...

[Owenter]

How about some sticky backed plastic, you can cut out some letters to make a catchy name.

A catchy name for this wonder of modern engineering anyone??

[Diving Dude]

Originally Posted by Owenter

A catchy name for this wonder of modern engineering anyone??

Got it.......... The inspiration







No, l forgot, someone else used the name for a rebreather made out of similar bits.

[Mick F]

Originally Posted by Diving Dude

Got it.......... The inspiration







No, l forgot, someone else used the name for a rebreather made out of similar bits.

PMSL!! Not allowed green you for that. I'll just have to bring a potato to Cyprus for ya

[Diving Dude]

Originally Posted by Mick F

I'll just have to bring a potato to Cyprus for ya

Just a potato??? hold on you haven't been on e-bay tonight biding for a spud with a willie.......just for me have you?

[mark w]

Having now sat down and drawn the basic design out I have come to a minor problem and cannot decide on the right way forward.....
Problem being:

Should the budgie also have his own little rebreather......and if so where can I get a really really small budgie from to use in that.

or

Do you think it would be acceptable for the budgie to be on open circuit to keep things simple.

The only problem I can see with the simple approach is that the bubbles from a budgie on open circuit may scare marine life away, thus going against a major principal of the rebreather..........

[Mick F]

Originally Posted by Diving Dude

Just a potato??? hold on you haven't been on e-bay tonight biding for a spud with a willie.......just for me have you?

Shite! I've been rumbled!