Homemade Scuba Gear

This is some home-made scuba gear me and my friend put together summer of '06.

The main air tank is actually a garden sprayer, and holds about 8 liters (2 gallons) of air compressed at 40psi. The tank is encased in concrete to make it neutrally boyant. The tubes across my chest are filled with rocks, and help neutralize our bouyancy. This design allows us to dive for 2 minutes straight, 10 or 11 feet underwater. This whole setup cost us about $55.

We now have much better scuba gear, with a 10 gallon tank that can hold 80psi. It allows us to dive for 15 minutes straight at a depth of 10 or 11 feet. The new setup cost about $60.

Keep in mind that this is very dangerous, and should not be attempted by anyone without proper scuba training (like us). I am not responsible in any way for any injuries you may sustain emulating something in this video. To put it simply, do not try this at home. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

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[mattmanavy]

a full breath of air taken down as little as 1/5th of an atmosphere (6ft) underwater and held while you assent will pop your lungs and you wont even realize it until you caugh up blood and get a brain hemmorage. Important things like this are the reason people undergo dive training so they don't kill themselves...be careful kid..

[nickharristh]

Anyone who says you should be qualified to know what your doing is not 100% right... I mean I've dived with PADI (Put Another Dollar In) OW certified people who had no idea what they were doing at times. With the video... just watch your self guys like @mattmanavy said.. over-expansion of the lungs is serious shit.

[skatedonthate88]

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[spongbob202]

@jstnmlr i have recently found that out for myself while looking for a tank for scuba diving.

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@spongbob202

Pure O2 can be extremely toxic at very shallow depths. Beware.

[markuslebt]

cool

[deathToVoldemort]

Yeah, I made a set-up once out of a few hundred condoms...

[DV8EDD]

hmm, not too wise at the end of the day. ten feet is one thing, attempting something this foolish deeper is reckless at best.