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09-14-2007, 01:04 AM
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DIY Weights
Any best way to do it?
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09-14-2007, 09:07 AM
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I made my soft weights with Flag Material (just ask for it at a sewing shop) and some nylon thread (just like fishing line). Just cut out a rectangle and fold it in half the sew up the two sides. Flip it inside out and fill it with the approiate weight of lead shot (I used #8 shot) then sew up the top. I bought white flag material so that I could write on it with a black magic marker with my initials and weight. They sell lots of different colors of flag material so if you wanted to you could get a different color for each different weight.
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09-14-2007, 01:30 PM
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I'm looking at soft weights
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09-14-2007, 02:33 PM
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just curious, how is soft weights bad, lead is lead?? unless the birds eat the little bb's thinking it is food? just trying to be PC for information
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Next time you go diving, take out your soft weights when you done for the day, and leave them sitting in one place for a half hour. Take look underneath them. The milky-white liquid you see is lead powder. Lead powder is not a very healthy substance to have around. Soft weights, by design, enclose a bunch of lead shot in a little bag. Every time they more a tiny amount, all those little balls of lead rub up against each other. Lead is soft. This makes for a continuous source of lead powder. |
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09-14-2007, 03:29 PM
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Makes sense... I suppose if you have a bag that could seal real nice it wouldn't matter though
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