Machining and SCUBA-diving; is there a correlation?

[Pete W.]

Hi there, all,

I've noticed that several members of this forum and of other machining & Model Engineering fora make references to SCUBA-diving.

I personally engaged in SCUBA diving in a small way from 1956 until the late seventies.  I eventually gave up because my employers seemed unable to bear my absence at weekends so I couldn't dive regularly enough to keep in training.

Looking back on those years, I have concluded that I took up the sport more because I was intrigued by the diving apparatus than because I couldn't resist the call of the dark, cold, heaving English Channel!

I wonder what other Modders think - are our brains all wired in a way that attracts us to machines and ingenious mechanical devices?  Or is it just a statistical thing that X% of people are drawn to workshop devices and Y% to SCUBA diving and there just happens to be some overlap?

Best regards,

Pete W.

[Brass_Machine]

Hi Pete!

I got certified when I was 15. Growing up in Maine, the water probably wasn't any better than the Channel. Cold and dark... year round.

I have a tinkerer friend that built his own rebreather.

Eric

[Rob.Wilson]

Hi Pete

 I got into scuba to look at rusty lumps of iron on the sea bed  , learnt to dive in the North sea , I did make quite a few stainless steel  SMB reels  and the likes .


Rob

[AdeV]

I've always fancied scuba diving, but never got around to trying it. Then again, I struggle to use a snorkel properly, so I'd probably be a disaster with proper diving kit...

[yorkie_chris]

Yep!

I'm fairly hooked TBH.

Out as much as I can and have a load of parts on the way for a homebuilt rebreather

[Jonny]

Not in to scuba but do use some of the stuff
ie a couple of 232bar to decant in to from 12ltr 300bar cylinders, regs etc