Excellent article. Thanks for posting that. I do a decent share of welding in the NY Harbor area, and was a welder topside before I became a diver. Metallurgy fascinates me when it pertains to my work , so I copied this article and put it in my…
p.s. yeah, the big one was Lockout-Tagout. I was just in a fire pump draught chamber today at Hess Second reserve welding anodes. When I got to the grating leading into the chamber, I heard a rumble that turned out to be a nearby tugboat operating,…
Yah, Portadam is notorious for scuba work. This is just too sad. There're too many things to go wrong on a working dive to wear a reg that could be yanked out, have hoses everywhere, no comms, no double or triple safety buffers or anything. I…
Top ten reasons to become a commercial diver:
10 - The camaraderie.
9 - Getting to see and do what few people ever get to experience.
8 - Divers get to tell good stories to people who have no idea what we do.
7 - Divers get to fabricate even…
I'll agree with FLYNN on some good points.
I started diving keeping the bailout valve open, as school recommended, but I lost all my air on a dive and didnt' know it until I saw my gauge when I was prepping for my next dive. Apparently I…