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Commercial diving, offshore diving, inland diving, military diving

Experience in the area

US Army engineer diver, Navy dive school instructor, Florida State University instructor, US EPA instructor, YMCA/CMAS instructor, commercial diving company owner.

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Association of diving contractors international

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Underwater magazine, scuba news, AAUS Slate

Education/Credentials

US Army diving supervisor, YMCA / CMAS instructor, Association diving contractors diving supervisor. Diving since 1992

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richard11/23/10101010great answers. very helpful

Recent Answers from Jeffrey Lane

2010-11-22 UNDERWATER WELDING:

No it would have to be mounted inside the sub or on surface - not waterproof.    If you are only doing underwater cutting then you could go with a battery ignition system, that could be submerged along

2010-11-18 deep diving:

It is both depth and time dependant, you can find examples of appropriate time / depth combinations in the US Navy Dive manual:    http://www.supsalv.org/00c3_publications.asp    Issues effecting depth

2009-05-05 Career Diving Training:

Hey Jeffrey,    Could you give me a more specific description of what type of training you are looking for?    There are many types of professional (career) diving operations:     Industrial diving / commercial

2008-11-19 Luxfer Manufacturing Video:

Here is aluminum:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAgSU6BCpsY    and Here is steel:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzVogfVxXPc&feature=related    I am not sure if the one from Luxfer is still available

2008-08-05 air tank valve:

By insert I am assuming your have a DIN valve and the insert you removed was to allow for a SCUBA yoke connection.    You can take it to a shop and ask for it to be O2 cleaned or remove it from your cylinder

 

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