Dan Foster Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 An engineering friend of mine is working on designs for supplementing our nation's ventilator supply with alternative devices that can be rapidly produced. He's currently trying to make a ventilator helmet (sorta like a diving bell helmet) and is looking for one or more drysuit or SCUBA neck gaskets to validate a prototype design. Does anyone have an unused neck gasket, or know how to get in touch with a kayak shop owner who might have them in stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spuglisi Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 You might try calling Newbury kayak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Foster Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 From what I understand, he's been calling dive shops, but most are closed as "non-essential businesses" and aren't open or answering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Foster Posted March 28, 2020 Author Share Posted March 28, 2020 Thanks for the offers to help! In the time between when I passed along my friend's request for drysuit gaskets before heading off to sleep on Friday night and the time I just work up on Saturday morning, his team has made the decision to switch to a design that uses an off-the-shelf full face mask for snorkeling instead of a "bucket over the head with a neck gasket" design, thinking that the former will be cheaper and easier to source in mass quantities than the neck gaskets. I'll get back in touch if they decide to reconsider a design that needs neck gaskets, but for now, we can go back to using them for drysuit repairs. Thanks again for the offers to help! - Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
detorres Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 In the future: I have great service from APS and they fit Kokotat (unlike NRS) https://www.apsltd.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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