Vintage Scuba: Make Your Own Wetsuit - S06E10
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- Very early divers had to be very involved in the sport as most equipment was hand made, like wetsuits. Alec shows how he ordered a wet suit kit in the mail, cut all the parts from a paper pattern, then glued each piece together into his very first custom built wetsuit in 1965.
** In this episode of Vintage Scuba **
- wet suit kit ordered from "Central Skindiver's" of Jamaica, New York, USA for $19.95 USD
- kit included a sheet of 1/8 inch neoprene rubber
- divers cut their suit size following directions on a paper pattern
- use the supplied glue to fit each piece together
- finished wet suit was a jacket with beaver tail and high waisted pants
- coloured stripping was $1.95 to cover all the seams for that "Cousteau" wetsuit look
- rustproof zippers were $0.55 for a 6 inch or $075 for 9 inch
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You gotta love the old days!! You have to invest real time and effort in your hobbies and sports. This makes for greater satisfaction!! Nowadays, with the "fast food" mentality, and the society's quest for instant gratification, we lose this true pleasure of pursuing any certain hobby. Great video Alec (as always) !!
Thanks God.
It was fun in the old days when you had to understand how something worked to make it work.
Now we just go to Google and let someone else tell us how to do it. No brains involved.
Alec
@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter Couldn't agree more Alec!!!
Thank you. I'm interested in making my own wetsuit. This was nice to see the good old days. Remind me of my grandpa and uncles
You are so welcome!
A
That’s was great Alec. It’s great to see how scuba started out and how things where done then. Thank you for sharing the history and the love of the sport that you and all of us love to do. Thank you Kevin for all the hard work you do sir for filming and editing to make it all happen. I like to listen to the older divers because they know a lot and been through a lot with the diving in general
Thanks y’all
Well, thank you very much for your kind words and for watching our channel Will.
We have a lot of fun doing it but the comments are the best part.
Take care.
Alec
So much knowledge drop in this video! Respect!
Appreciate that.
Nice talk, thanks! Reminded me of alot....and learned too!
Glad you enjoyed it!
My father and grandfather used to do this also. The days before dive stores!
Yep! Make your own suit was very common and it was a matter of pride that a diver could say that he made it himself. Not any more. Pity!
Alec
Thanks! Awesome video is usual.
Thanks Mystic.
Alec
Always a pleasure to watch your videos Alec. Great video as always. Miss you at the shop. Hope to speak soon.
Cheers!
There's the odd day when I miss going to the shop too - but I fight it off.
It's another wonderful period of my long and varied life that's over.
Thanks for watching.
Alec
I was young at the time, I spent the Rent Money buying my first wet suit and my wife wasn't very happy about it, I use to stitch and glue any alterations I made, the training involved 13 weeks to become a Snorkel diver then progress on to air cylinders to become known as a S.CU.B.A. (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus) Diver..
Thanks for posting Alec it reminded me when I young fit and liked a challenge........
Wow! Sounds like my course in 1960.
We had to certify as a YMCA Life Saver first, then a YMCA Skin Diver and finally we got to try scuba.
Long and difficult is the way scuba courses used to be but, I was determined to be a frogman like Mike Nelson.
Thankfully those days are over.
Take care.
Alec
great video.....still have plans and old roll of yellow stripes
"NO MOM I HAVENT SEEN YOUR GOOD SCISSORS" LMFAO!
Aha! You know my mom!
Glad to bring back old memories.
Take care.
Alec
As a mom, I admit- I too covet my good scissors. At least you used your mom's good scissors toward starting a life-long hobby/career. I'm sure she's smiling down on you. 🥰
Thanks for this wonderful video. I love hearing about the good old days.
😁 Thank You Sir
You are welcome.
A
My brothers made their own in the late fifties! We had a pool that was a local scuba practice pool at 11 feet deep!
Very common back then. There simply were no dive stores.
Take care.
Alec
Really cool
Pretty neat huh.
Thanks for watching Den.
Alec
under surface stuff kick ass. Cool.
Here's me kicking!!
Alec
Those early patterns with high waist pants are still very popular with freediving and spearfishing.
Also the smooth neoprene has a little advantage to nylon coating: it drys faster and therefore its chill effect is reduced when you out of the water.
Skin 1 side, or smooth neoprene on the outside, is making quite a comeback partly for that reason and because it is thought to be faster for Triathletes.
To me it's odd to see a neoprene rubber suit - we hated them so much long ago.
But at least with the nylon inside it;'s easy to get on.
Take care.
Alec
Used to be an ad (80's) in Skin Diver magazine for a custom fit wetsuit, for some crazy low $. You;d take about a dozen measurements, and 6 weeks later you had a 1/4" rupper one side, fabric lined, custo suit!
Same idea! Cheap and a bit of bother but it worked although today's suits are so stretchy and form-fitting.
Alec
@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter so stiff we used a combo of dish soap and water to get it on! hahahaha
So, for a costume, i need to make a steamer/springsuit. Whilst i intend for it to be made to quality, i dont anticipate actually using it in water. Do you have anywhere i could look for a pattern? Or any suggestions?
If you're not diving and just using it for cosplay, find a sewing pattern in your size and use the template to cut out a comfortable suit. Sound like a plan?
A
@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter finding the pattern is the issue.
Much Appreciated. Could i Purchase the pattern to make a suit? I'm 2 meters tall and it's impossible to find one that fits me. Thank you.
I don't know of any patterns available for home made use. My pattern here is extremely fragile and one of kind. There are several vintage wet/dry suit makes online who will custom make one. Search Google for oceaner.com is one I did a video on.
A.
Is it possible to find this pattern somewhere on the internet? I'd like to try to make a vintage look diving suit for spear fishing here in Italy
Don't think so. You can buy new vintage styled suites from a few makers but using a home made pattern, good luck.
Alec
@@AlecPeirceScuba_SeaHunter thanks mate! Keep it up, I love old stuff! Id like to try a spring speargun someday!
I bought my first set of gear from central skin divers.
I'll bet there were thousands of divers who got a helping hand from Honest Archie.
Take care.
Alec
"lightweight triple Navy tank, not the bulky doubles" - love seeing old ads
Yep! They're pretty funny to look at today.
But back then we took them seriously.
Great fun.
Take care Alain.
Alec
Hey Alec Matt from San Diego. I think I have a super old hookah from the 30s cast tank and all can I send you a pic of it?
Yes please.
Send it to seahunter@vintagescuba.com .
Alec
Alec Peirce Scuba sent you the email Alec. Thanks for the help!
That's what i am. Total Involvment Scuba. And i havn't even done it yet. I'm trying to figure out what's the easiest way to breathe underwater. I'm against the tanks. They're big and don't hold that much breathing time. I'm constantly investigating tube techniques from land to sea. And there's no info on the subject! Which is rediculous given it's infinite air supply! People are more interested in "the places to be" than actually being underwatwer. I want infinite air. Airtime bums me out.
Infinite air means infinite possibilities.