Making a 3d-printed Underwater Dive Helmet With A Floating Air Supply

https://slrpnk.net/post/35056245

Making a 3d-printed Underwater Dive Helmet With A Floating Air Supply - SLRPNK

Lemmy

First thought was nope nope nope to diy diving helmet, but looks like it would be quick to remove so not too bad. Feels way overengineered if you just wanted to sit in your pool though.

I know snorkels get into problems with depth as your lungs can’t inhale against the pressure. But I am curious how deep that would get you. The dead air in the snorkel is another issue but you can solve that easily with some valves or just exhaling through your nose. Bit impractical to have a very long rigid snorkel but a tube attached to a float could work. Just not sure what the depth limit would be before you can’t fill your lungs anymore. 1m? 5m?

His design is essentially a diving bell helmet with a pressurized feed of air from an air compressor, so the lungs don’t have to overcome breathing through a snorkel. He plans to use it in shallow areas around Florida, he was only testing it in his pool.
Though this is awesome and cool, but I feel like we’re waiting for the first “I have no clue about physics or what I’m doing” ending up dead
Considering the other content he’s produced I’d say this guy at least understands pressure reasonably well. The crab reference is a nod to the scary shit pressure can do to … Living things. (There’s some really nsfl shit out there on the topic.)

I’m sure he understands it all

Will all the viewers who are going to replicate this thing understand it?

Certainly not.

The first time I read how to make thermite, smoke bombs, etc… I definitely was too young to fully work out the ramifications of my actions.

With that said: how many people ignore warnings that are clearly posted? That’s a human flaw. It’s not age gated. Needing to see for ourselves that the stove is hot sometimes is the only way we learn. Acknowledging this - does it mean we shouldn’t provide the knowledge because somone may do something stupid? I don’t believe that should be the case.

In short: people are going to do dumb shit - but I don’t think that means we need to over engineer the world to protect them from themselves.