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posted by Lars Kirchhoff on 2007/09/13

Home-made housings (amusing)

Home-made housings
We are listing a fair amount of underwater housings for digital cameras and camcorders for more then 5 years now. Most of these housings are quite expensive and most of the times they are even more expensive then the actual camera or camcorder. It is understandable that some people try to find alternative solution to that expensive solution. We have gathered some of these solution (some of them are funny) within this short article and hope, that we might encourage more people to tell us their home-made housing story.
The quick and dirty solution (or cheap yet shameful)
This isn't quite a housing actually, but a waterproof solution for a camera. It is reported that Navy SEALS commonly use two condoms to seal firing assemblies for their underwater explosives, having thus coined the term: "Dual Waterproof Firing Assemblies". You can find an article that is a tribute to their ingenuity, and which expands on the concept of the waterproof condom, in order to make a waterproof housing for my digital camera (and other consumer electronics).
The more serious solutions
Underwater Video Camera / Camcorder Housing for less than $50
This solution is less then 50$ in total. Here are the parts you need:
Igloo (or similar) insulated water jug - $4
Sheet of Lexan or Plexiglass - $5 (enough to make several lenses)
PVC fitting, threaded at one end, flared at the other, about 2 inches across - $3
Fast Cure 5200 marine-grade adhesive/sealant - $5 (way more than needed)
Teflon plumbers tape - $??? (way more than needed, had it on-hand)
Industrial-strength Velcro - $10 (way more than needed)
Pair of metal door handles - $5
Two metal bands (type used to connect rubber hoses), 5" to 7" fit - about $5
OPTIONAL - water sensor - $10


A bit more style for 70$
This housing is $70 worth of parts. You can start your cam recording. it has been down to 92 feet salt water and has made a total of 6 repeat dives with open/close cycles in between. This is an extremely comprehensive article on how to build a custom made housing, out of material you find in your plumber and hardware store.


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If you have the money it is not that hard to build your own house...maybe the plumbing is a little tricky

posted by plumbing services on 2008/01/09 Romania

You obviously have the hand of a plumber... I on the other hand I am constantly dependent on my plumber so I don't think I could handle these tasks without help. Thanks for sharing the tips with us, I am still thinking about trying them.

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posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 2011/03/05 Pakistan

All the tactics given here for home made housing are worth trying. They are reasonable if really giving the results as described in the article. It can be tried as an experiment and even can make some changes according to our needs. I found all the tricks interesting and wonderful. I was in search of such thing from many days and got to read about it on this site. I am diving from last three years and searching all the information regarding the cameras and other accessories for diving on net from some days. I am glad to get such nice information here.

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