Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] "Propane Tank" fatalities?

["Dale's" <heinzind@cadvision.com>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Captain Nemo <vulcania@interpac.net>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 1:41 AM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] "Propane Tank" fatalities?


>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Alex Wolfe" <awolfe_98@yahoo.com>
>To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 5:27 AM
>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] "Propane Tank" fatalities?
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>> You did the welding yourself, correct?  Do you know
>> how much it would cost to have someone do the welding
>> for you?  I'm not a welder, and would feel
>> inadequately prepared by whatever experience I could
>> gather within a year or so...
>
>Hi Alex,
>
>Not speaking for Dale, but professional welding services cost money.
>
>The builder of a steel submarine has two alternatives: (1) pay someone to
do
>it for you; or (2) do it yourself.  If you're going to do it yourself,
>you've got to be skilled in metal fabrication.  What's more important, the
>journey or the objective?  If, in building a submarine, you first become a
>welder, that skill will benefit you for the rest of your life, and possibly
>lead you to even greater things.  Don't be in a hurry, Brah.  In life,
>getting there is oftentimes not as valuable as going there.
>
>Pat
>
>

I agree.. I enjoy the building of the sub very much.. I have taken a basic
welding course, and have 2 friends that are pressure welders to assist me
(and look at my work from time to time).. I have done most of the welding
myself, however there are a couple of pieces that I had them weld.  I am
also getting pretty good at welding.   Its just practice., and yup I have
had to redo a couple of pieces, but that is all in the learning..

dale