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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] pressure hull parts arrived
Congradulations! Your on your way to the sea.
David
>From: Alec Smyth <Asmyth@changepoint.com>
>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>To: "PSUBS (E-mail)" <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] pressure hull parts arrived
>Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2001 10:22:43 -0400
>
>Yesterday was a big day, because my pressure hull parts were delivered. It
>was an interesting psychological milestone. I've seen hundreds of photos of
>pressure hulls, whether in books or right here on psubs. I've seen a number
>of psubs up close and personal. But it was still an absolute shock to see
>my
>own pieces in the flesh. I've spent years figuring out the specifications
>for these parts. I understand it from an intellectual perspective. However,
>in a way that's very hard to convey, in going from CAD files to tangible
>pieces of steel, everything got much bigger. I mean the parts are
>outrageously, unreasonably, egregiously... heavy. Presumably I will now
>gradually get used to it, and one day when I put the sub in the ocean it
>will probably "shrink" again. But for now, its OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL AM I
>GOING TO DO WITH THIS MONSTER! The idea that two trolling motors will move
>it seems preposterous.
>
>I now understand why John Farrington's photos feature all those ingenious
>block-and-tackle arrangements. This is going to be some sort of Egyptian
>pyramid-building operation, and as subs go mine is tiny. Its evident the
>greatest danger in a psub is not flooding, fire, or implosion, but death in
>your garage by squashing.
>
>The unloading process took three hours. It took an hour to get this beast
>off the truck and onto the ground. Then another hour to get it onto the
>dolly and into the garage -- I had to tow the dolly with my lawn tractor.
>The third hour I spent staring at it like a zombie.
>
>cheers,
>
>- Alec
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