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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Decisions decisions decisions....
Great ideas- Some of the toughest material I've ever used in similar circumstances is used or broken farm equipment drive belts. Some of the main drive belts for combines, cotton pickers,etc. are usually very long when cut and are very thick. Some are as wide as 4-6 inches. They can be had for nothing. Any farm equipment dealer, repair shops and local farmers will give you all you can load up. You can cut them, drill them, bolt em' together and make about anything and they are damned near indestructible. Best regards, Mark
---------- Original Message -------------------------------- From: Garry Muir <garry.muir4@virgin.net>
Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 20:11:58 +0000
>I would be very interested in how you are going to construct the parts
>of the habitat out of tires Warren, as an ex fisherman I have used quite
>a few bits of gear made out of used tires and I must admit they are
>bomb proof I have used tire cookies for footropes and tire strips on the
>underside of shellfish dredges. If you stay near any industrial area or
>docks its also worth getting hold of used elevator belt its not as tough
>but easier to work with and usually comes in strips 1.00-1.50 meters in
>width they change belts pretty regularly in most factories as its a real
>pain when it parts during production. Polypropylene matting is also
>fairly tough and cheap to make yourself if you are needing a protective
>and bouyant cladding for a habitat, the split film soft laid PP will not
>nip and chafe the inner membrane of the habitat.
>
>Regards, Garry
>On Thursday, December 4, 2003, at 04:29 pm, Warren Greenway wrote:
>
>> Actually chopped tires formed into sheeting. Sounds
>> crazy, I know, but it would be cheap, tough, and very
>> abrasion resistant. The tent would abviously be
>> ambient pressure. Cables help retain the shape and
>> support internal floors/walls. The bottom of this
>> semi-spherical tent would be open to allow entrance
>> via diving or submersible. Anyone for marshmallows?
>>
>> Warren.
>>
>> --- Coalbunny <coalbunny@vcn.com> wrote:
>>> What?!?!?! Your campsite got flooded? Again?!?!
>>> Warren, you'll have
>>> to select a better campsite next time! j/k
>>>
>>> I presume the pressure would be too much for that,
>>> wouldn't it? Would
>>> it be using fabric or sheet
>>> metal/concrete/wood/or...?
>>> Carl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> "With the first link, the chain is forged. The
>>> first speech censured,
>>> the first thought forbidden, the first freedom
>>> denied....chains us all
>>> irrevocably. The first time any man's freedom is
>>> trodden on, we are all
>>> damaged." -- Capt. Picard, STNG
>>
>>
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