Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Decisions decisions decisions....

[Warren Greenway <opensourcesub@yahoo.com>]

That is actually the hard part. I was looking into
various rivetting techniques to see if the sheeting
could be overlapped (a bit like an onion) and rivetted
together. Adhesive would be used between layers to
help seal everything. Stiching could also be used, but
I'm not sure where a guy is supposed to get one of 
those crazy sewing machines that stich through heavy
belting and such.

Warren.

--- Garry Muir <garry.muir4@virgin.net> wrote:
> 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >> denied....chains us all
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> >> trodden on, we are all
> >> damaged."  -- Capt. Picard, STNG
> >
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