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

[Ian Roxborough <irox@ix.netcom.com>]

Hi Warren,

you might want to look at the more heavy duty leather working
tools and techniques.  Punch a row of holes a long each and
stitch it together.  That's pretty much all I know about
leather working, but I've seen thick leather worked before
and the techniques could be applied to pretty much any
thick and tough, yet flexible material.

Ian.

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 08:16:36 -0800 (PST)
Warren Greenway <opensourcesub@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>  "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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