Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Bath tubs?

[mheaster@direcway.com]

As is fairly obvious to most; I haven't given much (any) serious thought to this concept.  I really am in fantasy stage of my sub project.  I really envison a wet sub as a scuba adventure and I am not planning/willing to take on any underwater project that I literally can't swim away from!  I don't really expect to pursue this, it just OCCURRED to me as I have been thinking SUB and now looking at every roadside object I see during my 2 hours of daily commuting as a potential pressure hull.  Has everyone else gone through this stage?

Happened to see a Bathtub flower garden (Very Tacky!)in a lady's yard and thought:  Metal, fairly sturdy, semi-sub shaped?  Two would fit together (enamel removed) for welding inside & out with a hatch/tower of some sort?  I am not a welder and know nothing of strength of cast iron.  I am also looking at mild depths anyway.

Mark H. Easter

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Cox <ojaibees@ojai.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2004 11:03 am
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Bath tubs?

> Hi Mark,  You might be able to put a gasket in between the two 
> tubs and
> then strap them together in some way.  The pressure of the water will
> keep the two tubs held tightly together.  You would need to have a
> support crew unstrap the tubs however on the surface.
> 
> Brian Cox
>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Mark H. Easter
>  To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>  Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 3:33 AM
>  Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Bath tubs?
> 
> 
>  Anyone (else) ever contemplated going to sea in a pair of welded
> together (old style) metal bath tubs?  Or am I the only imbecile 
> that'scome up with this scheme?
> 
> 
> 
>  Mark H. Easter
> 
>  mheaster@direcway.com
> 
>  754 Meadow Drive
> 
>  Tappahannock, VA 22560
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