RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Solo update pictures

["Marten Liebster" <mliebster@tbteam.com>]

Alec,

It's coming along very nicely. The quality of the workmanship appears to be
top notch. I can only hope that my sub will come out as well as yours! 

Is there a particular reason there are holes in the stiffeners?

On StbdXpanel.jpg, is the red light on top a safety light? By that I mean
that it runs independently of the main power, so that if power goes there's
still some light - like an "exit" sign inside of a building.

PortXpanel.jpg, there are two controls that are labeled "Port" and "Stbd".
What are they for? Are they the "throttles" for your motors?

I like the brackets you made for the power cables. Looks like the same
material that are used to hold the air tanks in place. What's that material?


Marten

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of Alec Smyth
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 12:57 AM
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Solo update pictures

Hi all,
 
I just posted some updated shots on moki
(http://www.prismnet.com/~moki/subfiles.html) showing how the interior is
coming along. I'm keeping the viewport off as I find it easiest to get in
and out through the bow that way. There are also many things that are ready
to just bolt in, but which I've refrained from assembling because they don't
let you move around. For example, there's the pilot's "tray", a sonar just
inside the bow dome, and a big flood valve that goes on the roof in the
middle of the boat.
 
I posted these pictures with the description in the subject line rather than
the body. As a result you can read the descriptions without having to open
the "desc" file... and its empty anyway. The photos are in some semblance of
logical order if you look at them from the bottom of the page up, although I
did make one mistake along the way and posted the same picture twice.
 
One thing I'm far from proud of is the finish of the interior paint. You can
see the drips and sags in the pictures. The reason is it was so miserable
painting with epoxy inside a small pipe, even with a respirator, that I
pretty much flung the stuff at the wall as fast and hard as I could to get
out of there. I got so much epoxy on myself, I could have used my head as a
paintbrush were it not inside a plastic bag. The only thing worse was
sandblasting the inside of the small pipe first!
 
The last picture shows the PLC assembly sitting on the floor of the sub. It
doesn't go there of course, it's just that it's a handy spot from which to
connect it to my laptop and de-bug it through the window. Once debugged and
mounted, the instrumentation and power circuits will be finished and I'll be
on to the plumbing. I'm hoping to be finished by the end of the year, but
have learned the margin of error in my schedule is huge, so who knows...
 
cheers,
 
Alec
 




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