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Mike & Brent, If I remember correctly, Simon used a doubled cross-planked
construction method with pitch tar and tarpaper between. The sub only had
to work long enough to gain the interest of the newsmen and investors so that
he could afford to build Argonaut. Lake’s early subs could
not achieve neutral buoyancy, they either floated at the surface or rode on
their wheels on the bottom. R/Jay Respectfully, Jay K. Jeffries Andros Is., Bahamas A skimmer afloat is but a submarine, so poorly built it will not
float. From:
owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org]
On Behalf Of Brent Hartwig Mike, What about using pine and pitch
and wood dowls and dove tail it together? I could send out my trusty shop dog
to hold the other end for ya. I've been gearing up to make a historically
correct birch bark canoe and they have a couple of ways of mixing pitch with
ashes and other things to get the result they want. Of course with that
method the pitch runs in the summer heat and wants to crack in the
winter. I would guess that Simon used some sort of petroleum type roofing
tar, but I'll let you tell me. Brent |