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The rotary thru hull is rusted and has male threads on the exterior that are rusting quite nicely. I'm changing all the thru hulls in the sub to 316 SS couplers, so while I'm at it I might as well change that one as well, so I can get all the hull welding out of the way. I'm adding two large SS plate type thru hulls on both the forward and rear heads for what ever I might want later as will as current needs. This way I can install and run a pnuematic, electric, or hydralic arm later. I just figured out how Paul Moorhouse attaches his SS plates without any bolt holes in the main hull. So I'll make a CAD model to show you guys what I thinking will be nice to use on my sub. http://cid-5085d10eb6afe47c.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Claw%20Removel/SS%20Claw%20Control%20Bar/DSCN7320.JPG "A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds." ~ Sir Francis Bacon Szybowski To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] The Long Arm of the Claw Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:43:13 -0500 From: vbra676539@aol.com I'd leave the rotary penetrator plugged for when you can think of something to do with it, and build something more useful for a manipulator. That's if you can find it under the snowfield. Vance -----Original Message----- From: Brent Hartwig <brenthartwig@hotmail.com> To: PSUBSorg <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 6:35 pm Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] The Long Arm of the Claw Hi Vance, The winter up here is pretty deep. I went home the other day to shovel snow off my buildings and Van and it was a four day chore. I had the sub ready for blasting outside, and then was called away from home to work. By the time I got back the sub was under 4 plus feet of snow. The pictures I took are pretty funny. I'll post them in a bit. So the sub is underwater and in the deep freeze for save keeping. I have been debating for some time now if I should leave my original claw arm on the sub. It's very hard and slow to actuate. So at the moment it's used for just a crash bar, like Alec uses his for. I can make a proper replacement crash bar, then later add a more functional arm. So it's mostly a matter of nostalgia at the moment. What would you do in my place. I take it you could see the pictures right? Jay try this link to the root for the albums. If that doesn't work then I'll post them on Flicker. I tried those links when being signed out and being on Windows Explorer browser and had no trouble. I also tried them on a Mac in Firefox and had no trouble. The only thing I can see that is different in the link from the address bar from the ones in my posting is the %20 sign used in place of spaces that are put in automatically when I copy and past the links. Perhaps they are causing the trouble if you copy and paste them. I tried them both by just clicking the links and copying and pasting and they worked good. The albums are set as public just like I did before. Hope this works. Regards, Szybowski To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] The Long Arm of the Claw Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:52:07 -0500 From: vbra676539@aol.com It's nice to know I'm not the only one stuck with bull work. Of course, it was 76 degrees here today, sunny and a few clouds...breezy. Okay, I can't think of a complaint. And there's some of you guys who up to your armpits in winter, and I do mean winter. Vance -----Original Message----- From: Brent Hartwig <brenthartwig@hotmail.com> To: PSUBSorg <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> Sent: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 5:43 pm Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] The Long Arm of the Claw
Greetings Subdudes,
= Here are some pictures of the grabber arm claw/crash bar, coming apart. I'm going to try Windows Live again since I can put pictures in folds to keep things tidy. http://cid-5085d10eb6afe47c.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Claw%20Removel http://cid-5085d10eb6afe47c.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Claw%20Removel/SS%20Claw%20Control%20Bar Szybowski = |
