Timely advice Vance,
Have just bought a heap of swagelok fittings (ouch
expensive) & stainless tube.
I'm using solenoid valves as well as a manually
operated system for ballasts etc,
so it's going to be
looking like spaghetti.
Alan
----- Original Message -----From: vbra676539@aol.comSent: Monday, October 10, 2011 8:24 AMSubject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snoopy updatesAlec,Don't know if you're onto this trick, but when you get ready to re-plumb the high pressure air (as mentioned in the caption of one of those photos), we used to bend a template set out of 1/8" aluminum tig rod before committing to the stainless (which is very unforgiving, especially in small pieces, as you have already discovered). You can get your lengths and angle changes right to a gnat's hair with the rod, and do it on the cheap. Go centerline to centerline of your fittings, cutting to the depth required for your Swagelok fit-up, but remember to add/subtract an additional 1/8" to the tubing for arcs in stainless. Try it with a chunk of copper tube, if you like, but doing it before you do it for real is a definite improvement over the sweating and grunting while sitting in the sub. You'll get exactly what you need in stainless without wasting the HP tubing in the process, and you can build the whole thing on the bench--and it will fit like the proverbial champ.Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: Smyth, Alec <Alec.Smyth@compuware.com>
To: personal_submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Sat, Oct 8, 2011 8:05 pm
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Snoopy updates
Yesterday I finally got to dive Snoopy extensively with all her new mods, and they worked like a charm. Therefore I thought I'd share...The contents of this e-mail are intended for the named addressee only. It contains information that may be confidential. Unless you are the named addressee or an authorized designee, you may not copy or use it, or disclose it to anyone else. If you received it in error please notify us immediately and then destroy it.
