Re: Materials/parts...

["Alan D. Secor" <secor@btv.ibm.com>]

I'll have to double check my plans at home but I believe Kittredge
has you literally "roll your own" hull out of flat steel.  He
specifies interior re-enforcing ribs and the end caps are welded on.
I don't remember any specifics re method of welding....he mostly
specifies types of weld and penetration.  There's a shop about 1/2
hour drive from here in Montrose, PA which has built a couple of
his hulls for Lake Diver, Inc. out of Corning, NY.

If I scrap my fiberglass sub, then my next try would probably be the
re-enforced propane tank approach.

Hopes this helps....Al
 
>In a message dated 2/19/99 10:54:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>michaelbholt@juno.com writes:
>
>> > He sells blueprints to build the subs, but where would you get the
>>  Steel 
>>  >tank that they use for a hull?? 
>>  
>>  I assumed you were supposedd to built it yourself.   Are the hulls
>>  available
>>  from anyone?  It seems that insurance has ended Kittredge's construction
>>  work. 
>>  
> 
>
>After reading an Email from another member of the group it seems that Large
>Propane tanks would be a source for a "raw" hull... Thanks Jon! 
>
>

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Alan D. Secor
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