Formica

["D. Blake" <dblake@bright.net>]

Hello Chris:
Are you suggesting a Formica surface for the hull?  What would the process
involve in laminating the surface material to the fiberglass pressure hull?
As a teenager, I worked for a company called Allied Sinktop on Kingston Ave.
in Columbus, Ohio.  I made so many Wendy's newsprint cafe tables, I saw them
in my sleep.  We laminated the formica to a particle board base by way of a
2-part adhesive under heat and vacuum.  How do you imtend, or suggest the
same process be applied to a pressure hull as Paul suggests?
Don't get me wrong, the idea of applying a bulletproof material like formica
as a surface treatment sounds exciting.  Especially with the wide variety of
patterns available.  It just seems unusual.
Big Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Crouch <eccrouch@cpol.net>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 10:57 PM
Subject: Re: Nuclear sub


>Hey Paul,
>    I am a plastics Major working on designing a sub. Have to agree
>reinventing the wheel is more fun than applying existing technology, but I
>got my head full of information just trying to make heads or tails of it
>all. If I can give you any help on your sub let me know. I can tell you
that
>as far as finishes go on subs laminating on formica surfaces will give you
>mirror like finishes, if I can help let me know. I did a summer of
>composites work in MD doesn't make me an expert but I have gotten my hands
>dirty on a lot of fun projects.
>
>Chris
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Suds <paul_suds@hotmail.com>
>To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
>Date: Monday, November 01, 1999 4:18 PM
>Subject: Nuclear sub
>
>
>>Hi guys. I usually can't wait to get on the net and read your e-mails.
>>Unfortunately, the Nuclear Plant where I work has been refueling for the
>>last month, and I haven't had time to read all the e-mails. I've just
spent
>>the last hr reading all the e-mails. As the kids say "cool". I think I've
>>missed out on some good discussions. Too bad we can't use some of that
>spent
>>nuclear fuel with it's decay heat as a fuel source, ha.
>>I've finally finished my clay model of my sub. I plan on making the final
>>unit out of fiber glass and epoxy impregnated fiber. I also saw some of
>your
>>e-mails on propulsion. I've done a myriad of calcs, and think I can get
>>about 13 knotts for an hr. I've found a couple of web sites on jet pumps
>>(www.solas.com) and the australians have a sport called jet boating
>>(jetsprint.org). I've also talked to some fellow engineers at bombadier
and
>>have gotten some old design guides for the impeller and volute. I plan on
>>making a variable pressure cavitation tunnel to test my propulsion device.
>>This may sound like reinventing the wheel, but hey I enjoy it, and I tend
>to
>>learn more this way.
>>Now if I could only get some of that spent nuclear fuel..... Suds
>>
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