[PSUBS-MAILIST] Deep test

[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

Alec,I have a video on youtube showing the ring being machined.  That is the land for the pod as well as reinforcing for the hull.  The ring is 2in thick 26in OD and 20in ID  It is that size because that is what my lathe can handle :-)Hank 


     On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 11:39 AM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
   

 Hank, when you cut open the hull, what is the land for this sphere going to look like? Are you welding on a big flange or something? Just curious, as you need something to resist the sphere squeezing the opening to a larger diameter and also something to bolt onto.
Best,
Alec
On Wed, Sep 23, 2015 at 1:05 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Thank You David and James,James, I posted a slide show on youtube, it is the second slide show, the first was a test :-) under Hank PronkI am taking Gamma off the trailer today to start the process of installing the pod.  I will not say what I have to do to spare Vance shedding a tear.  I to have trouble with it.  Pity I could not sell it and build from scratch, but thats the way it goes.  Hank
 


     On Wednesday, September 23, 2015 10:20 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
   

 Looks great Hank.  Such a genius idea.  Can you post some more pics if you have any?
ThanksJames
On 23 September 2015 at 00:39, David Colombo via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Congrats Hank. Pretty cool project.
On Tue, Sep 22, 2015, 12:41 PM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Congratulations Hank,you will be looking forward to the situation where youget trapped, so you can try it out for real:)Alan
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| Just driving home from my deep test to 800 feet with my pod. All went perfect, those mig welds held up just fine. Wish I could have found deeper water, I had enough line for 1000 feet. Also the hatch is only held on with vacuum for the last few days.
Hank |


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