[PSUBS-MAILIST] 36v thruster - rebuild or replace with 12v?

[Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles]

Thanks Hank

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 2:59 PM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Rick,
> You must be getting ready to build your manipulator.  Start watching Ebay
> for an aluminum air gripper.  That is the tricky part to build, so if you
> buy an air gripper you can modify it for a manipulator.  You can even find
> air grippers with a rotary base.  Just look for rotary air gripper and you
> can make the hand and wrist for a couple hundred dollars.
> Hank
>
> On Friday, September 29, 2017, 7:51:52 AM MDT, Rick Patton via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks Hank,
> Rick
>
> On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 4:48 AM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> Rick,
> The aluminum tube I found is 1\8 thick and 3 inch square, pretty much the
> same as the steel I used in my arm members.   I really should learn how to
> weld the stuff.
> Hank
>
> On Thursday, September 28, 2017, 6:51:37 PM MDT, Rick Patton via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hank
> What size and wall thickness is the aluminum tube?
> Rick
>
> On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 5:40 PM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
> What would we do without eBay.com ?  I also get a lot of materials from
> our local dump.  When metal comes to the dump it is put in a special area
> by itself, and the public can salvage\recycle anything that is not in the
> pile.  I get lots of aluminum plate and tubing and shafting, ss bits and
> pieces, well all sorts of stuff.  I just picked up two four foot long
> aluminum square tubes that will become manipulator members ;-)
> Hank
>
> On Thursday, September 28, 2017, 3:29:03 PM MDT, Brian Hughes via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> It was a rusted mess. Went with an eBay score Minn Kota 36v 101lb thrust
> trolling motor. Ask Alec. I'm the king of eBay bargains.  :-)
>
> I'll oil compensate it and stick a lead bar on the support to make up for
> the weight change. Plan to switch out the side ones this Winter with 50lb
> 12v.
>
>
>
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