[PSUBS-MAILIST] Acrylic tube sub

[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

Alan,
I paid around 1,200 dollars I think for my 26 in cast acrylic cylinder that is 1 foot ling.  So it might be around 7,200 for six feet, that is not bad and it is from Reynolds Polymer.
Hank--------------------------------------------
On Wed, 5/27/15, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Acrylic tube sub
 To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 Received: Wednesday, May 27, 2015, 2:30 PM
 
 James,
 we
 discussed the acrylic tube sub several years ago.
 You can buy large diameter acrylic tube for
 aquariums, out of China.
 The pieces I saw
 were reasonably priced, but not cast.
 You
 would have to have reinforcement rings along the cylinder.
 
 If you bought a small section at a slightly
 narrower diameter than your
 main hull
 section, you may be able to slice it up & use it as
 reinforcement
 rings. It would end up a
 shallow diving sub & in a submersible the size
 of Sgt Peppers you would only be able to look
 forward anyway.
 Maybe Carsten could approach
 the submarine museum in Cherbourg
 as it
 would be the type of item they would like.
 Alan
 
 Sent from
 my iPad
 
 > On 28/05/2015,
 at 12:22 am, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles
 <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
 wrote:
 > 
 > Just
 thinking at work of sub projects and the up-ending sub
 idea.  (slow day at work).
 >  
 > Has anyone every made an acrylic tube
 sub?  It just occurred to me that it may be possible to get
 a peppers size tube, fit a cap on one end and a dome on the
 other.  Entry through the dome.  Similar to a 1 man
 hyperbaric chamber.
 >  
 > You'd have a completely clear boat. 
 That would be pretty interesting.
 >  
 > Just thinking.....
 > 
 
 > Regards
 > James
 >
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