[PSUBS-MAILIST] Fwd: hemi heads

Mon Nov 9 14:31:25 EST 2015

No Alan we were involved with a project 200 miles off coast of Queensland, Australia -  sub recommission work was carried out on our salvage vessel which was Fiji registered the sub never went to Fiji.
Keith

On 9/11/2015, at 5:54 PM, Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Was that the one you worked on in Fiji Keith?
> Alan
> 
> From: Keith Gordon via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> 
> Sent: Monday, November 9, 2015 1:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fwd: hemi heads
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> One more Hank of her in the water after a test dive after 10 years or more out of the water I'm the guy in the red shirt happy we survived! - these photos were taken in 1991 - no doubt you will see her when you visit Phil's bone yard - give her a pat from me
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Keith
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> On 9/11/2015, at 12:57 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
>> Kieth,
>> Nice pictures, what a beauty with her clothes off ;-)  
>> Pete 
>> Will do, I will take lots of pictures.
>> Hank
>> 
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>> On Sunday, November 8, 2015 4:51 PM, Pete Niedermayr via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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>> 
>> Hank, Please check out those external gauges.
>> 
>> Pete
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>> On Sun, 11/8/15, Keith Gordon via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Fwd:  hemi heads
>> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> Date: Sunday, November 8, 2015, 5:25 PM
>> 
>> As discussed
>> Hank have removed one image to reduce to 418 KB - will see
>> how this goesKeith 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> From:
>> Keith
>> Gordon <searov at xtra.co.nz>
>> Subject:
>> Re:
>> [PSUBS-MAILIST] hemi heads
>> Date:
>> 9 November
>> 2015 9:34:32 AM NZDT
>> To:
>> Personal
>> Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> 
>> Hi Hank
>> Maybe of interest - I have attached some pix of
>> Pisces 8 without her clothes on - 
>> Cheers Keith Gordon
>> On 9/11/2015,
>> at 5:17 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Sean,By
>> all means, anyone is welcome to any drawings I obtain or map
>> from the Pisces.    I actually already
>> have material price to machine the hatch from a solid disk
>> of 516-70N  this way it is one piece with no welds.
>>  I just need the drawing first to order the
>> disk.Hank
>>   
>> 
>> 
>>       On Sunday, November
>> 8, 2015 8:52 AM, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles
>> <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> wrote:
>>     
>> 
>>   I'd be
>> interested in having a look at those drawings.  The
>> idea with a
>> conical bearing face on a hatch,
>> if you are not trying to establish a
>> metal-to-metal seal, is to provide a load path
>> through the hatch itself
>> to carry the shell
>> stress that would otherwise require heavy
>> reinforcement around the hole.  Thus, the
>> "ideal" hatch would be the
>> same
>> thickness and curvature as the shell it is replacing,
>> aligned to it
>> so the load transfers straight
>> through, with a flange on both the hatch
>> and
>> shell parts to create a substantial bearing face.  The
>> conical angle
>> in that case would be set by
>> the hatch diameter, as the ideal interface
>> angle would be perpendicular to the shell at
>> every point.  I suspect
>> that in
>> practice, the cone is exaggerated beyond that, because
>> we're
>> talking about very small angles on
>> larger spheres - on a PSub, perhaps
>> it is
>> more important.  The other advantage is of course the
>> self-centering.
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>> 
>> On 2015-11-07
>> 16:26, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles wrote:
>> > Dr Nuytten thinks he has detail drawings
>> that he is willing to share
>> > with me, if
>> he can not find them, he has given me permission to
>> measure
>> > one of his Pisces in the bone
>> yard.   I may have a look for myself even
>> > with drawings, just because I am a visual
>> guy- if I see it I can make
>> > it.  
>> Besides, how fun is a day at the Nuytco bone yard :-)
>> > Hank 
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