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

[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

 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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