[PSUBS-MAILIST] test pool

[Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles]

Hank
What paint system did you use for the steel sphere, primer and finish coat?
Rick

On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 11:04 AM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Thanks Cliff, I will run some vertical supports from the base to the
> ceiling joists.  I like the pool in the yard idea also but I am too
> impatient, plus I have to work for a month or so starting March.  Also I
> have an electric hoist on my new beam I installed  to lift the sub in and
> out.   It's too hot in Texas for this cowboy but my wife says its perfect
> for her.  How deep is your pool and how long a drive is it haha.
> Hank
>
> On Friday, January 31, 2020, 1:51:55 PM MST, Cliff Redus via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> No problem if your foundation can take 58K lb load if the thing was fully
> filled.  Will be flimsy until you fill it.   Even then, since you cannot
> fill it completely due to future insertion of the E3000, unfilled section
> will be flimsy until the E3000 is inserted.  For safety I would weld some
> kind of flange on upper edge after it is filled.
>
> I like your dig a hole in the backyard with a liner concept better.
>
> Have you ever heard of the virtue of patience!  If you moved to Texas, you
> could work year round outside.
>
> Cliff
>
> On Friday, January 31, 2020, 02:29:11 PM CST, hank pronk via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi All,
> I don't think I am patient enough to wait for the ground to thaw to put
> E3000 in a pool.  So Last summer I bought a heavy pool liner for a round
> above ground pool.  I want to make a round pool in my shop on top of the
> concrete floor.  I want to make it from 16 gauge sheet cold roll steel, 6
> feet high and 14 feet diameter.  I stick weld the joints with an overlap.
> Do you engineer types see any issue with this before I pull the trigger?
> Hank
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