[PSUBS-MAILIST] Brand new and have a couple questions

[Christian Cavanagh via Personal_Submersibles]

Hi Cliff - I tried to send my email to you but it said
*cliffredus at sbcglobal.net
*are invalid addresses

Jon - Thanks, good to know

Christian

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 2:44 PM Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Hello Christian,
>
> I'm not sure which "forum" you are referring to, but going to assume the
> web forum that is part of the PSUBS web site.  While I agree that the PSUBS
> web forum is probably the best option in terms of contributing and
> categorizing discussions, it simply hasn't been accepted well by the PSUBS
> community.
>
> This mailing list continues to be the most preferred method of
> communication because of it's ubiquitous nature.  We have a Facebook page
> however a number of people do not contribute to that forum out of privacy
> concerns.  Facebook does work well for us in terms of contributing photos
> and documents, however because of the way it is designed things can easily
> get lost and/or forgotten in fairly short order.  On the other hand, it has
> the advantage of being able to reach a large audience.
>
> Hope that helps.
> Jon
>
>
> On Friday, April 23, 2021, 12:44:56 PM EDT, Christian Cavanagh via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> The short of my background is that I've been wanting to build a personal
> submarine for about 10 plus years, and finally I feel like I'm at a good
> place to do it (Prior to now I had very little building skills, especially
> with metal and I now live in Florida by the ocean!).
>
> I now have skills in metal working like welding, grinding, plasma cutting,
> and I finally got a bucket list item that I've started cleaning up.. a
> Milling machine! Over the years I've done quite a bit of handyman work in
> electrical and building plus plumbing (I did large saltwater aquariums for
> about 15 years).
>
> Anyway, given that building a personal sub right (Especially my first one)
> will take quite a bit of time I thought I'd get started with some info
> learning to point into the direction of what I am wanting to build. After
> weeks of looking around I was really excited to find a sub design that is
> just about spot on of what I wanted to build: Cliff Reedus' R300
>
> Some questions:
>
> - The only attempt at contacting him was through his Youtube discussion
> page, but I don't know if he is still active on it.. is he still active in
> the sub community? I'm looking to see if he has a build log, plans, or
> something related to the R300 build. I'm new to email discussions and hope
> I'm doing it right.
>
> - Speaking of... why aren't the forums more often used? When I registered
> and took a look I was surprised to find it barely used. Is it not easier to
> manage and post media items like pictures, links, etc? I apologize in
> advance for my ignorance.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Christian
> _______________________________________________
> Personal_Submersibles mailing list
> Personal_Submersibles at psubs.org
> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles
> _______________________________________________
> Personal_Submersibles mailing list
> Personal_Submersibles at psubs.org
> http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://www.whoweb.com/pipermail/personal_submersibles/attachments/20210423/badcdf70/attachment.html>