<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3986" dir="ltr"><span>Hank,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3986" dir="ltr"><span>what about adding syntactic foam to counter the weight</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3986" dir="ltr"><span>or make the members out of fiberglass if you really want to</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3986" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_4689">go that way. Concur with Alec about printing. Have a friend</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3986" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_4690">with a 3D printing business & he has been very negative</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3986" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_4691">about printing larger objects.His advice was it was much easier</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3986" dir="ltr">& reliable to CNC it out of a lump of plastic.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3986" dir="ltr">Alan</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3986" dir="ltr"><br></div><br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3966"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3965"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3964"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3984"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_3963"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 13, 2015 6:20 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] printing<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1428863147081_4770"><br><br clear="none">Alec,<br clear="none">Thanks' for putting that to bed. Perhaps machining parts from blocks of plastic. I have some experience machining plastic and it was a treat. Deep Rover has ABS pipe members with ss liners, the member is the cylinder, sweet.<br clear="none">Hank --------------------------------------------<br clear="none">On Sun, 4/12/15, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] printing<br clear="none"> To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> Received: Sunday, April 12, 2015, 1:46 PM<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> Hi<br clear="none"> Hank,<br clear="none"> Generally speaking you<br clear="none"> are limited to relatively small pieces and they take a long<br clear="none"> time. It is of course not impossible, but most likely not<br clear="none"> the most efficient approach, at any rate with small printers<br clear="none"> like mine. <br clear="none"> Best,<br clear="none"> <br clear="none"> Alec<br clear="none"> On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at<br clear="none"> 1:32 PM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br clear="none"> wrote:<br clear="none"> Gamma<br clear="none"> will need two new opposing manipulators. I am wondering if<br clear="none"> it is possible to print the arm members. Is it<br clear="none"> practical? 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