<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV>Hi Hugh,</DIV><DIV>                  I'm sure Alan can get up to speed in no time !    Now welding is a different matter !</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>BTW, you almost done ?</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian<BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: Hugh Fulton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: "'Personal Submersibles General Discussion'" <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Cutting circlip grooves<BR>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 08:46:16 +1300<BR><BR></DIV><DIV><P><SPAN style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Brian,</SPAN></P></DIV><P><SPAN style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Those guys are robbers.  Alan has his machines, it is experience of 30 years machining he is missing.</SPAN></P></DIV><P><SPAN style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Hugh</SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-NZ" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-NZ" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN> </P><P><SPAN style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;"></SPAN> <DIV style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) currentColor currentColor; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"></DIV></P><P><B><SPAN style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 15 October 2015 3:59 a.m.<BR><B>To:</B> Personal Submersibles General Discussion<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Cutting circlip grooves</SPAN></P><P> <DIV></DIV><DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Alan,</SPAN><DIV></DIV></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">                  What about these guys?</SPAN><DIV></DIV></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></SPAN> <DIV></DIV></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><A href="http://www.machine.co.nz/lathes-milling-machines-and-machine-tools-WB">http://www.machine.co.nz/lathes-milling-machines-and-machine-tools-WB</A></SPAN><DIV></DIV></P><P><SPAN style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"></SPAN> <DIV></DIV></P><P style="margin-bottom: 12pt;"><SPAN style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Brian<BR><BR>--- <A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A> wrote:<BR><BR>From: Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Cutting circlip grooves<BR>Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 03:05:49 +0000 (UTC)</SPAN><DIV><DIV></DIV></DIV></P><P style="background: white;"><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Brian,</SPAN><DIV></DIV></P><P style="background: white;"><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">no we don't have industrial areas in N.Z. , just grass with sheep & cows :)</SPAN><DIV></DIV></P><P style="background: white;"><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">   I have a lathe & mill, but these grooves are particularly small & in stainless,</SPAN><DIV></DIV></P><P style="background: white;"><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">so wanted a bit of advice before I attacked them.</SPAN><DIV></DIV></P><P style="background: white;"><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Cheers Alan</SPAN><DIV></DIV></P><P style="background: white;"><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"></SPAN> </P><P style="background: white;"><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"></SPAN> <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV align="center" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><HR width="100%" size="1" align="center"></SPAN></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></P><P style="background: white;"><B><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <<A href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</A>><BR><B>To:</B> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<A href="mailto:personal_submers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