<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div><span>Emile,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>I think I had a bad idea to cut it down. I think it should stay in tact, and if I can get it down to 20 tons, I can get it home easily.</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Friday, December 23, 2016 1:23 PM, emile via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv5649423441"><style>#yiv5649423441 #yiv5649423441 --
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#yiv5649423441 </style><div><div class="yiv5649423441WordSection1"><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Hank , As mentioned is plasma the only way. But that thicknes..</span></div><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Welding should be done in a shielded environment (glove box filled with Argon/Helium</span></div><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Machining is difficult tough…</span></div><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;">Emile</span></div><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv5649423441yqt4731067377" id="yiv5649423441yqt94594"><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">Van:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Personal_Submersibles [mailto:personal_submersibles-bounces@psubs.org] <b>Namens </b>hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none"><b>Verzonden:</b> vrijdag 23 december 2016 17:08<br clear="none"><b>Aan:</b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion<br clear="none"><b>Onderwerp:</b> [PSUBS-MAILIST] cutting Titanium</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal"> </div><div><div id="yiv5649423441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482509120915_2866"><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;">Hi All,</span></div></div><div id="yiv5649423441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482509120915_2866"><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;">Looks like I can buy the old Sever submarine in Alabama. The sub is WAY to big to be practical, so I am am in need of advice on how to cut the titanium heads off the pressure hull. Does anyone have experience with cutting heavy titanium?</span></div></div><div id="yiv5649423441yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1482509120915_2866"><div class="yiv5649423441MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:7.0pt;">Hank</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="yqt4731067377" id="yqt14723">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>