<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The Titanic is a long way off shore Hank, are you sure your</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">paddle steamer will make it?</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">If you built it for two you may be able to get some sort of sponsorship from</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">wealthy businessmen wanting to do the dive, & then do multiple dives</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">while on location!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">It would be a great project for a film crew to follow from beginning to end.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">You would be a good bet for them as you have already built a number of</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">subs, & adept at the heavy haulage. Phil would have some contacts with</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Canadian discovery channel wouldn't he, they followed his Curasub.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Alan</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On 27/06/2017, at 5:00 AM, james cottrell via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6210"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6275">Hank,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6210"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6210"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6283">Sounds interesting. Do you have a plan to take the sub out to the site?</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6210"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6210"><span>Greg</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6276"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6282" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6281"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6280"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6279"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6278"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6277"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Personal Submersibles General Discussion <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, June 26, 2017 7:54 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Pressure Test<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6309"><br><div id="yiv0440486986"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6311"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6310"><div id="yiv0440486986yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498476782388_5708"><span></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0440486986yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498476782388_5708">Alan,</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0440486986yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498476782388_5708">That really turned out nice, how did you mould the polyurethane? that stuff sticks like mad. </div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0440486986yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498476782388_5708">I would leave the white gasket, it looks fine. Either the gasket thickness is not even or the seat is not perfectly matched to the Lenz.</div> <div class="yiv0440486986qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6312"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv0440486986yahoo_quoted" style="display:block;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6315"> <div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6314"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6313"> <div class="yiv0440486986yqt3580606009" id="yiv0440486986yqtfd47994"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6336"><font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6335"> On Sunday, June 25, 2017 10:30 PM, Alan via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv0440486986y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6317"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6316">Pressure tested my light to 1000 psi for an hour using the water blaster <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">& no leaks! I didn't have a pressure relief valve in the system as I do with<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6318">my air pressure set up & it was a pain getting the chamber lid off. I had<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6319">thought the water blaster would have leaked a bit of pressure but it didn't.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6334">The sealing system for the wires was a 3 layered process; encapsulating the<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6320">wires in the epoxy, then coating the insulation for an inch up from where they came <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6351">out of the epoxy, & over the epoxy with a 2 part heat activated pvc glue that <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6321">they use on inflatable boats. This glue worked a lot better on the pvc insulation<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6322">than several others I tried like E61000 (supposed to be better than shoe goo),<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6323">3M 5200 & polyurethane.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6324">Over this, to tidy it up & act as a cable support, I moulded polyurethane.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6325">In the attached photos the white ptfe gasket that the lens sits on looks wet<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6326">but it is just the compression of the lens against the gasket. I don't like this<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6327">from a cosmetic point & may change it. The 2 objects with the light are the<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6328">male mould for the polyurethane cable support & the silicone mould for the <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6329">same.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1498496210528_6330">Alan</div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Sent from my iPad_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div></div><div class="yiv0440486986yqt3580606009" id="yiv0440486986yqtfd27031"> </div></div><div class="yiv0440486986yqt3580606009" id="yiv0440486986yqtfd35651"> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="yqt3580606009" id="yqtfd20779">_______________________________________________<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><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br>
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