<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hi David,</div><div><br></div><div>Absolutely, you want it with the flange. Any impression otherwise was my "mind typo" that I was trying to clarify in the second email. If you can avoid beveling it yourself, however, it'll save quite a job. You only need one of the two edges beveled, either the head flange or the end of the cylinder it will mate to, and it doesn't matter which. Greg has a good point, but I suppose a key factor is whether you'll be welding yourself or contracting out. I learned to do my own, with an awful lot of help from Dan Lance.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Alec</div><div><br>On Sep 16, 2017, at 12:50 PM, 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_1505579519970_3161"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3495">Hi David,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3161"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3161"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3496">In my experience it was cheaper and faster to hire an ASME tank fabricator to produce a steel cylinder with the head (or heads) welded on. Mine came machine welded with an ASME code stamp. </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3161" dir="ltr"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3519">If your design will feature external frames, ask them for both heads welded on. If your design will feature internal frames (done later) ask them to weld one end only. This will be cheaper in the long run and better built. It's hard to beat pressure vessel code machine welding. Specify NO backing strips.</span></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3499"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3499">Another tip- call it a "vacuum tank".</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3499"><br></div><div class="qtdSeparateBR" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3499">Greg Cottrell<br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3560" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3559"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3558"> <div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3557"> <font size="2" face="Arial" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_3561"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> David Colombo 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> Saturday, September 16, 2017 12:20 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Heads Question<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4215"><br><div id="yiv4055036467"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4214"><div>Hi Alec,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4213"> I just spoke with the company that Roberto mentioned here in California to place an order for dished head for the SeaQuestor. I will be using the 36"OD x .375 A516-70 steel what they call Elliptical 2:1 Ratio ASME Code Type. It comes with a 2" flange which is really a 36" od ring shape as part of the forming. This would mate up to the 36"OD first hull section. I'm thinking that this would give me the best welding condition with two matched surfaces that I would bevel for full pen welding. I'm curious why not to have the flange? My cost here is $480.00 + $96 to have it shipped to northern California from southern California. even though its only a nine hour drive one way, I think my time would be worth more than $5 hr to pick it up. LOL Unless of course its cheaper in Canada (Hank), I might make the trip and could serve as support crew for the Gamma. Any thoughts out there from fellow Psubers would be appreciated.<br></div></div><div class="yiv4055036467gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4220"><br clear="all"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4219"><div class="yiv4055036467gmail_signature" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4218"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4217"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4216">Best Regards,<br>David Colombo<br><img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/533310a9e4b0fba62008a464/t/5339c1f2e4b041bac4e25d1b/1396294132055/?format=500w" height="110" width="200" data-id="123831dd-a6d8-376f-0d57-3857e7027ba4" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4221" class="img-overlay-selected"><br>804 College Ave<br>Santa Rosa, CA. 95404<br>(707) 536-1424<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.seaquestor.com/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4231">www.SeaQuestor.com</a><br><br></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="yiv4055036467gmail_quote" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4232">On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv4055036467gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4234"><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4233">Ugh, mental typo. I meant "un-beveled" and "bevel them yourself", not "un-flanged" and "flange them yourself".<div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4235"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4236">!!!!!!!</div></div><div class="yiv4055036467HOEnZb" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4239"><div class="yiv4055036467h5" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4238"><div class="yiv4055036467gmail_extra" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1505579519970_4237"><br><div class="yiv4055036467gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Alec Smyth <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:alecsmyth@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:alecsmyth@gmail.com">alecsmyth@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="yiv4055036467gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div dir="ltr">Hi Roberto,<div><br></div><div>I believe the short description for what you need is flanged, beveled, and code. You could get them unflanged, but it takes quite a while to make a flange with an angle grinder. The flanges if I recall are 2". Do set up a project page or something so we can follow progress!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br>Alec</div></div><div class="yiv4055036467gmail_extra"><br><div class="yiv4055036467gmail_quote"><div><div class="yiv4055036467m_5552416619396528019h5">On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 5:07 PM, roberto alvarez via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.o rg</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="yiv4055036467gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div class="yiv4055036467m_5552416619396528019h5"><div dir="ltr">Hi, lost the plans cd for the k250, i am interested in the head selection, i found a seler in california and have <div>flanged ,beveled ,code, non code,</div><div><br></div><div>Will apreciate your support in this ( until i found the plans cd )</div></div>
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