<div dir="ltr">I could not agree more - all of the occasions of actual danger have been shop accidents. I once had a chain lift fail well below its rated load and drop the sub. Just the other day I was drilling a small hole when the bit exploded. I don't mean that it just broke, it actually exploded into umpteen pieces of shrapnel which were embedded in my arms and in my face around my safety glasses. Take precautions.<div><br></div><div>Alec </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 5:12 AM, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div></div>
<div>I believe that the most dangerous part of owning a submarine is building it. I have not been hurt operating it. </div><div>Hank</div><div><div class="h5"><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, November 21, 2017, 8:48:44 PM MST, Michael Holt via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.<wbr>org</a>> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">Many moons ago, I was on a mailing list for boatbuilders. A bit of <br clear="none">wisdom imparted was that if one has all their fingers and other body <br clear="none">parts undamaged one is obviously not truly serious about building <br clear="none">boats. Those guys were building sailboats, but the concept is <br clear="none">apparently true of submarine builders.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Airplane builders complain only about the cost of materials. There's <br clear="none">never any mention of personal injury. Hmmm ...<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Mike<br clear="none"><div class="m_-4636403732434946860yqt6149792925" id="m_-4636403732434946860yqtfd62997"><br clear="none">---<br clear="none">This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="https://www.avast.com/antivirus" target="_blank">https://www.avast.com/<wbr>antivirus</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">______________________________<wbr>_________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.<wbr>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/<wbr>listinfo.cgi/personal_<wbr>submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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