<div dir="ltr">What's funny is that the one calling my sub a Bar-B-Q and concerned that I will kill myself in the sub was a phantom F-4 pilot who used to fly out of Da Nang where I was, dropping napalm at tree level and had to eject after being shot once just making the ocean so the NVC couldn't get him before the Navy could retrieve him! Funny how we perceive danger.<div>I think I will do what Hank recommended, keeping it cool and taking small bites out of it.</div><div>Sure is nice having a network like this!</div><div><br></div><div>Rick</div><div> </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Haha, <br>He won't think you are crazy once you are out diving those waters off Hawaii.<br>I think everyone on Psubs will be envying your dive location.<br>I like Hanks solution of lots of passes on the acrylic & keeping it cool. You can leave the acrylic in a fridge for several hours before machining. My thought is that any heat from machining is only going to effect a small area around the perimeter as heat transfers slowly through acrylic. <br>When I was getting a dome blown Greg Cotteral, Psubs acrylic expert, told me you can hold the acrylic up to sunlight and you get a rainbow effect in stressed areas. That's a rudimentary test.<br>If you could get Gregg's contact info, you would be privy to some of the best advice you can get.<br>Alan<br><br><div id="m_5452073910994713409ymail_android_signature"><a id="m_5452073910994713409ymail_android_signature_link" href="https://mail.onelink.me/107872968?pid=nativeplacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_315_SearchOrgConquer_EmailSignature&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002039&af_sub5=C01_Email_Static_&af_ios_store_cpp=0c38e4b0-a27e-40f9-a211-f4e2de32ab91&af_android_url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yahoo.mobile.client.android.mail&listing=search_organize_conquer" target="_blank">Yahoo Mail: Search, organise, conquer</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 20px"> <div style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(109,0,246)"> <div>On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 at 1:52 pm, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles</div><div><<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding:10px 0px 0px 20px;margin:10px 0px 0px;border-left:1px solid rgb(109,0,246)"> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">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> </blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>
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