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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Rick, </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Got it, I did not realize the material was not thick enough to loose that amount. I thought the machinest simply did not remove enough material. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 10:32:41 AM MST, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv8563243515"><div><div dir="ltr">Hank, My forward port (16") was about 3/16" too large in diameter because the machinist that made the receiver machined it wrong and I didn't catch it until it was already welded into the front elliptical head. and so I didn't want to cut it out and have it widened that much.<div>I am still waiting to hear back from an annealing company after sending them the data sheet that I received from Sean and Cliff. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Rick</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv8563243515gmail_quote yiv8563243515gmail_quote_container"><div id="yiv8563243515yqt13196" class="yiv8563243515yqt7426600684"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv8563243515gmail_attr">On Sat, Feb 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="yiv8563243515gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div dir="ltr">Rick, </div><div dir="ltr">I just welded my forward port frame into my new diesel sub and it warped .008 inches. I decided the easiest way to fix this was to cut out the head 4 inches bigger that the port frame (20 inches) I took the assembly back to my lathe and machined it true. Now I will simply weld the section back into the head and its all done. A days work. I am mentioning this as an option for you to avoid annealing your port. </div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
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