[PSUBS-MAILIST] Valve part 2

[hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles]

 Hi James,  I am with you on this, I would not like it the way it is.  I would guess the nipple went out of round from welding it in.Because of the location, I would either do as Cliff mentions or weld a nipple to the penetrating nipple as you suggest.  My worry would be how to get a good weld in that location.  If it were me, i would sacrifice ID and slide a nipple inside the existing one.  This would give you a shoulder to weld to and the weld would be much easier.  Then just bush it back to the original size.  It is not right in front of me, so maybe I am wrong about ease of welding.  On Gamma, i bought a fitting that screwed into the flood valve and hit it with 600 psi every spring before diving.  I also did like you and had a hand tight plug, also I removed the handle in case a passenger hit it.Hank
    On Monday, May 24, 2021, 02:05:33 AM MDT, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:  
 
 Hi all.I didn’t get any responses to my valve dilemma.  I’ve made another video with the problem right at the start so you don’t have to watch it all.  I would really appreciate some advice here, I’m not sure what to do.
https://youtu.be/qJhVeFrUwWI

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