<DIV style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif; font-size:10pt;"><DIV>I think you're the only one who uses cork, Stachiw shows "rubber" and I've seen many subs with rubber products, I'll just have to find a gnarly glue, I think silicone might work. How do you know how to do electroplating? don't you have to dip the whole thing into a solution and then run a current through it?</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian <BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] electro plating<BR>Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:43:28 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV><SPAN>Brian,</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>I tested EPDM in my port test chamber with contact cement and it extruded, rubber extrudes man. Gamma has cork</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Hank</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="display: block;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 3:29 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<BR></FONT></DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><DIV>Oh, pg 237 : To minimize lateral extrusion under compression they should be securely bonded with contact cement to the bearing support seat in the flange.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian Cox<BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] electro plating<BR>Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 14:23:28 -0800<BR><BR></DIV><DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><DIV>Hank,</DIV><DIV> I don't remember anything in the Stachiw book about an extruding problem, I'll have to check again. They designate various gasket material and thickness, and they call for neoprene, and some others, I'm using EPDM. </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian <BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] electro plating<BR>Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:51:36 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV><SPAN>Hi Brian,</SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Yes I could overlay weld ss, but that is a ton of work compared to electroplating. </SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Yes your Gasket will extrude if you use rubber. I just did some compression testing for a Psub member with cork he supplied. The cork compresses .03 inch and stays compressed and does not extrude. I tested the cork material to 1,555 psi. </SPAN></DIV><DIV><SPAN>Hank</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV><DIV style="display: block;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <DIV style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <DIV dir="ltr"><FONT face="Arial" size="2"> On Wednesday, December 30, 2015 11:52 AM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<BR></FONT></DIV> <BR><BR> <DIV><DIV><DIV><DIV style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><DIV>You could lay some stainless weld over the entire area and then machine it flat.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>Brian Cox<BR><BR>--- personal_submersibles@psubs.org wrote:<BR><BR>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org><BR>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] electro plating<BR>Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2015 13:45:03 +0000 (UTC)<BR><BR></DIV><DIV><DIV style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><DIV>Hi All,</DIV><DIV>Has anyone looked at electro plating a hatch and land mating surface. That is my plan, first copper, then nickel. I can do it myself at home. </DIV><DIV>Hank</DIV></DIV></DIV>_______________________________________________
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