<html><head></head><body><p dir="ltr">I'm limited in what I can accomplish, given that I'm not well-invested in personal tools and machining equipment, and there are limits as to what my employer will permit me to do on personal projects. I can design (CAD/CAM/FEA/CFD), do basic fabrication and assembly, non-pressure vessel welding, PAC programming, post-weld heat treatment, pressure testing to 60,000 psi and instrument calibration, but I need to farm out most machining and welding tasks. As such, cost increases significantly.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Sean<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On February 8, 2016 12:11:46 PM MST, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div><span>Sean,</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span>I did </span>absolutely everything so far including machining the conical port. I also had some parts on the shelf already from previous builds.</div><div dir="ltr">Hank</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br /><br /></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" 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 size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, February 8, 2016 12:07 PM, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br /></font></div> <br /><br /> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6644823939"><div><div
dir="ltr">I'm astonished that you could build for so little. I guess you DIY'ed pretty much everything?</div>
<div dir="ltr">Sean<br clear="none" />
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<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><div class="yiv6644823939gmail_quote">On February 8, 2016 11:24:39 AM MST, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="yiv6644823939gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="yiv6644823939yqt8333317125" id="yiv6644823939yqt85268"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div><span>Sean,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454955527998_4833"><span id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454955527998_4832">It will have to be syntactic foam holding up a 516-70 sphere, the cheap part is the sphere. That is the only way I can afford to do it. My current sub build is at 12K and I am almost done. Not bad for the depth potential. I will take it to Burnaby for the 2,000 psi test once I am in a cash flow position. Low oil prices are </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454955527998_4833"><span> killing me!</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454955527998_4831"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="yiv6644823939qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"
/><br clear="none" /></div><div class="yiv6644823939yahoo_quoted" style="display:block;"> <div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, al, 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 size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, February 8, 2016 10:18 AM, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br clear="none" /></font></div> <br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /> <div class="yiv6644823939y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6644823939"><div><div dir="ltr">Titanic is sitting at 8000 fsw. That's a tight payload budget to design within without a foam block or more exotic hull material.</div>
<div dir="ltr">Sean<br clear="none" />
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<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><div class="yiv6644823939yqt1632087883" id="yiv6644823939yqtfd26107"><div class="yiv6644823939gmail_quote">On February 8, 2016 8:38:39 AM MST, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="yiv6644823939gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454945495260_5847"><span id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454945495260_5923">If I have a good year this year, I hope to build a Titanic capable sub exactly the same as what I am building now but much heavier of coarse. I will have EE weld it together and I will have the machining done for me also.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454945495260_5847"><span>Hank</span></div> <div class="yiv6644823939qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /></div><div class="yiv6644823939yahoo_quoted" 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 size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, February 8, 2016 7:30 AM, Sean !
T.
Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br clear="none" /></font></div> <br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /> <div class="yiv6644823939y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6644823939"><div><div dir="ltr">Funny, I could say the same thing about your budget. ;-)</div>
<div dir="ltr">Sean<br clear="none" />
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<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><div class="yiv6644823939yqt6934418513" id="yiv6644823939yqtfd15050"><div class="yiv6644823939gmail_quote">On February 8, 2016 6:27:59 AM MST, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="yiv6644823939gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454937580662_5331">Hi Sean,</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454937580662_5292">Thank you for your efforts with your programs, they have been a huge help to me. If I had your knowledge, I would be looking out my port at the Titanic.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6644823939yui_3_16_0_1_1454937580662_5292">Hank</div><div class="yiv6644823939qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /></div><div class="yiv6644823939yahoo_quoted" 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 size="2" face="Arial"> On Saturday, February 6, 2016 7:03 !
AM, Jon
Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> w!
rote:<br clear="none" /></font></div> <br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /> <div class="yiv6644823939y_msg_container"><br clear="none" />The latest version of the STS Sub Design Software written by Sean <br clear="none" />Stevenson is up on the web site.<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />WWW.PSUBS.ORG -> Resources & Reference -> Design Tools -> Calculators & <br clear="none" />Data Sheets<br clear="none" /><br clear="none" /><br clear="none" />_______________________________________________<br clear="none" />Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none" /><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none" /><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none" /><br
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