<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455401676302_2858"><span>Sean,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455401676302_2858"><span>Yes the hatch and seat are </span>conical. The hatch dome is in line with the hull so the load path is a smooth line. </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1455401676302_2858">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 Saturday, February 13, 2016 3:06 PM, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2854324241"><style type="text/css">#yiv2854324241 -- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}#yiv2854324241 </style><div><div dir="ltr">Well, more specifically, I was interested in the geometry of your hatch arrangement. Did you end up going with a conical bearing face? What of the reinforcement / load path in that area?</div>
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<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2854324241yqt5810351076" id="yiv2854324241yqtfd76162"><div class="yiv2854324241gmail_quote">On February 13, 2016 1:49:10 PM MST, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="yiv2854324241gmail_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="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455395934089_2937"><span>Hi Sean,</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455395934089_2910">I don't really have drawings, just sketches really. That is where the word 'Amateur " comes into play when I say "Amateur built" ;-)</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455395934089_2910">Hank</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455395934089_2910"><span><br clear="none"></span></div> <div class="yiv2854324241qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv2854324241yahoo_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 13, 2016 12:51 PM, Sean T. Steve!
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Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv2854324241y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2854324241"><div><div dir="ltr">Hank - did you make design drawings prior to fabrication? Or are you making any as-built drawings as you go? If so, I'd be interested to have a look.</div>
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<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv2854324241gmail_quote">On February 13, 2016 11:38:56 AM MST, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<blockquote class="yiv2854324241gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="yiv2854324241yqt5488824729" id="yiv2854324241yqt02703"><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><div id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2835"><span>Hi All, </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2835"><span id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2918">Here is a picture of Elementary 3000 with first coat of paint. The two rings are for mounting the new ballast tank. I lifted the new ballast tank on with my wife and stood back and said OH! S%^$#@#$# it looks just like the star ship voyager from star trek. Now I think I will have to paint the sub yellow so it does not look like I built a replica star ship.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2835"><span>Hank</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2835"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div class="yiv2854324241qtdSeparateBR" id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2834"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> <div id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2820" style="display:block;"> <div id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2819" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"> <div id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2818" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2863"><font id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2862" size="2" face="Arial"> On Saturday, February 13, 2016 11:26 AM, hank pronk <hankpronk@live.ca> wrote:<br clear="none"></font></div> <br clear="none"><br clear="none"> <div class="yiv2854324241y_msg_container" id="yiv2854324241yui_3_16_0_1_1455388457347_2817"><div id="yiv2854324241">
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