<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491678303828_14979"><span>Brian,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491678303828_14979" dir="ltr">I think you will have a very smooth and reliable motor there. I can see why they are tough to machine. I found the trick is to use your 4 jaw chuck and weld tabs to the pod heads for the chuck to grab. Then grind the tabs off after your done.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1491678303828_14979" dir="ltr">Hank</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <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, April 8, 2017 12:48 PM, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv4360536048"><div style="font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><div>Hi Everybody,</div><div> I finished my Port side motor pod. Did a pressure test up to 10psi , still waiting on the silicone oil . But it ran really smooth, had a bit of trouble when I machined the end caps, they weren't totally perfect, think I'll have the machine shop make a stab at it . There were difficult to line up in my lathe and they were literally at the very maximum size my lathe could do. But all my snap rings and o rings and epoxy thru hulls are good to go !</div><div> </div><div>Pics:</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>