<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><span>Kieth,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499906747909_11815"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499906747909_11814">For the sake of weight, I want to strap the sphere, plus it will keep the sphere smooth. Ideally I would drill through the centre of the rings and counter sink bolts in, but that is a no no.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499906747909_11815"><span>Hank</span></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 Wednesday, July 12, 2017 7:09 PM, k6fee via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv6877843125"><div><div>Hank,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>How about bolting them together along with the glue.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Keith T.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div id="yiv6877843125composer_signature"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757;">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv6877843125yqt0287557960" id="yiv6877843125yqt94599"><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> </div><div>Date: 7/12/17 5:50 PM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> </div><div>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] sphere construction, </div><div><br clear="none"></div></div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div id="yiv6877843125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499906747909_2507">Hi all,</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6877843125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499906747909_2507">Today I had an idea that would not have been possible before I had a big lathe. I can buy a series of 4 inch thick rings and machine them flat, glue them together to create a sphere. The rings can be machined individually so when glued together I have a sphere. The beauty of this is I can have additional thickness where I need it, like the hatch land. The ring that makes up the hatch land can be thicker.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6877843125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499906747909_2507">Any reason this is a bad idea.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6877843125yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1499906747909_2507">Hank</div></div></div></div></div><div class="yqt0287557960" id="yqt31087">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>