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Frank, If I remember correctly, the swivel joint was made from a pool
cue ball. The arm is so slim to minimize the effects of water pressure
wanting to push it back into the submersible. You had to fight the
pressure to push the arm outward. Vance may be able to lend further
information. R/Jay Respectfully, Jay K. Jeffries Andros Is., Bahamas Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. - Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC) From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org
[mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of ShellyDalg@aol.com Hi Dean. How's the sub coming along? This sure is an expensive
hobby! Do you have any new pictures up? That arm looks cool, although maybe a little fragile. It must
be on some kind of ball socket. I wonder what a google search would turn up, or
if those guys made it themselves. The sub was made by a tool and die
shop so they could have made the socket. It must be fairly complicated, because
they have a linkage there to close the grabber fingers, as well as swivel the
arm around. I'll need to think about that one for a while. I'm looking for a deal on three large scuba tanks. 100 cu. ft.
minimum. Got any leads? I see ebay has some for $279, ( new, steel ) which
isn't too bad. Should be ready to get those pretty soon so I can begin the
plumbing on the sub. I'll also need a couple of 40's for emergency, with
regulators. Anyway, keep working on that thing and maybe we'll get together
again for a couple dives in our subs. Frank D.
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