[PSUBS-MAILIST] hatch

[Jim Rudholm via Personal_Submersibles]

Brian,
I have a Standard-Modern 26x30 lathe with a 24" 4-jaw chuck installed. I'm
in Kingsburg on Hwy 99 half way between LA and San Francisco. See
attachment:

Jim

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 2:19 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Brian,
> Not 100% sure what you mean but I put my entire tower in the lathe.  I
> welded a temporary bar on the inside diameter if the tower, near the hatch
> land ring.   Then the tower could be held across centre on the lathe.
> Worked well but I had to pay a company with a big enough machine to do it.
>
> Or, I remember a while ago someone saying that they had made up some sort
> of bolt on milling machine that had somehow skimmed the face.  Maybe
> whoever said that could comment if they remember.
>
> Regards
> James
>
> On 22 January 2015 at 03:41, Brian Cox via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>> With it sticking out 24" it would wobble wouldn't it?
>>
>> Brian
>>
>> --- personal_submersibles at psubs.org wrote:
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>> From: hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>> To: Personal Submersibles General Discussion <
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>> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] hatch
>> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:25:19 -0800
>>
>>
>> Brian
>> Opps, sorry I see what you mean, you have a reducer like Gamma.  Your
>> gonna have to cut it off if you can't find a lathe big enough for the CT.
>> Hank--------------------------------------------
>> On Wed, 1/21/15, hank pronk via Personal_Submersibles <
>> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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>>  Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] hatch
>>  To: "Personal Submersibles General Discussion" <
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>>  Received: Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 9:18 PM
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>>  Brian,
>>  You have to machine the land with the CT
>>  anyways. It is going to warp from welding it on anyways.
>>  Hank
>>
>>  --------------------------------------------
>>  On Wed, 1/21/15, Brian Cox via
>>  Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>  wrote:
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>>   Subject:
>>  [PSUBS-MAILIST] hatch
>>   To: "PSubs"
>>  <personal_submersibles at psubs.org>
>>   Received: Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 8:57
>>  PM
>>
>>     My welder got
>>   carried away and welded up the top 6"
>>  that was suppose
>>   to first go in the lathe
>>  to face off the ss land
>>   ;-)So now I have a
>>  whole conning tower that would
>>   have to go
>>  in the lathe !  24" !   Not
>>   sure
>>  what I'm going to do .  We could just cut it
>>   off and re weld it.   It was a difficult fit
>>  so he
>>   was concentrating on getting things
>>  lined
>>   up. Brian
>>
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