[PSUBS-MAILIST] MK-101's lower units

[Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles]

Hey Jon,   Wow that sub comes with quite a story!
I'll buy the three bottle kit,
Thanks

Rick



On Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> Hi Rick,
>
> I recommend purchasing the three bottle kit and using them in sequence.
> One is for heavy scratches, one is for light scratches, and the third is
> just a protective coating.  I know Hank did some polishing but can't recall
> if he used Novus or something else.
>
> My rebuild is on track but I can't decide if I'm 97, 98, or 99%
> done...however it's somewhere in that range.  Kittredge had a contract to
> build five K-600 subs but he and the buyer did not see eye-to-eye during
> fabrication of the first one and after threatening each other repeatedly
> with lawsuits eventually agreed to cut the contract to deliver the ONE
> vessel under construction and never talk to each other again.  The sales
> price was $101,000 in 1979.  I have no dive logs or records available to me
> however Kittredge had the vessel tested to 385 psi by the US Navy in
> Annapolis before delivering it to the buyer.  I intend to take a careful
> and calculated approach to determining it's current capability since too
> many years have passed to make any assumptions.
>
> Jon
>
>
> On Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 08:54:14 PM EDT, Rick Patton via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Jon, How's your build coming along? Sounds like quite a project. Isn't
> the K-600 you are rebuilding the only one that Kitteridge built? If not,
> who had it before you and how deep has it gone?
> On another note, I looked up the polishing compound that you
> recommended Novus, and it comes in a single, double or triple bottle offer.
> Do you remember which one you used?
>
> Rick
>
>
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