today's work

[Das Boot]

The silicon oil is perfect for sliding or rotating shafts. The grease I use for fixed seals, like bulkhead O-rings. (This week I rejoin the work on your U-1 parts).

David

Dave, do those seals for the linkage go in one way or does it matter? I found that grease you use on Amazon. Expensive, but you’ll never use it all in a decade.

[DrSchmidt]

Thnaks, then I'll get the oil, too.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Is this Super Lube silicone oil good? I've silicone grease but need something better....

The silicon oil is perfect for sliding or rotating shafts. The grease I use for fixed seals, like bulkhead O-rings. (This week I rejoin the work on your U-1 parts).

David

[DrSchmidt]

Is this Super Lube silicone oil good? I've silicone grease but need something better....

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[Subculture]

He had such high hopes after moving that rubber tree plant.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A saboteur.

That ant has been dealt with...

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A friend needs some clear hemisphere gun domes for his NAZI hydrofoil (What?). A vacuforming job. Been years since I did any of that type work and can't find the frames or plenums. Nuts! Got to make a plenum for this job, as well as a holding frame for the heated plastic sheet.

First, the plug/puck/form/pattern/mold/thewhateveritscalledthesedays... the item that will give form to the eventual parts.

























As the items are small, a scrap piece of Lexan tube was pressed into service as the basic plenum structure. Caped with two WTC bulkheads I had in the spares bin. A hole in the side of the plenum will mate tightly with the household vacuum cleaner hose. Film at Eleven.

[redboat219]

A saboteur.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Returned from SubFest... Back to Work! Fried one ESC, replaced leaking pushrod seals, and one leaking shaft seal had to be cored out and rebuilt. Not bad -- brought seven models to the event and they all got some water time.









...And one stow-away ant (now Submarine Qualified). This little guy was aboard my Type-23 during all its runs at the event. Only found him when I cracked the WTC during post-mission checks.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

https://youtu.be/Kw9KUXdynfk

[redboat219]

Somebody needs to build a Shark Hunter II and some DPVs to chase this.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

https://youtu.be/cZYoGDr7FYM

[biggsgolf]

Thank you Sir!

[redboat219]