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[trout]

I am very familiar with your past standard o-ring. I like this "New" way. Thank you for answering.
Peace,
Tom

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

When you install the plastic ring (polycarbonate?), do you add pressure against the o-ring or just snuggle up to it? In other words are you compressing the o-ring any to add its friction fit against the pipe?
Love your documentation....lots to learn from you.

The sealing is affected at the outer and inner surfaces of the O-ring, so compressing it is only required if the fit between bulkhead body and conduit tube is loose. So, I select an O-ring diameter that is a bit smaller than the conduit, and a bit larger than the bore of the bulkhead it fits within. The 'compression' ring is not that at all -- its only purpose is to retain the O-ring within the bore as I install/remove the conduit tube.

I went through all this voodoo bull**** because I wanted a larger diameter conduit than my stock bulkheads were designed for. Here's the standard O-ring, encapsulated during the bulkhead casting operation:

[trout]

When you install the plastic ring (polycarbonate?), do you add pressure against the o-ring or just snuggle up to it? In other words are you compressing the o-ring any to add its friction fit against the pipe?
Love your documentation....lots to learn from you.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[rwtdiver]

Rob, thats NOT a Kilo. It's the Trumpeter 1/144 Chinese Type 092 Ballistic missile submarine.

OK! Couldn't see the writing on the box that well without my magnifier. (sorry, I wasn't even close, but it is a submarine) Got to laugh! We better get off Davids build blog, or we will be in for it...;-))

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat."

[redboat219]

How about a build blog on your new Kilo class submarine?!

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat."

Rob, thats NOT a Kilo. It's the Trumpeter 1/144 Chinese Type 092 Ballistic missile submarine.

[Das Boot]

I’m no good with blogs, but I’ll try to take a bunch of pictures and then do some narrative after a bit. It’s gonna take a 2 inch WTC.

[rwtdiver]

Got mine in today. Nice Winter project. I finally got a place where I can get models together. It’s nice to be empty-nesters with three bedrooms to spare. One for my man cave/model room.

OK Casey! With all the chatting you enjoy doing on this forum! How about a build blog on your new Kilo class submarine?!

Rob
"Firemen can stand the heat."

[Das Boot]

Correct.

Cyanoacrylate is best suited for this task -- it is fast setting; easily broken away (fails readily in shear) for re-alignment/replacement; and is adequate for the job of bonding dissimilar materials which are not chemically able to fuse together at room temperature.

Got mine in today. Nice Winter project. I finally got a place where I can get models together. It’s nice to be empty-nesters with three bedrooms to spare. One for my man cave/model room.

[Das Boot]

How is it you always outdo yourself?

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

[Ken_NJ]

Carol and I spent time with her siblings in NC. On the way home Carol wanted to go thru the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Our halfway point home on a 12ish hour drive was the Norfolk area. We do not do 12 hour drives so since David is in the Norfolk area he kindly let us stay overnight. We went out to dinner and had a great time BSing about just about anything. We also spent some shop time doing a few things in David's shop. We spun some molten metal in the centrifuge. Specifically we made a pair of props for my future soon to start Bronco XXIII. Amazing how well the parts come out of the centrifuge. And I watched David put the finishing touches on the props. Thank you David for the place to stay, company and the shop time and props.

[Das Boot]

Perfect. Thanks.

[redboat219]

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