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Uwe Burghardt posted this on Facebook.
Pretty cool.
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Uwe Burghardt posted this on Facebook.
Pretty cool.If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub. -
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I don’t know, but guessing yes. Makes me wonder if there are other ways to do that or how small it will work.If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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Thank you David for sharing, I have most of those techniques of yours memorized (because of you willing to share). That being said, there are some new nuggets in those photos I missed before. Like, is that the same t-shirt from 10 years ago?
on a serious note, the disks you punch out, in the photo following where you are placing 4 disks around a circle, are those going to be flush?the other circles look like they are flush are they?Last edited by trout; 12-29-2019, 10:59 AM.If you can cut, drill, saw, hit things and swear a lot, you're well on the way to building a working model sub.Comment
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… and, I must point out, never washed! No dress code here, pal (unless Ellie says so).
The USS ALLIGATOR, an American Civil War Union submarine, underwent modifications after its initial sea-trials. As built all the rivets were flush with the hull plating. However, post shake-down the propulsion system was changed from reciprocating oars to a traditional single screw propeller. The stuffing glands for the transverse oar operating shafts were blanked off internally and, I have to assume, those internal blanking plates were fastened with rivets. And as this would have been an out-of-specification alteration, I further assumed they would have taken the expedient route and used traditional rivets with the heads projecting past the plating. Of course, my assumptions in this and other undocumented areas of the ALLIGATORE features could be total horse-****. Just my best guess.
I was lead-man on the design of this craft for the Discovery Science Channel episode, Search For The Alligator. So, I did a lot of research and was assisted by some pretty sharp tools here and abroad. No less a personage was on board than Jim Christly. I was also principle miniature. Other model work was done by Tim Smalley and Jim Christly.
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Wow! Just when you think you've seen everything about making rivets. Thanks guys for two really informative posts. Dave are those ball bearings you were using?Comment
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Of course! ThanksComment
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