Here's a teaser for this Saturdays DiveTribe Zoom meeting

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A well orchestrated image: period equipment and dress, padded dollies under the keels, and good signage as in " Studio B -- Advanced Projects"....

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No sweat, Anton. We share similar life experiences. You spent a military career preparing to kill guys like me. I spent a military career preparing to...

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Wow! Beautiful stuff. You're a pro....

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... and I'm a Martian, yet nobody from the Government has strapped my green ass to a gurney (yet)!

Management structure? Have you looked...

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Will you also be part of tomorrow's Zoom meeting?...

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Though marked, 'unapproved', I still got your post.

Yes, I'm well equipped but don't have a burn-out oven or crucible for melting the brass...

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Isn't that what porn sites are for?...

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Congratulations, your post came through without being 'flagged', Tim. Excellent presentation and I know your words will strike a chord with most of the...

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Soon I'll be presenting a three-part talk on the subject of running gear -- all the devices that actively propel our model submarine through the water....

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Agreed!

CollectiveBorg: you gotta give us a complete 'how-to' on the investment casting process. Excellent stuff!...

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Hell no, Tim. Send a shot through Bob's wheel-house -- tell him the problem! Just as soon as he gets his feet under him he'll fix the problem.
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Investment casts! Excellent.

What's the plan once you chop off the sprue -- how are you going to formulate a fixture to hold the work as...

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Yes. Indented for later boaring....

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Plasticene oil-based clay. There to keep the rubber (while in the freshly poured liquid state) from running through open holes and into the interior of...

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Ha! I'll share that with Howard when he gets here.

We're going to do the Norfolk HarborFest regatta in a few weeks. I'll be running this...

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We had three of those monsters banging away on the TRUTTA. They are great machines that even a submarine Snipe can get at to service. Our engineers even...