Arrival of Parts

13/11/07

My brother with the new shipment of parts.  It seems I’ve been waiting for these for ages.  I should have ordered them earlier really, but I am not buying everything in one go to spread out the cost over time.  These are the two hatch rings.  One is 316L stainless.  The other pieces are eight viewports (I’m adding an extra two to the design), one hatch viewport and a replacement reinforcing ring.  I made a stupid cramping mistake with one of the original reinforcing rings and it twisted badly when welded.  So, it’s now on with machining the viewports, building the conning tower and hatch.

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