Battery Pods

Battery Pod Ring 64.21 Kb	Pod ring complete. 63.33 Kb	Pod ring ready to be cut. 64.73 Kb	Machining the pod ring. 74.73 Kb
Battery pod endcap 70.70 Kb	Making the hole larger 69.51 Kb	The battery pod cap, and the stainless steel insert 69.11 Kb	The stainless piece welded in place. 67.18 Kb
Both battery pod caps. 61.34 Kb	Machining the stainless insert. 68.83 Kb	A lathe close-up. 67.18 Kb	Pod endcaps 68.93 Kb
Pod endcaps 71.93 Kb	Machining the o-ring groove. 67.64 Kb	A pod cap, clad with stainless steel. 39.55 Kb	A near-finished pod cap. 64.36 Kb
And the final cut on the pod cap 73.38 Kb	Pod section, machined - unclad. 70.81 Kb	The pod edge is ready to be machined. 73.73 Kb	Close-up of pod edge. 70.97 Kb
Welding on the lathe??? 73.72 Kb	Grinding the battery pods. 73.27 Kb	Pod ends and pod caps. 68.61 Kb	Battery pods - ready for assembly. 69.75 Kb
A simple tool 66.96 Kb	500 lbs (230 kg) of pods. 69.52 Kb	Monica welding the pod pieces together. 63.37 Kb	Plasma cutting battery trays 70.85 Kb
More plasma cutting. 69.84 Kb	Battery Trays 66.79 Kb	Finishing the trays 67.00 Kb	Pod Endcap Hold-er On-er 74.42 Kb
Parts for the Hold-er On-er 72.13 Kb	Cutting the slots for the Hold-er On-er 68.87 Kb	Ready to build the Hold-er On-er 76.39 Kb	Aligning the long bar and the pipe 69.81 Kb
Ahhh. That's what a Pod Endcap Hold-er On-er looks like! 69.25 Kb	And they're done! 70.84 Kb	Battery Pod thru-hulls 69.75 Kb	A boring job. 67.10 Kb
Threading the stainless pipe. 67.76 Kb	Battery Pod thru-hull. 62.91 Kb	Threaded thru-hull. 63.82 Kb	Cutting more holes??? 66.03 Kb
Monica cutting a few more holes... 69.04 Kb	and more cutting... 51.24 Kb	and more cutting... 70.60 Kb	and more cutting... 61.38 Kb
and another hole. 64.45 Kb	The under-belly of the beast. 48.32 Kb	A battery pod ready to have 3 holes cut into it. 73.41 Kb	One of the holes is marked and ready to cut. 73.93 Kb
And a bit of cutting. 66.82 Kb	And a few sparks. 46.96 Kb	Both pods with their holes cut. 71.89 Kb	These pieces are welded into the far endcap of each battery pod. 67.65 Kb
A close-up of the pieces. 68.18 Kb	What are all of these pieces? 71.41 Kb	Hmmm. I assembled some of them and they form a circle. 71.20 Kb	Drilling bolt holes. 72.77 Kb
Preparing the pods for welding. 70.57 Kb	The skid will rest on this piece of stainless steel. 74.42 Kb	Here the rest of the skid retainers are in place. 73.88 Kb	And the wooden skid is in place. 73.44 Kb
Ready to lift? 69.31 Kb	And the sub is up! 61.01 Kb	A side view of the sub with the battery pods attached. 63.66 Kb	A front view with the battery pods attached. 70.82 Kb
And a back view with the pods. 70.11 Kb

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