[modeleng] Re: Hydraulic ram
- From: "Jesse Livingston" <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:27:15 -0600
Dave,
A working pump could be made from that drawing of the Gould hydraulic ram.
PVC pipe would make most of it except for the "beat Valve" which would
have to be made of metal.
Jesse in rattlesnake country, Troy, TN. USA
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Everett" <deverett2003@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 3:37 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Hydraulic ram
> Morrison & Marvin sell plans for a 1/4 scale Gould no.4 hydraulic ram. No
> castings required.
> http://www.morrisonandmarvin.com/projects.php
>
> Dave
> The Emerald Isle
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jesse Livingston <fernj1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, 29 January 2012, 21:01
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Hydraulic ram
>
> Alan,
>
> I know a bloke up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that I think sold plans for
> building such a device and I think I could build one from memory of seeing
> one in action in Texas. Pumped water up to the farmhouse where it flowed
> into a barrel on back porch, overflow from barrel went to livestock
> watering
> trough and from there into chicken waterers finally to wind up in a hog
> wallow. Nothing wasted, but sometimes it would quit so the farmer had to
> walk about a quarter mile through rattlesnake infested underbrush to
> remove
> the crawdad from under one of the valves. He wasn't particularly happy
> about
> summer excursions because of the rattlers, but no problem in colder
> weather
> when snakes hibernated. I will check with the guy who I think had the
> plans.
>
> Jesse in too warm Troy, TN
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "stepney" <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:44 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Hydraulic ram
>
>
>> No, I dont mean a hydraulic cylinder, but the old fashioned device for
>> lifting water.
>>
>> There was an article / series of articles, in ME some time ago, that
>> included instructions for making some simple ones, one of which used
>> only standard plumbing fittings.
>>
>> Despite looking through the index, I cant find it.
>> Has anyone any idea when it appeared?
>>
>> Alan
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