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Re: Fountain
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 7 Jul 2000 14:22:18 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Greg Majewski writes:
> I've yet to implement this idea, but it is very cool! To make a working
> fountain, submerge a pneumatic pump in water. Have a tube coming out of the
> pump and have its end out of the water. Push the pump and a very nice jet of
> water streams out of the end of the tube. I was thinking of making a waterfall
> or something with a bunch of tubes or possibly just a small fountain built
> under a CRAPP...
> Greg "Accept the funk" Majewski
> http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/abs.html
The GMLTC has a (sometime) working fountain on our train layout. We used
a 'crapp' baseplate as the catch basin, and two pneumatic pumps working
together. We had to divide the output into four tubes, because the pressure
was causing the water to shoot too high.
The hardest part is keeping the water in the system, so it doesn't leak out.
We've had a few times when we ended up with puddles on the floor!
Hopefully it will be up and running at Kidvention - I need to remember to
bring a couple of spare parts for some small repairs. (It usually runs for
about an hour, then the Technic gears start to slip...)
JohnG, GMLTC
Come see us at Carlsbad, July 12th - 15th!!
(reach me at gmltc_j1 @ yahoo.com )
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| (...) waterfall (...) That would be somthing cool to see! Make sure you guys have your cameras ready for Kidvention and take me a pic or two. Maybe even make a moovie like all the train movies I saw from Brick Fest! To bad I cannot be there. Being (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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| I've yet to implement this idea, but it is very cool! To make a working fountain, submerge a pneumatic pump in water. Have a tube coming out of the pump and have its end out of the water. Push the pump and a very nice jet of water streams out of the (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jul-00, to lugnet.build)
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