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Re: Fountain
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lugnet.build
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Sat, 8 Jul 2000 23:33:32 GMT
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In lugnet.build, John Gerlach writes:
> 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
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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...)
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> JohnG, GMLTC
> Come see us at Carlsbad, July 12th - 15th!!
> (reach me at gmltc_j1 @ yahoo.com )
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
clear acrsoss the country will do that to ya, oh well.
--Kyle
http://hifiki.tripod.com
aim: legomankyle
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