In which I are not a hydraulic engineer

[zwol]

Over a year ago I made these little dishes.

The idea was always that they would be put together into a fountain, somehow; that's why the little notches in the sides, and the holes in the bottoms of a couple of them. Well, with one thing and another, I never got around to buying a water pump or constructing any sort of structure to hold them all together, until today.

Yes, those are Tinkertoys™. And twist ties to hold the water hose in the right position. Obviously this would not be the permanent framework of the fountain, but it should do for testing, no? I was quite proud of having made it all fit together ... and then I turned it on. Turns out you can't just cut a divot in the edge of a dish and expect water to pour smoothly out. It stuck to the outsides of the dishes, it splashed, it went everywhere except back into the bottom dish. Also: unfinished wood swells when wet. I had to use pliers to get the thing disassembled again.

Comments

[elisaana.livejournal.com]

That is AWESOME! Good luck with version 2.0!

[zwol.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Ghu knows when I'll get around to it. I suspect I have to start over from scratch with the dishes.

[solconeja.livejournal.com]

Before I read the post, I thought you had built a whimsical still, but was confused since you and Pam don't drink much alcohol, much less distill your own.

[zwol.livejournal.com]

Indeed, we don't! But the thought of building a still out of plastic aquarium hose, little ceramic dishes, and Tinkertoys amuses me muchly.

[weinberg.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

I am so happy you are making progress towards SuperFountain! You're still more of a hydraulic engineer than anyone I know. We may talk about fountains: you're doing something about them.