02-13-2010, 04:42 PM
Pumps! Two 15" dia., 30" long, 24VDC powered centrifugal pumps. It really helps when you have a shipyard available to design, cast, machine, and test, things you can't immediately buy on the open market.
I started with a pair of the MDC, type K brake cylinders, which became the "motor part, and added the "pump", built up from Evergreen styrene tube/rod/strip.
Next up?, figuring out exactly what the water, and fuel oil plumbing should look like.
I'm thinking the fuel oil should have a nozzle, with a switch lever (as in gas pump nozzles) to control the pump. Water can be controlled with a switch, right at the water pump ( a little overflow here isn't a serious thing ).
The fun, is figuring out what detail, where it will go, and what it is used for.
I started with a pair of the MDC, type K brake cylinders, which became the "motor part, and added the "pump", built up from Evergreen styrene tube/rod/strip.
Next up?, figuring out exactly what the water, and fuel oil plumbing should look like.
I'm thinking the fuel oil should have a nozzle, with a switch lever (as in gas pump nozzles) to control the pump. Water can be controlled with a switch, right at the water pump ( a little overflow here isn't a serious thing ).
The fun, is figuring out what detail, where it will go, and what it is used for.
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The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!
The greatest place to live life, is on the sharp leading edge of a learning curve.
Lead me not into temptation.....I can find it myself!