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The green pipe is ten inches in diameter and has about 800 1/2 inch holes in it. I drove it into the lake bottom a foot with a sledge hammer and sealed the bottom of it and around it and the screening to hold everything in place. It's filled half way up with gravel and when I stop hurting I'll put about 6 more buckets of it in there and I'll have a two foot in diameter prefilter and eventually I'll add a second lake screen with very fine holes and run a lawn pump. The rocks will filter the fine floating pieces of weeds out like a pool filter does with sand and my sprinkler heads will stay clear much long that just using a lake screen hanging off the dock. I need a place to hide the dirt from under the house for

The Top Secret Bunker so I'm trying to talk the people that have the lot next to me into building them a dock and sea wall and if so I'll move mine out to the string so the one I built for the neighbors on the other side, mine and the empty lot will be all tied together and therefore a lot stronger.

I'm going to low ball the job to get it mostly cause it will make it a lot harder for the gators to get in the back yard and during these droughts the bottom of my current seawall is often above ground and the dogs jump down there when I'm not looking...

I actually almost did the same thing last year and had a gator about 6 foot long jump up and dive into the lake but I was as close to it as the water was before I saw it LOL.

Don't play with gators.

They might be cute but they're not pets.

Modern rail car heating (English legends) by Gene Selkov

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Modern rail car boiler and heating system. It is a German-built car, if I am not mistaken.

See also:

Same diagram with Russian legends

Overall plumbing schematics (Russian legends)

Overall plumbing schematics (English legends)

Vintage rail car plumbing (Russian legends)

Vintage rail car plumbing (English legends)

Vintage boiler schematics (Russian legends)

Vintage Boiler schematics (English legends)

Source: 101219_171957.RAF

Edited: TrainCarBoiler-new-English.xcf

Much Lighter by Mike Engel

It seals as well as the heavy weight and is made from regular pipe fittings.

Homemade Well Screen by Mike Engel

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800 holes. I sunk it into the lake bed a foot and secured it with 80 pounds of concrete. I'll add a second screen of mesh around it and fill it with gravel then that will give me a large supply of water for the sand movie device plus I will add a second well screen inside it to irrigate my lawn. The lake water is full of dissolved nurtients that will be a weak form of fertilizer everythime I water thelawnand when I extend the sea wall it will be just outside of it for easy access and so I can mount a pump.

Scale by Mike Engel

Simple Works.

Thinking by Mike Engel

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Lighter and More Efficient by Mike Engel

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It is adjusted so the force of water running up will keep it centered in T Valve and now uses off the shelf Parts.

I'll inject water here to prime the big pump and then thin the slurry so it can be pumped about 200 feet without settling.

Scraps by Mike Engel

Pondering a New Valve by Mike Engel

100 Feet by Mike Engel

Notes for Reference by Mike Engel

I can look away and just forget so I am in a habit of taking pictures as a lazy way of keeping notes...

Tool by Mike Engel

Final Basin by Mike Engel

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I'll need to make a grating to keep anything bigger than an inch from getting sucked in and pour a smooth coat of concrete around the bucket and leave it in place since it will be less likely towear down that sand moviing across concrete.

New Plug by Mike Engel

My Desk by Mike Engel

Quick Release by Mike Engel

In Place by Mike Engel

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I drove it down with a block of 4 by 4 and a sledge hammer about a foot into the lake bottom then I put 80 pounds of concrete around the bottom to hold it in place.

It will set overnight.

Ready to Test by Mike Engel

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The sand sucking from under the house shoot it out into the back yard without breaking my back using a wheel barrow device.

Ready for a trial run tommorrow while the wife is at the Doc's...

High Tech Hood by Mike Engel

Trash Pump by Mike Engel

Midpoint by Mike Engel

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy47PQ9zzQA

When the cable is stretched tight it is withing 1/2 inch of being centered in the T which is the widest area internally so it should let the maximum amount of flow by it.

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Recycling Model by Mike Engel