[Jewelry making - Article 00525] - Re: [Orchid] MacGuyve-risms in the shop

[Pam Chott]

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Hi Jurnee,

>     . . .   The Mechanic saves me all sorts of things now. Including
>     some of the bigger ball bearings from some other part of the trucks
>     that he's replaced. I don't know what I'll use those for but I'll
>     save them until I figure it out. 

    I've heard of welding larger diameter drills to them as handles and
    using them for dapping.  Not too helpful if all the bearings are the
    same size, though.    :-) 

>         But my favorite of all is my water source, it is the spare
>     fuel tank from my boyfriends Parachute Plane. It is in a steal
>     brace hung on the wall above one end of my bench it holds 5 gallons
>     of water. I use a small galvanized oval shaped wash tub that
>     collects the water that drips from the used tubing from my son's
>     nebuliezer, that fits onto the tiny sprayer I got at walmart out of
>     lawn & garden dept for $2.50 for 2. When the tub gets too full I
>     set a fountain pump it it and plug it up and it sends the water
>     back up to the tank, the water is filtered by a reusable coffee
>     filter with a paper filter as well. Eventually the I plan on having
>     it set up to where the water will go from the tub or some other
>     holding pan to a 5 gallon bucket with a beallage pump ( the kind of
>     pumps that are in larger boats that are water depth activated) that
>     will then filter through a new fuel filter back into the tank. 

    How is this water used?  Over time you might need to be concerned
    about bacterial growth in the reused water.  It will probably become
    unhealthy even before molds or other evidence of contamination become
    visible.  

Pam Chott
www.songofthephoenix.com

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