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Les
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There is no time delay from the turning of the flywheel to water spraying from the spout, it is virtually instantanious.
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Nick
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I only bid around $20-$25 on this same one, because the missing spout scared me.
I am glad a forum member got it, and I hope you get it working right.
I never realized they pumped that much water.  |
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kusuchi
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| johnreid wrote: | | If it were mine, IO woulf make a coupling of sorts to join the pipe that goes towards the fountain and the pipe that would be fitted with the spout, that way I would think that here would be no need to remove the bowl. I bet a bit of rubber tubing would make the coupling |
Great idea John,
But I think it would melt when I soldered the spout. I might be able to make an L shaped piece as a tail piece to the spout and maneuver it through the hole in the base. Then make the connection outside in the pond.
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Les
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| kusuchi wrote: | | johnreid wrote: | | If it were mine, IO woulf make a coupling of sorts to join the pipe that goes towards the fountain and the pipe that would be fitted with the spout, that way I would think that here would be no need to remove the bowl. I bet a bit of rubber tubing would make the coupling |
Great idea John,
But I think it would melt when I soldered the spout. I might be able to make an L shaped piece as a tail piece to the spout and maneuver it through the hole in the base. Then make the connection outside in the pond. |
That sounds like the easiest solution.
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kusuchi
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Atticman wrote: | mmm at first I thought that theres a missing 90 degree pipe coming into the spout,
but maybe the whole fountain inside does fill up.
The piston must generate quite a pressure for it to do that though, and give such a spout as Leses does  |
Too true,
Best to play it safe, I think.
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kusuchi
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Les Marsh wrote: | I have run mine as you can see in the video, the pipe on mine runs from the piston through the bowl to the spout and does not fill the inside of the bowl.
Whoever did the the repair on yours did it wrong.
It looks and sounds like that they soldered around the bowl so when it ran the water only flowed oever the edge of the bowl and back into the resevoir. |
Thus eliminating the need for a spout. 
I'm also missing the manual crank handle.
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Les
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| Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| kusuchi wrote: | | Les Marsh wrote: | I have run mine as you can see in the video, the pipe on mine runs from the piston through the bowl to the spout and does not fill the inside of the bowl.
Whoever did the the repair on yours did it wrong.
It looks and sounds like that they soldered around the bowl so when it ran the water only flowed over the edge of the bowl and back into the reservoir. |
Thus eliminating the need for a spout.
I'm also missing the manual crank handle. |
Maybe you could get your jewellers to manufacture one for you.
Do you want any pictures of one?
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kusuchi
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| Les Marsh wrote: | | kusuchi wrote: | | Les Marsh wrote: | I have run mine as you can see in the video, the pipe on mine runs from the piston through the bowl to the spout and does not fill the inside of the bowl.
Whoever did the the repair on yours did it wrong.
It looks and sounds like that they soldered around the bowl so when it ran the water only flowed over the edge of the bowl and back into the reservoir. |
Thus eliminating the need for a spout.
I'm also missing the manual crank handle. |
Maybe you could get your jewellers to manufacture one for you.
Do you want any pictures of one? |
I think it is fairly visible on your photos. The only question is the thread gauge. If you have the time a close up could be useful.
Thanks,
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Les
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| kusuchi wrote: | | Les Marsh wrote: | | kusuchi wrote: | | Les Marsh wrote: | I have run mine as you can see in the video, the pipe on mine runs from the piston through the bowl to the spout and does not fill the inside of the bowl.
Whoever did the the repair on yours did it wrong.
It looks and sounds like that they soldered around the bowl so when it ran the water only flowed over the edge of the bowl and back into the reservoir. |
Thus eliminating the need for a spout.
I'm also missing the manual crank handle. |
Maybe you could get your jewellers to manufacture one for you.
Do you want any pictures of one? |
I think it is fairly visible on your photos. The only question is the thread gauge. If you have the time a close up could be useful.
Thanks, |
The handle is moulded in with the pulley on mine so no thread. It must be a later model to yours.
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| Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:16 am Post subject: |
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| kusuchi wrote: | | johnreid wrote: | | If it were mine, IO woulf make a coupling of sorts to join the pipe that goes towards the fountain and the pipe that would be fitted with the spout, that way I would think that here would be no need to remove the bowl. I bet a bit of rubber tubing would make the coupling |
Great idea John,
But I think it would melt when I soldered the spout. I might be able to make an L shaped piece as a tail piece to the spout and maneuver it through the hole in the base. Then make the connection outside in the pond. |
That is what I was thinking
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Les
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Have you had any luck in getting this repaired yet Richard??
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Les
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Any news on this fountain??
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DLR
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 9:52 am Post subject: |
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| Les, when you stop turning the handle does the water just stop or does it continue and slowly dribble to a stop |
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Les
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| DLR wrote: | | Les, when you stop turning the handle does the water just stop or does it continue and slowly dribble to a stop |
With mine it goes to a dribble and then stops.
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Cam
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| Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| is this just a hand pumped fountain essentially or something else? ive NEVER seen anything like it before |
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