PROJECT 24 Water Lift Pump PROJECT BACKGROUND ‘When we were first married, Gill and I lived in a farm cot- tage that had a well and a pump to draw our water. I was forever climbing down into the well to sort out the leathar flap valva at tha bottom of th pump chamber. It would gat locked with mud, stones, grit, ead frogs and all manner of things Life with such rustic charm was never lacking in ‘wet, muddy, cold chores, ‘That old lift pump was 2 boautifully simple pigce of machinery. Basically I's just two valves working tagether. ‘When the handle is lifted, the rod goes down, the valve at the bottom of the chamber closes, the valve at the bottom of the piston cpens and water rushes to the top side of the piston. When the pump handle is pushed dows, the rod comes up, tne valve at the hottom of the chamber apens, the valve in the piston closes and water floods the bottom chamher, ready for the next pump stroke, FROJECT OVERVIEW Study the project picture (right), the working drawings (Figure 24-24) and the templates (Figure 24-28). While tho various components aro relatively easy to make, the assembly 1s convoluted, The piobiem is the component parts ere short grained and fragile, with ots of curved slender sections that run across tha grain, pis thore are lote of parte, The moaeuremente can be moulified, except jor the rod end chamber lengths. If you want to alter the size of the project, use stiff paper and pins to build @ pro- totype first. 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Mi Neck bar ‘Toy ball valve P Piston, 9 Wataing nor weage 1 Chamberalats SSW WATER LIFT PUMP @33,WATER LIFT PUMP TEMPLATES FIGURE 2-28 ‘The seale is two grid squares to" wate that wre have only Mlustrated the ditficalt-to- ice, op right oe, bottom righYoxa/ee 1B worn wale Yo ox Taira wa Ya 8» 6/, brown ok Tonia 9 american on a =A chore GS Chember sige botiom eft /22>Spitchpine HL Sonut Yax8x4i/ itch DI 1 Chemborsidg oprigkt 7.7 2.-#7spictpice J Chamber side, bum right /o* @*3 pitch pine x Tormi Verte 4/, pitch pine L_ Bottom rod foe Toitch pine 1 ede bar Yewte3/charry Bottom ball valve fes2>2pichplne 0 Topbell valve Wa «We plum F Fision Vee 2xSplam D Waldingbox wadye Vex 24Spham R Chembersiets Yantra O put CHOOSING YOUR wooD ‘You can use just avout any wood you lke, just make sure i's ary, easy to cut on a scroll saw and free of splits and knots. We used English brown oak for the hase and back boards, Amorioan oak for the handlo and sorap pisces of pine, cherry and plum for the rest Select woods mat nave rich color and grain pattems from one component to the next. MAKING THE BACK, BASE AND LUG BOARDS Study the design (Figures 24-2A and B), noting how ‘tha base hoard, backaoard and the small lug hoard are made from °/."-thick wood, with the various curves drawn with a compass, The greater part of the base is set to the iront of the backboard, with the tive boards fixed by aglied-snd-peqsed batten, Plane your wood to a finished tickness of /' It should be free of splits and knots. If you're using a ‘tough wood like the brown oak I used, then it's also a good. idea to sight along its length checking for twists. ‘Draw the dasign out with a mule, square and compass, and cut the pieces out cn your scroll savy, Set the backboard at right angles to the base and support it with a piece of ecrap. ‘Decide where the lug needs to be positioned, anc then dry fitit in place with acouple of dowels. MAKING THE CHAMBER WALLS AND VALVE BALL Flane the wood to a finished thickness of about */<", Don’t worry if it’s alittle oversize, as it’s better tobe elightly tao thick than too thin, as long ae the thickneas isuniform. ‘Trace the desion from the working éraivings, then, poncil pross transfer tho tracad linas through to the ‘best face ol your wood, Remember to position the tracings 0 the grain runs up through the walis of the chamber. ‘With tha design Iaid out, cut out tha pisces on your ‘scroll sav (Pigure 24-9), While it's all pretty straighttorward, pe caretul wnen you come to the curves. ‘You don't want to go tao fast or too hard and split the wood across the traaile short grain. FIGURE 24-3 ‘Work with a new, property tensioned lade, Make sure you cut ‘slightly tothe wasto side of tho érawn line,Copyrighted Material FIoORE2s-4 ‘Motn tho Ite radius curvesat the intorsoction ofthe drawn MAKING THE LINKAGE Study Figure 24-28, noting ‘how the lineage design ts based on four circios, Two circles makeup the hhasic hoop disk, and nwo smaller crcles for tha pivot ‘unkage points. go Plane the waod to a inishad thickness af about */", Draw a center line that runs the direction of the (grain, Mark a pomt midway along the lme,and draw ut two circles one within the other. One should have a radiue of 1" and the othera radime of 1", Mark the center ing halfway across the width oftha hoop at top and ‘bottom, then use a compass to draw two circles witha radius of /2! 238 WATERLIFTPUMP FIGURE 24-7 ‘Work wtna tiga appte-paring strode, with the thr af Cao ‘gut nam contralting te Lge of tha stroke. Aways work ‘wth the mm ofthe grain, from center to end-—nower thaather way areal Drave little radiuseact the intersections of all of ‘the omcles. Drill the pivat points with abtt that matches your dowels. Then drill snothar hole through the wants ‘rea, and cut out the parts (Figure 24-4}, babe te bono mth pte Go MAKING THE RODS Plane the wood tosize, andl use a rule, square and compass to drew aut the dasign of the twa rods. Have them sbaut ‘/1" wide along their length, with ends based on /e' diameter circles, Copyrighted MaterialCopyrighted Material (Cut aut tha ede an your sera eav, aril holes through the piv at centers, then check the it of everything (Figure 24-5). ‘When you have fitted theta rads, the sum total Jongh boturcan the pivot point on tha op end of tha top sod end the plvet point on the bottom end af the battam sod should be such that the pista fits on both ths ‘up and down strokes (Figura 24-5}, (nos satisfied with the shape and sizenf the rods, ‘use a knife ta whittle the enda down ta about half ‘thatr thicknesses ga the face of tha pivot ewele 1s emacth snd flush Work with a tight paring stroke rom center to send, creating a.nice, clean curve fromthe top face down (Figure 247}, Ue a knife and fine sandpaper to give the rods and all other components a smooth finish. ASSEMBLY AND FINISHING (Check over tha parts for eplita or warps (Figure 124-0). Make eure the veriusmating surfaces are ta ssioa eo the parts can work together amoathly. Eg esr Seber te ten sides and the wadding wedges onta the backbosra (Pigure 24-10). Note how the wadding pins need to be lange ‘Snough ta teka the neck bar. Setthe mods and the jotat linkage in place with the Pivotdowelsa tight fit in the Image anda loose ft ‘through the rods (Figure 24-11). The bottom rod should‘e janice snug fit hetween the wedges. WATERLIFTPUMP 237 Copyrighted MaterialSet the large disk valve in place in the chamber, the piston on the bottom end of the rod and the neck bar in place across the wadding wedges. Sand any parts that are binding until you havea good tit (Figure 24-12). Fit the valve in the piston and the slats acrnss the ‘chamber, then stand the whole works upright and test the movement (Figure 24-13), ‘When you havea smaoth movement, and have dotorminod whet neode to bo glued and pinned, ‘isassemble and do a final finish sanding. Apply teak oll toall surfaces except those faces being giued. Glue up. it the small ping, andl once dry, «ive the whole works a caat of boaswax, pats This eng a, save youre some ‘tot and tot ott on hnesanamg unite vey ane, ater TTSRaA FIGURE 24-11 ‘The linkage pivet dowels need tobes tight fit in the linkage ‘efrele and a loose ft in tke rod. At alater stage, you will haveto ‘hold the rod and various other components in place by running & FIGURE 24-12 FIGURE 24-13, ‘Tho piston isoxtromely fragile, and you might nosd to laminatoit Notahow the groater length of the basa naads to he at tha frant 50 ‘up ftom vencors to give it extee strength. ‘the machine ia stable and won't tip forwards, g3e WATERLIETPL