"Bob" wrote in message
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"SteveB" wrote in message
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Just got home from the Borg with a pump that will pump up to 60' high.
$80.

I will still do the venturi experiment and let everyone know how it
works.

Any bets? Predictions? Mind bets?

You'll quickly give up on it and stick to the pump.

Bob



Oh, I know. I just think that a venturi configured right, and with
approximately 40psi input can move a lot of water fast. I may use the
principle to move water for a stream or waterfall on my property.

As with every experiment, you have an idea, then try to see if it was right
or wrong.

In metalworking, I have had MANY (repeat) MANY projects that didn't work.

That's the beauty of it. You can have an idea, sweat over it, try it, and
sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. The good thing is that you
aren't paying someone else by the hour to do all the ball scratching and
nosepicking. Of course, you will have SOME time in it, and some co$t$, but
if you are lucky, you don't get soaked too bad.

And then, there are the times when the thing works darn good. And then
there are times when it winds up in the "what is this" pile behind the
garage.

I once had someone tell me that welders are problem solvers. People come to
them with problems, and they reason them out and make a solution. That I
was getting paid to figure out solutions rather than weld. Hell, you can
teach a monkey to wirefeed.

I don't know how many times I have sat bolt upright in bed at 2 AM, and
said, "Eureka!" when faced with a problem. Or been on the throne when the
ray of light hit my dark side. It comes when you aren't trying to find it.

So, airlifting isn't about moving water or whether or not it will work.

It's all about attitude.

And, as a welder, I have been accused of having an attitude more than once.

Of course, nothing was ever proven in court.

Anyone can make a gate. Fix a motor mount. Make something out of metal.
It's when you figure things out and make them work that differentiates
between the mechanics and the talented. Negative or positive.

YMMV.

Steve