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Originally Posted by Ron Wood
Rube Goldberg would be proud! (How many of you are old enough to understand that comment?  )
Ron |
My father made Rube Goldberg look like an amature when it came to jury rigged concoctions. He kept things running years past the time when most people would have long ago junked them.
When I lived at home, it was my job to dump the wash water after Mom did the clothes. I carried two 5 gallon buckets up a flight of stairs and maybe 100 feet across the yard to dump them; four or five trips each time.
When I left home, Pop ran a garden hose out of the basement window that was attached to a submersible pump. He rigged a cutoff switch that stopped the pump when the water level reached a certain point. The switch was made of a wood base, a float, contact points etc. A counter balance weight was the cylinder from a cap pistol suspended by string. It worked and he used it for years.