Step 6: Basin Construction (cont.) - Join the Side Wall & Bottom
The Basin is just a shorter bucket with a center drain hole, that sits inside the top of the Gray Water Bucket.
The Trimmed Lid from the previous step, added as a bottom to the cut off top portion of another bucket, creates a shortened bucket Basin.
1. Cut-off the top rim portion of a third bucket. The cut should be about 3/4 of an inch below the last flange on the bucket. When cut, the removed upper portion of a bucket forms the Basin Side Wall.
2. Fit the the Trimmed Lid from step 4 into the Basin Side Wall.
3. From the underside of the Basin Side Wall, make sure the Upstanding Rib Wall on the Trimmed Lid is flush with the bottom of the Basin Side Wall. (photo 2)
4. Drill (4) 1/8 inch diameter holes through the Upstanding Rib Wall on the Trimmed Lid and the Basin Side Wall. Drill the holes at North, South, East, West)
5. Use Aluminum pop-rivets (with washer) to secure these two components through the four drilled holes.
Note the interface between the Trimmed Lid and the Basin Side Wall does not have to be a full waterproof seal. Because the finished Basin will fit inside the Gray Water Bucket, any water that seeps through at this joint will drip into the Gray Water Bucket.
The Trimmed Lid from the previous step, added as a bottom to the cut off top portion of another bucket, creates a shortened bucket Basin.
1. Cut-off the top rim portion of a third bucket. The cut should be about 3/4 of an inch below the last flange on the bucket. When cut, the removed upper portion of a bucket forms the Basin Side Wall.
2. Fit the the Trimmed Lid from step 4 into the Basin Side Wall.
3. From the underside of the Basin Side Wall, make sure the Upstanding Rib Wall on the Trimmed Lid is flush with the bottom of the Basin Side Wall. (photo 2)
4. Drill (4) 1/8 inch diameter holes through the Upstanding Rib Wall on the Trimmed Lid and the Basin Side Wall. Drill the holes at North, South, East, West)
5. Use Aluminum pop-rivets (with washer) to secure these two components through the four drilled holes.
Note the interface between the Trimmed Lid and the Basin Side Wall does not have to be a full waterproof seal. Because the finished Basin will fit inside the Gray Water Bucket, any water that seeps through at this joint will drip into the Gray Water Bucket.
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OK ... I'm in the process of building this now. The Homer Buckets have gone through a slight design change compared to the ones you have in the photos. What I had to do in order for the basin to nest into the grey water tank was to push the trimmed lid up about an inch to relieve the pressure for the basin to nest properly. Yes, the basin is a little more shallow, but not really that much to notice. In fact, I kind of like it a little more as the rivets are now up a little higher and not in the path of the two buckets.
I'm building three complete units, but want to have one completed before Roundtable this Thursday to show other Scouters. Thanks for putting up the ible!
Ok ... made some new foot pumps. This time, I took a lot of pics. If you don't want this, feel free to delete the post.
Enjoy!
Thanks for the great pics!!
http://www.harborfreight.com/fluid-siphon-pump-93290.html
Also, if you look in today's (Sunday) paper (if you are in the States), and have a local HF store where you live (like we do here in Phoenix), look for a 20% off coupon. Print out the online listing (the stores match the online price) and take that and the coupon into the store and you'll get this for 4.79+tax.
This pump has the check valve build in, so it self primes, which is what you need.
http://www.autozone.com/autozone/accessories/Hopkins-FloTool-clear-tube-super-siphon/_/N-26df?counter=1&filterByKeyWord=siphon+pump&fromString=search&itemIdentifier=159128_0_0_
I can't find if it is self-priming.
Thank you for your help!
You can also check with a Marine Supply store, if you have one in your area.
Thank you for your time.
All I have to say is - What a great project! We did a "sink wettening" (a.k.a. boat christening but for sinks) of the first station last night without a single leak, and were very impressed with the output flow. Completed the second station this afternoon, so all is ready to demonstrate at Roundtable. (Hopefully, soon, you'll get some more hits from AZ.)
As soon as I take the pics, I'll post them up.
We've already begun looking at ways to help reduce the cost per unit, i.e. utilizing used 5 gallon buckets, using other materials other than galvanized pipe and fittings (largest cost items). At what I used, the cost per station is $49 (minus tax), which is definitely less than what is out there commercially.
Regarding the choice of materials, there is a lot of latitude. As a matter of personal preference only; I chose steel pipes; gives it a robust sructural element reminsent of the cast iron hand pumps found at camp. Could have used PVC or something else to support the spout but, I fancied the archetectural asthetics of the tappering 1" to 1/2" to 3/8" sky scraper inspired tower.
(That and... I had the pipe left over from another project.)
By the way, if interested...there are a few other scout friendly projects published earlier and a few more yet to come.
Since building the "twins", we have never used "clean water" to put out our campfires.
Another Tip: Get the foaming pump soap, instead of using regular soft-soap. Your boys will end up using even less water. One squirt to wet the hands, "foam up", then rinse.
Since my previous report, the was stations were used at a Father's and Son's campout the following weekend, during a week long 50 miler in June, and at a Scoutmaster Outdoor Leader Skills Training at the end of August.
Since then, I have received numerous requests for the link to your "ible". Every compliment I get means Kudos out to you, and I make sure people know this was your idea and not mine! ;)
This is another that project might be of interest to add Hot running water to camp:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Camp-Hot-Water-Heater-with-an-easy-to-use-Dispens/
I definitely took advantage of the Hot Water idea, given that we had one of those pots as well ... turned our great!
Thanks again!