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Re: PVC Bilge Pumps
By:mike allen
Date: 10/29/1999, 7:54 pm
In Response To: PVC Bilge Pumps (Shawn Baker)

> Next in the series from the mad digital photographer:

> How to make your own hand-operated kayak bilge pumps with nothing more
> than scraps of PVC pipe and the skin of one housecat! (Just kidding about
> the cat)

> Shawn

Very cool design. You're really going crazy here with pumps, paddles, who knows what else? Sure got me interested.

Love your one way valves. Very interesting w/ the draw also being the discharge. You could also make the return do the same, but more complicated.

Thanks Shawn

-mick

Messages In This Thread

PVC Bilge Pumps
Shawn Baker -- 10/29/1999, 6:32 pm
A Question
Mike Scarborough -- 11/1/1999, 12:55 pm
Re: A Question
Shawn Baker -- 11/1/1999, 1:44 pm
A Question Follow-Up
Mike Scarborough -- 11/1/1999, 3:24 pm
Re: An apology from an addlebrained author!
Shawn Baker -- 11/1/1999, 3:35 pm
Re: PVC Bilge Pumps
mike allen -- 10/29/1999, 7:54 pm
Re: PVC Bilge Pumps
Shawn Baker -- 10/30/1999, 7:12 pm
Re: PVC Bilge Pumps
Brian Giles -- 10/30/1999, 2:01 am
Virtually Weightless Huge Foot Pump Idea
mike allen -- 11/1/1999, 12:33 pm