Watering Can

[Malvern]

Thought I'd have a bit of fun with a watering can.

 

[Parm]

Nice

 

[chunkolini]

That's great and would sell easily.

 

[cumbriasteve]

Really like that, even though it's obvious how the can hovers in mid air, it still has a magical look to it.

 

[normspanners]

even though it's obvious how the can hovers in mid air

Well could you explain it to me please
AH if you look close you can see the string

 

[cumbriasteve]

Well could you explain it to me please
AH if you look close you can see the string

So you can , defeats the point rather.

Get some pebbles glued around the water pool to hold it down would help

or even remove the photo editing

 

[normspanners]

How can you glue pebbles to water???

It is very nice BTW

 

[Cyberprog]

You could go one better here - have a single large pipe that holds the can up, which pumps water up through it (T-Piece at the bottom somewhere and enough blanked off pipe there, or a heavy plate to sit at the bottom of the pond) and you've got a cool water feature for a pond.

 

[Malvern]

Well could you explain it to me please
AH if you look close you can see the string

So you can , defeats the point rather.

Get some pebbles glued around the water pool to hold it down would help

or even remove the photo editing

No there's no string or wire. It's magic

 

[julianf]

You could go one better here - have a single large pipe that holds the can up, which pumps water up through it (T-Piece at the bottom somewhere and enough blanked off pipe there, or a heavy plate to sit at the bottom of the pond) and you've got a cool water feature for a pond.

If you were proper keen you could go even further -

Have a clear pipe holding up the can by its spout, so as the water flows down, over the clear pipe, making it invisible (hidden in the water stream).
Then pump the water to the can through the inside of this clear pipe.

It then looks like you have a watering can, hovering in the air, with water flowing out of it.

 

[Malvern]

You could go one better here - have a single large pipe that holds the can up, which pumps water up through it (T-Piece at the bottom somewhere and enough blanked off pipe there, or a heavy plate to sit at the bottom of the pond) and you've got a cool water feature for a pond.

If you were proper keen you could go even further -

Have a clear pipe holding up the can by its spout, so as the water flows down, over the clear pipe, making it invisible (hidden in the water stream).
Then pump the water to the can through the inside of this clear pipe.

It then looks like you have a watering can, hovering in the air, with water flowing out of it.

Cracking ideas! Will think about that when I've got time.

 

[Flapdisk]

Brilliant mate, just shows, often the simplest idea's are the best

 

[magnet]

Thats great ..................really original

 

[Cyberprog]

If you were proper keen you could go even further -

Have a clear pipe holding up the can by its spout, so as the water flows down, over the clear pipe, making it invisible (hidden in the water stream).
Then pump the water to the can through the inside of this clear pipe.

It then looks like you have a watering can, hovering in the air, with water flowing out of it.

Have to be pretty chunky though to be clear. You could use a bit of bright stainless steel, same effect as it's mirrored...

 

[the snooper]

great idea looks good, hope you have put a drain hole in it or it will fall over when it fills with rain

 

[chunkolini]

I woud say leave it as it is, simple effective, and keeps the price down.
people would not pay much extra for fancyisyms.
Keep it simple, it works. Of course you can offer the fancyisms later.
For a price.
Mr Snooper, good point about drain hole.
Who the hell is Pretty Chunky?
mmmm?
Malvern, PM me re pricing.

 

[normspanners]

No there's no string or wire. It's magic

GO on with you, tell the truth, look at MY picture closely ( click to expand) you can see the string. It's tied to the handle
And of course it has a hole in it, how does water normal get out of a watering can ,oh yes through the spout!!!

 

[normspanners]

If you were proper keen you could go even further -

Have a clear pipe holding up the can by its spout, so as the water flows down, over the clear pipe, making it invisible (hidden in the water stream).
Then pump the water to the can through the inside of this clear pipe.

It then looks like you have a watering can, hovering in the air, with water flowing out of it.

my dad made one of those, but it was a single tap not connected to any pipe apart from the glass one up to the outlet of the tap it just sat there on a columb of downward flowing water. He was the superintendent of the local water authority and had it as a display in the entrance foyer.

 

[Cyberprog]

my dad made one of those, but it was a single tap not connected to any pipe apart from the glass one up to the outlet of the tap it just sat there on a columb of downward flowing water. He was the superintendent of the local water authority and had it as a display in the entrance foyer.

That's a bit simpler though, the force is all downward more or less, but for this particular application the pipe would have to be curved to match the flow out of the can, and support the weight of a tin can also, at a funny angle too. Hence would need to be pretty chunky

 

[brokenbiker]

my dad made one of those, but it was a single tap not connected to any pipe apart from the glass one up to the outlet of the tap it just sat there on a columb of downward flowing water. He was the superintendent of the local water authority and had it as a display in the entrance foyer.

am I right in thinking there is/was a giant one of those in pleasure beach in blackpool? clear pipe rising up to a big brass tap, the pipe went into the outlet but was blanked off at the top with holes in it so the water flowed out and back down the outside of the pipe