Homemade water pump (pic added)

[PyroUSC]

I built a manual piston water pump today. It is a fairly high volume / low pressure pump capable of about 20-25 psi, so it can elevate water to about 40-50 feet. If two men power it, it could probably pump up to 80-100 feet vertically. It pumps 1 gallon per stroke. I plan to use it to elevate water from a cistern into a holding tank up the hill from my bug-out house. That way I'll have enough pressure to gravity feed some basic plumbing. I also plan to use this design to pump water from a creek into a tank to water the garden with.

The emphasis here was to be independent of electricity or fuel as a power source. I also thought about getting a donkey and a cart to move water up the hill. :)

[ptannjr]

Pics?
http://www.gunco.net/forums/images/smilies/useless.gif

[freehunter]

What happens when you get tired?

[ptannjr]

What happens when you get tired?
you eat a can of spinach!! :)

[PyroUSC]

Here it is:

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/5196/img1229wq0.jpg

Keep in mind that this is really just my rough draft of this pump. I wanted to make sure the concept was sound. Now that I know it works, I will tweak it into a more finished final product.

By the way, if I get tired I will rest, drink some beer, take a nap, and then pump some more. What's the hurry, right?

[Christian for Israel]

rig a windmill to power it.

on the subject of windmills, check out this homebuilt 3kw windmill generator!

http://www.otherpower.com/17page1.html
http://www.otherpower.com/images/dannew7/flying17foot.JPG

[chicom]

Simply awesome.

[mitunnelrat]

I'm impressed.

[Gunfixr]

Cool to both items, the pump and the windmill.

[yugoshooter]

It seems a lot of us have some MacGyver skills!

[FarmBoy]

Do you have plans for that? Thanks.

[Christian for Israel]

the step by step instructions are at the link.