my DIY W/D with plans
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JustLooking;1118792; said:
lol. I was gonna go every 1" but I figured if I was going to CNC it, I might as well go nutters
You owe your friend a beer (a good one).
Nice work, but be careful ... working with acrylic can be addicting!
Dr Joe
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Nice work, but be careful ... working with acrylic can be addicting!
Dr Joe
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Dr Joe;1119564; said:You owe your friend a beer (a good one).
Nice work, but be careful ... working with acrylic can be addicting!
Dr Joe
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I think I'm already addicted... so easy to make nice looking things! and yeah, I owe him more than one - he provided most of the acrylic AND the CNC time.
Nice work!First off, nice looking work. Few dumb questions from a person who's just starting to understand how these systems work.
Please correct me if I have any steps wrong.
So, in step one, the water flows into the socks, then fills up the leftmost tank, then in step two the water flows over the drip tank and onto step three, which is through the bioballs and eggcrate. Where I'm at a bit of a loss is where the water goes from there. Is there a small gap at the bottom of the partition between the middle and right-most tanks which allows the water to flow into the rightmost tank? If so, what keeps the middle tank from filling up with water at the same rate the right-most tank, or is that a non-issue as long as water is being sucked out of the rightmost tank? Also, there is a small cutout at the top of the partition between the middle and right-most tanks; does that cutout serve a purpose?
I imagine I could answer a lot of these questions myself if I saw the system in action in real life, but for now I'll have to rely on asking a plethora of dumb questions.
Please correct me if I have any steps wrong.
So, in step one, the water flows into the socks, then fills up the leftmost tank, then in step two the water flows over the drip tank and onto step three, which is through the bioballs and eggcrate. Where I'm at a bit of a loss is where the water goes from there. Is there a small gap at the bottom of the partition between the middle and right-most tanks which allows the water to flow into the rightmost tank? If so, what keeps the middle tank from filling up with water at the same rate the right-most tank, or is that a non-issue as long as water is being sucked out of the rightmost tank? Also, there is a small cutout at the top of the partition between the middle and right-most tanks; does that cutout serve a purpose?
I imagine I could answer a lot of these questions myself if I saw the system in action in real life, but for now I'll have to rely on asking a plethora of dumb questions.
the only dumb question is the unasked one!
You have it right, there is is a gap under the divider between the middle and rightmost tank. the pump will sit in the rightmost tank and pump water back up to the tank, so the water level in that tank and the media chamber (middle tank) will be the same. The small cutout is just in case my drip plate (for some unforseen reason) doesn't flow fast enough, and the water builds up on top of it. The water can overflow into the last chamber without getting my floor wet.
You have it right, there is is a gap under the divider between the middle and rightmost tank. the pump will sit in the rightmost tank and pump water back up to the tank, so the water level in that tank and the media chamber (middle tank) will be the same. The small cutout is just in case my drip plate (for some unforseen reason) doesn't flow fast enough, and the water builds up on top of it. The water can overflow into the last chamber without getting my floor wet.
could you possibly repost the pdf files for the plans of your W/D. The file hosting site said they were no longer available. This is some great work! Very Nice!
