Handy man's workshop and laboratory . Fig. 303—The hose on the reel is permanently-connected to the hydrant of the construction need little explanation as they are clearlyshown in Fig. 303. The reel is mounted to revolve on a hori-zontal pipe. The hydrant pipe passes through the horizontal pipeand is connected by a swivel joint with another pipe attached tothe hose. This provides a permanent connection between thehydrant and the hose which is in no way interfered with by revolv-ing the reel.—71 A HOME-MADE LAWN SPRINKLER The accompanying illustrations show how a lawn sprinkler canbe made. Firs
Handy man's workshop and laboratory . Fig. 303—The hose on the reel is permanently-connected to the hydrant of the construction need little explanation as they are clearlyshown in Fig. 303. The reel is mounted to revolve on a hori-zontal pipe. The hydrant pipe passes through the horizontal pipeand is connected by a swivel joint with another pipe attached tothe hose. This provides a permanent connection between thehydrant and the hose which is in no way interfered with by revolv-ing the reel.—71 A HOME-MADE LAWN SPRINKLER The accompanying illustrations show how a lawn sprinkler canbe made. First take a one-half-inch street ell and drill a holethrough it. Into this drive from the inside a large wire nail, and HANDY MAN S WORKSHOP AND LABORATORY &$. solder the same. This nail is to stick into the ground and hold thesprinkler in an upright position. Now screw on the male end ofthe ell an ordinary pipe coupling, andon the female end solder an ordinaryhalf-inch hose coupling, so as to con-nect to the garden hose. Now take a block of end wood andcut out a cone-shaped recess. Makea round plug of wood, and shape theend a little smaller than the recess inthe block. Take a small thin pieceof brass about i)4 inch in diam-eter and anneal same. Place this brassdisk on top of block and with a fewquick blows with a hammer drive theplug dov/n into the recess in the blockand the brass disk will assume theshape of the recess in the block. Nowdrill four holes, say about % inch d*iameter, diametrically opposite each other, and solder this cup-shaped disk to the pipe coupling as shown in the cut, and thesprinkler is ready for use. With ordinary water pressure it willthrow water in a 30 to 40-foot circle.—5 HOW TO MEND GARDEN HOSE As the garden ho
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