Suffering from an inadequate education
May. 22nd, 2007 11:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helblondeI really don't think I was taught everything I need to know to get along in life.
I have decided that the dye vat of vexation will have to be more extensively modified than I had hoped. This will require the assistance of someone who can weld. I had tried to get Geoffrey Scott interested, to no avail. Sigh.
See, the vat is an industrial salad spinner. It's a 50 gallon stainless steel drum on legs with a drain out the bottom. It has a motor mounted to the bottom that spins a plastic basket (1/4" thick plastic with holes throughout). The problem is that it leaks. A lot.
So, it needs a few items to make it work better:
1) Add a gasket on the lid. (Yes, it was very exciting to find this out.)
2) The motor needs to be removed from the bottom, and the hole welded closed (I could rivet a plate in and caulk around it, but with a welded piece it would definitely not leak and the temperature tollerances woud be higher.)
3) The motor should be remounted on the lid, with some paddles or something inside to stir. Possibly the power of the motor should be turned down, too.
4) The drain spigot should be changed to metal, so that if we wanted to, we could dye enough fabric - over heat - to make a dress.
I can sweat solder, patch drywall, roof, sew, garden, house paint, cook... why did my parents leave welding out of my education?
I have decided that the dye vat of vexation will have to be more extensively modified than I had hoped. This will require the assistance of someone who can weld. I had tried to get Geoffrey Scott interested, to no avail. Sigh.
See, the vat is an industrial salad spinner. It's a 50 gallon stainless steel drum on legs with a drain out the bottom. It has a motor mounted to the bottom that spins a plastic basket (1/4" thick plastic with holes throughout). The problem is that it leaks. A lot.
So, it needs a few items to make it work better:
1) Add a gasket on the lid. (Yes, it was very exciting to find this out.)
2) The motor needs to be removed from the bottom, and the hole welded closed (I could rivet a plate in and caulk around it, but with a welded piece it would definitely not leak and the temperature tollerances woud be higher.)
3) The motor should be remounted on the lid, with some paddles or something inside to stir. Possibly the power of the motor should be turned down, too.
4) The drain spigot should be changed to metal, so that if we wanted to, we could dye enough fabric - over heat - to make a dress.
I can sweat solder, patch drywall, roof, sew, garden, house paint, cook... why did my parents leave welding out of my education?