#16 5 years ago

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Webster dictionary says:
Definition of water butt
British
: a large container for collecting or storing a liquid (such as rainwater)

https://www.suttons.co.uk/garden-equipment/all/space-sava-water-butt_MH125

#15 5 years ago

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Doug,
You got me there. I stand most humbly corrected!

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#14 5 years ago

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Logical Captain Kirk 😉
Fascinating! I shall look up the entomology of 'butt' (UK & US) in the Starfleet database.
Keep on barrelling along Tora.
I'm off to get my ears groomed now.
Cheers, Doug 😎
BTW; for the last 68 years it's been the Queen's English!😁

Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug

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#13 5 years ago

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Doug,
...a rain barrel, what else would we call it? It is not exactly like we use the King's English... or for that matter know what it is! 😂😂😂😂

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#12 5 years ago

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Hi Tora,
I realise that 'butt' has a totally different connotation (😮🙈) on your side of the pond!
So what do you guys call such a barrel for collecting rain water?
Spent some time in the States a while back; New york, Long Island, Buffalo, Boston, Philly, Chicago, Florida (just in time for Hurricane Andrew 🌪️🌩️🌧️) ...
But 'butts' (water or otherwise) weren't exactly the topic of conversation!! 🙉
Cheers, Doug 😎

Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug

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#11 5 years ago

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Thanks Nerys,
Perfectly! I have seen a few in use over hear, but they were not referred to as butts, but.......😀

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#10 5 years ago

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Hi Tora,
A water Butt on this side of the pond is a receptacle for waste water, such as that draining off a roof. In days of yore, a wooden barrel was used, that's what my grandmother had, but these days a plastic creation, sort of oil drum shape, takes it's place. Hope that's clear.

Nerys

When the winds before the rain, soon you may make sail again, but when the rain's before the wind, tops'l sheets and halyards mind

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#9 5 years ago

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OK, I got it. Please excuse my last....

#8 5 years ago

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OK, my excuse is from being across the pond, but what is a water butt? Aside from that it looks perfect!

#7 5 years ago

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Dimensions
Its a B&Q water butt which I had spare it holds 210 litres and measures 23" wide X 58" long 11" deep
The top is removable by the six eye bolts then the legs can fold and fit in the tank for storage, If I ever need to store it

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#6 5 years ago

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Nicely made Mike.
Good use of cross halving joints on the frame 😀👍
All you need now is a loofah and a rubber duck 😆🦆

"Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana"

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#5 5 years ago

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Excellent Mike, I've always got away with using the bath, but yours is a much better idea.

Nerys.

When the winds before the rain, soon you may make sail again, but when the rain's before the wind, tops'l sheets and halyards mind

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#4 5 years ago

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Nice! What are the dimensions?

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#3 5 years ago

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Testing Testing .Well done Mike.
Rick

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#2 5 years ago

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Hi Mike,
Very nicely made test tank.

Cheers,
Stephen.

#1 5 years ago

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Now there are a couple of issues to be sorted in terms of battery size, prop size, motor size in a couple of my models I need a method of testing any changes I make in an easy way other than a 2 hour trip to my clubs lake.
So I thought I’d make a test tank, (easy just cut a water butt in half and stick back together end to end) I’ll not go into the detail but its enough to say that 3 weeks later I have a test tank and the pictures should show the construction method.

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