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| vtsteam:
As usual I'd personally just try experimenting probably with some plastic water pipe and a few end caps to get the slot size right. You can make a larger hole than the finished slot, then use two opposing shutters out of thin sheet metal (razor blades even) with vertical screw slots in them, screwed onto the cap end. Move them closer together to narrow the slot until you have the pattern and flow you want. That will give you the finished slot dimensions that you can apply to "real" materials if you make something brass and fancy. Or just go with the experimental rig if it suits. Refinement would be milling an internal taper behind the final slot. |
| mklotz:
Sprinkler head nozzles come in a wide variety of fixed patterns as well as adjustable models. They're cheap and come already threaded so it's easy to change them out. [Of course, English weather being what it is, perhaps sprinkler systems are unknown in the green and pleasant land.] Edit: Or you might consider one of these... http://www.amazon.com/Contech-CRO101-Scarecrow-Activated-Sprinkler/dp/B000071NUS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405610558&sr=8-1&keywords=scarecrow+water+sprinkler |
| awemawson:
"[Of course, English weather being what it is, perhaps sprinkler systems are unknown in the green and pleasant land.]" Heat wave here today Marv |
| Arbalist:
32° expected in London in the next couple of days Marv! I have seen that sprinkler but it's cheaply made and I need to use it on a path so the spike could be a problem. I can get a solenoid quite cheap and I have a PIR somewhere that may work. |
| greenie:
--- Quote from: awemawson on July 17, 2014, 11:53:30 AM --- Heat wave here today Marv --- End quote --- Heat wave ??????????, you mean to say it got over 20 Celcius and the ice cream started to melt ??????? :Doh: |
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