Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Some 'man' time

Our extended visit here in Peru affords Lex and Zac some time together to work on stuff ... and there were quite a items on Zac's list - most of them to do with his brewing processes.

One of them was to create a housing for one of his pumps - to keep it out of water, as well as make it more secure.  So a plastic tool box has been sacrificed for the cause.  Holes have been drilled for the pipes, leads and power outlet.  Pump has been secured to pieces of timber in the bottom of the box, and hooks for the power cord secured to the outside.  
  



Time to test it out.....

Perfect!!  Water is pumped from the boiler, and back into the boiler ... perfect test run..

Next project - secure the motor in the vortex contraption - not sure of the proper name for this - but works something like this:  motor on, spins a magnet in the bottle of liquid, creating a whirlpool. (creative use of a plastic container)
 

Don't remember seeing many of these creative talents as Zac was growing up - looks like he saved them all up for now!

Certainly was a better way to fill in Sunday than to watch a rerun of the Aussie rugby defeat.  And Zac was really happy with their achievements....




  

1 comment:

Sophie said...

Zac just hadn't found the right "purpose" to be creative... Clearly beer is that purpose!! BTW love the overall Zac! Perhaps Dad should have packed his Overalls as well... :)