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Followed by the more complicated form on the turntable
And the rest of the extendable pipesystem, created out of styrene tubes and even a drinking straw (since this was the only part, in between the different diameters, that let the pipes properly extend and retract).

Then, as promised, the building of the pipe system. First the supply line, which comes out of the turntable base, and the piece on the basket bottom on which the water gun will sit later on. Since there is not really water flowing :lol: , those parts are made out of 4mm clear acrylic rods which can ...

JoeO wrote: ↑

Sat Jun 30, 2018 12:14 pm

Awesome work!

Thank you!

And oops i forgot to add the pictures of the grating

And the parts in place on the basket bottom. That´s all for this update, hope you like it!

I´ve further build the whole extendable pipe system, but this will follow with another post

And the last update on the basket:
I´ve build the undercariage protection (or whatever this part may be called)

and the Basket control in place.

Then some further details, like the support for the outside grating, was build of "t"-shape polysterol rods.

Hi again! I haven´t posted anything since February :roll: but the building continued :D . So another update on this project. Following i show you the progress on the basket which is almost finished now. After the basket "frame" was done i´ve build the tool box, which will be placed on the outside of...

I saw the building progress on a different forum and i´m speechless about how you´ve created this oustanding piece of art!!
Getting all those details perfectly on spot is beyond imagination for me!
Again outstanding work, thanks for sharing!

And the final pictures for this update.
The whole basket (so far) assembled and how it moves. So hope you enjoyed this update

And the last building steps of the basket so far:
creating the basket doors and hinges for them