Our neighbors, Kathy and Mike, are leaving for home on Monday. It will be sad to see them go but glad Mike has recovered enough to be released. We did meet another couple a few sites down that are here from Alaska and he had a transplant about 3 or 4 years ago. In fact, they were featured in the transplant DVD that we have. He is here for something unrelated to the transplant and we aren’t sure how long they are staying.
We are considering moving to another space just because when it rains we have a big mud bog right outside our door. Violet will miss being able to sit in the doorway and watch the people and dogs go by though.
Summer in Seattle is interesting….
Bob's Cannon Project update… Shot a few balls and cans this week. Learned some things. I had cut down on the overall volume of the larger of the guns, and it showed when launching the cans. While the can it self weighs very little, I had been adding about 3oz of water to it so that it would maintain some momentum. Not enough air volume to move it as far. Most cans barely made it to the 200’ mark (300’previously). The tennis balls however, shot well beyond the 350’ mark. Attached are a couple of photos of the two project guns. The larger of the two is of 4” ABS schedule 40 and the smaller is of 3”. A 1” electric sprinkler valve is the actuator. I used a ¼ “ pipe thread valve and a pressure gauge, both tapped into the ABS.
For those of you considering duplicating this project, make sure you pressure test the stuff in a remote location first and watch out for shrapnel. My Bro (retired diver) indicated it might be safer to fill the devices with water prior to the test, to reduce shrapnel. I have not yet tried that method. Max pressure I have used so far is about 30lbs. This could be on of those moments where the phrase “hold my beer and watch this” could be most appropriate
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