- "How long can you sit at home, sit on a computer chair, go better do something useful."- The wife grumbled.
- "Show your readers something interesting and useful" - summed up the wife.
In fact, the New Year's weekend flew by and I was too late for something. I went to the garage and started sculpting from plumbing pipes again.
The main detail.
For our craft, you will need fine-threaded feta fittings: a 3/8 to 1/4 nipple with external threads and a 3/8 to 1/4 barrel, where 1/4 is an internal thread. And also the transition from 3/8 to 1/2. All of these can be found in many plumbing stores.
We make a hole in the plastic bottle cap in the center with a 12 mm drill. We twist our fittings into each other through the lid. You can see the details of the process in the gallery. We leaf through.
The small diameter of the threads allows the bottle to be screwed into the cap without touching the fittings. On the 3/8 thread, we twist the transition to the popular 1/2 thread or, as the people say, the thread is 15.
We fasten our cover with a combined polypropylene sleeve through thread sealant. You can use fum tape or linen. Not critical.The bottle in this design will be movable through the cross in which it is necessary to plug two holes so that the liquid does not "run away"
In order to insulate the two outputs, it is necessary overheat the pipe. So that the edges are melted. Only after that we warm the fitting and insert them into each other. Voila, the hole is plugged.
Our crosspiece has no through holes on both sides. From these sides, I mount a tee on the protruding pipes. But it won't brew. And it will move in it. This requires Heat the tee in a soldering iron and insert the cold tube into it, turning it in the hot hole. Thus, we have achieved a tight, flexible connection.
In this underdtree there is a drain cock, it can be bluntly screwed into the 20th fitting, cutting the thread. For reliability, I have added a thread sealant. If you can't swirl on cold. Then heat the part slightly and turn the tap to hot. Then turn out, apply sealing materials and tighten.
Next, we collect the liquid neck. Initially, I put together a clever... But the next day, after thinking it over, I redid it.
We collect our body, on which our bottle will lie. If you have welding skills, then there is nothing complicated about this.
The result is such a construction, but it is not final. It's good that I can cut the welded joints, drill out and solder back. An article about will be at the end of the article.
As it seemed to me, the craft is too complicated, so I decided to shorten the "neck". Cutting and drilling the fittings without throwing out the cross.
The final version at the moment looks like this:
Why is it needed? pros
1) Carbonated liquid (beer, soda) has the property of losing its taste if carbon dioxide is released from them, periodically opening the bottle. Moreover, if the bottle is large and not drunk in one sitting.
2) There is no chance of splashing yourself with the shaken liquid.
3) Convenience of pouring. Cope with even the smallest things.
4) The liquid comes out under its own pressure.
5) You can surprise your friends.
6) The movable "tap-cap" allows the use of bottles of different diameters without overloading the cap with the weight of the liquid.
Minus
1) Bulky, does not fit into the refrigerator (I am working on this)
I know how to develop the topic even further and make a similar construction, but much simpler. If 200 likes are typed under this article, then on the same day I will go to collect a modernized and simple design. The response of each reader is important to me.
Article about Drilling Fittings -here.