Rafo Sir, always good to see you back at the graft. I have a mate; much like Kris, he gets me doing all sorts of heavy, height and hard labour. But what a joy to be a part of. Great work Kris, a workshop of envy, products that are Rightoeus... and a great insight into the 'Way'. Gorw it, eat it... then make it. I love your work Sir's. Plus Dot and animal companions. Peace m.
Kris, a suggestion. It looks like the gauge in question is a liquid filled gauge and sometimes they build up a pressure inside and do not indicate the correct pressure. Pop the edge of the rubber plug and equalize the pressure to the surrounding pressure. I think you will see/hear air hiss out or get a little squire of light oil. I had the same problem earlier this year and thought the gauge was bad but read correctly after that little adjustment.
@@caterthun4853 Which is why you have to bleed them. They also need to have it done when in the normal temp range for the location as that also will affect them.
Current and future clients will know that they'll receive high quality work form you. The amount of detail and pride put into your endeavors is incredible. Continued success to you.
The only problem is that Chris is great with his work but really slack with safety, if he wants to keep doing such a great job with all his senses and arms legs working 100% he needs to be much more savvy with his and his mate’s safety.
I envy the energy the pair of you have. But then I did sixty years ago. Now at 88 I just sit back and enjoy watching you with your amazing enthusiasm, energy and knowledge. Another very interesting video. I'm eagerly awaiting the next one. Mounting pressure. Sorry about that.;-)
Nice job guys... Kris, without divulging any trade secrets or confidential business info, what would a project like that run me? Just curious for budgeting purposes. I understand if you're reluctant to share...
Raf seems like a solid collaborator. Not easy to find workers who are invested in the problem solving, working hard, and have so many skills to bring to the table. I hope as your business grows you have a long and fruitful partnership!
This video has really helped me today. I've had a shit day, I had to phone an ambulance for my mother, she's having to stay in hospital overnight due to breathing difficulties. I'm also a full time carer for my disabled girl and I've just had an absolutely manic day. I haven't stopped since early this morning and I finally got to sit down around 2200 and I popped this video on and it just took my mind off everything for half an hour. Thank you.
Take care of yourself. There are organization that help caretakers take a nap, shower, go grocery shopping, dentist appointments, etc. Burnout and ruined health can happen. Please look into this and I sincerely hope that your situation gets much better.
Alright Kris loved the video, love the hydro series and the rest. I work as a control and instrumentation engineer, I'm not a metrologist or telling you what to do, but if you're running a business in hydro it won't cost you much and set your mind at ease if you spend the cash and get your pressure meters etc calibrated once a year. You can give that as part of a certificate of conformity to your customers as well which is a win win and will make you look more 'professional'. There's an open source book you may be interested in that includes measurement called lessons in industrial instrumentation. It gives a good overview of measurement of different parameters like pressure and pitfalls to avoid I've found it useful throughout my career and would suggest it's worth a flick through. As other comments have mentioned you can figure out static/head pressures quite easily but with joins and Venturis etc you can be off. That book gives some good rules of thumb, your intuition is already strong though which is good. Keep the vids coming mate!
Re: pipe joiners, a trick that I learned while working adjacent to the water department of the council was to remove the internal shoulder of the joiner using a lathe. Allows you to slide the whole joiner on to one of the pipes, get the ends lined up and then slide it back to be centred over the gap. Good for pipe wrestling in a ditch.
As always Kris a most excellent video, you did exactly what I would have done and checked the gauge against a know system. Looking forward to seeing what the actual pressure is once you have a better more accurate and calibrated gauge and then really looking forward in seeing how you go about building the turbine. I would wait until you have at least 3 - 4 paid for installations under your belt and see what other improvement you come up with, before you rebuild your turbine enclosure and turbine on your own property. I have to ask is the top of the vent pipe covered so the leaves debris and bird poop cant hey into the system? I also assume its at a level down from the source where it will never overflow?
Wow! Great opening with the Rover picking its way through the wilderness. Also what a high quality build and design on the water line and turbine house complete with stone patio and style appropriate door. CLASSY!Shame it’s out in the woods where it can’t get more admiration, lol. Can’t wait for the final turbine installation and sea trial.
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I happy for you that you finally got to use your Land Rover the way you intended. 👍
Christ. Any chance one of you cats could jump in a TARDIS and grab Benny Hill to film this one? I'd happily pay extra. Edit: about 19:00 it occurred to me that you cats ought to be distilling whisky, or something. Further edit: I'm a heavy drinking, and I've been drinking very heavily. But I love you guys.
You might have already addressed this but Tool station sell cheap black mushroom vent/cowls for the top of the stand pipe. This would stop the overhead trees dropping debris like leaves or twigs entering the plumbing and making their way to the turbine….
Man, you can't even see microplastic, that is big problem today. You can makes microplastic just pushing, moving that pipe around. Bands all plastic in the world is only solution. We are done if oill instead in the car finsh in material, more damage than burning in today's cars.
Them post rammers I remember my mate lifting it to high he broke his nose and fractured both eye sockets I've not to this day found anything funnier 🤦🤣great vid boss as always
This is all Greek to me. I do love watching your videos, but I'm curious. What is the purpose of the stand pipe. And why is there a second outlet on the stainless box you made. Thanks all the way from California..
The standpipe allows air trapped in the water flowing in the penstock pipe to escape... a solid column of water without entrained air provides smooth energy flow down at the turbine.... The second outlet can allow the box to be cleaned out if debris collects in it...
Hello Kris and Dot 👋 long time subscriber (the lower workshop build) but not 1 for comments normally. Just wanted to say I love what ur doing, keep going bro, your vids are very relaxing for me and I look forward to them 😀 geese will be geese and Welsh weather will be 🙈 thank you once again x
ace video as always. please please please don't breath in the stone dust as sure as day follows night it will turn into concrete in your lungs in 30 years time.
Raf seems like a solid collaborator. Not easy to find workers who are invested in the problem solving, working hard, and have so many skills to bring to the table. I hope as your business grows you have a long and fruitful partnership!
for future reference if gauge is mounted on top of tube, it is less likely small particles can block any openings along with ait vent to remove any air! and I know compressed air should give same pressure but it doesn't help.. good work like it..
Maybe you could add some form of guides on the frame of the 3D printed "input" to guide the water to the center (like so that two frames form a /\)... Might also not be worth the effort... just an idea :D
It allows air trapped in the water flowing in the penstock pipe to escape... a solid column of water without entrained air provides smooth energy flow down at the turbine....
Great video Kris. I wish your videos were at least 3 hours long, they are so Interesting and educational. I no longer watch the 💩 on TV, it’s only TH-cam for me. By the way, instead of using nuts and bolts to secure the water inlet screens, why don’t you just use a slightly thicker piece of stainless for the screen dividers and then tap them? You can use the thinner stainless for everything else to keep the price down but those strips would make it easier, no welding.
one thing i noticed is that u stop the flow of water at the main entrance...why u guys did not leave a small gap so some water keep trickling down so other trees, vegetation benefit from it?? it will be plenty of water for both functions.
Kris i dont understand why you have not used your cnc cutting machine to make yourself a couple of big C spanners for tightening up your fitments on the pipe work when installing the water hydro pipes.. you know just a bigger version of a C spanner you would use for adjusting your rear springs /shockies on a motorbike...all the best .sunny scotland.
Could you not use a handheld GPS to take your altitude at top and bottom, in feet, then divide by 2.31 to get an expected indication of PSI? Then you'd always know roughly what to expect? Great videos by the way, love your work!!
That works fine for static pressure (as Kris is measuring -deadhead) Obviously there is going to be some loss when it hits the nozzles (venturis) of the turbine.
The outlet of the powerhouse itself is perfectly sturdy, but outside the water immediately hits the soil. I wonder if that might cause an ever bigger hole just outside the outlet, eventually causing problems for the foundation or prevent proper drainage away from the structure.
When drilling rock for anchors, I would advise putting some cheap silicone sealant in the hole first to prevent the water ingress and splitting the rock during frost . It would be no harm to use some jointing lube on the plastic joints to make it easier to assemble the joints and reduce the risk of pinching the rubber glands . Best of luck with the business and the Landrover.
Well done Kris I have really been looking forward to seeing when this project is completed and there's just a ways to go! Looking forward to seeing your next video.
Absolutely in awe of what you can do. The skills that you have and share here is highly appreciated . Hats of to Raf as well , not scared of hard work and helps where the problem solving is concerned. Keep the videos coming love what you do.
Another superb video Kris and looking forward to the day of generating power for the first time for your client! Your troubles with your vehicles must have been very trying but good to see we’re able to sort it in the end. Love following your progress - well done to you and Dot.
As much as anything (and that's a lot) I'm impresses by your ability to absorb disappointment, grin and "keep on truckin'". Continued good fortune my friend; you are an inspiration.
Such a neat and clean great job. You always go above what is expected. It is amazing at what you accomplish. Glad your friend was able to help you again.
Have seen the Korean hand plough or ho-mi that would be the perfect hand tool for the final pipe adjustments, I have a medium sized one for gardening and levers up paving slabs and rocks. Everything is looking great, I love the shed you are going to have a very happy customer
Hi, Maybe not exactly related to this video, but I'm a quite new subsricber to the channel and I have already gone from more than a twenty videos of yours and in a few of those I notice that you have Yaesu FT-879... so my question is if you're a licensed HAM operator and are you active on bands from time to time to have a chat? BR, Ps love your lifestyle and what you've been doing all this time...
Watching a channel "Garden Answer" about landscape design...think you might like a natural pond project... dig out the shape, add waterproofing, add gravel for beneficial bacteria to clean the water, plus the electric system for recirculating pump etc. The family installed it in high desert where it gets very hot and it is part wading (dunk) pool and koi pond. The koi get used to being fed and become very sociable as pets. So if interested you can get an idea by searching for pond under that youtuber channel. Just thought about it as watched latest video and heard chickens and geese in background. Happy noise.
This is a fantastic series I've learned so much...pity I haven't a stream on my few acres
Rafo Sir, always good to see you back at the graft. I have a mate; much like Kris, he gets me doing all sorts of heavy, height and hard labour. But what a joy to be a part of. Great work Kris, a workshop of envy, products that are Rightoeus... and a great insight into the 'Way'. Gorw it, eat it... then make it. I love your work Sir's. Plus Dot and animal companions. Peace m.
You have great working partners! Love watching your videos! Reminders set for the best one to drop!! The Rovey sound monsterous!!!
Kris, a suggestion. It looks like the gauge in question is a liquid filled gauge and sometimes they build up a pressure inside and do not indicate the correct pressure. Pop the edge of the rubber plug and equalize the pressure to the surrounding pressure. I think you will see/hear air hiss out or get a little squire of light oil. I had the same problem earlier this year and thought the gauge was bad but read correctly after that little adjustment.
Spot on. A gauge mounted vertically doesn’t need the rubber plug spiked, but a gauge laying flat or horizontal needs to be spiked to equalise
that's a really good tip. cheers man
The oil is only there for dampening the needle where the pressure is bouncing a bit. The oil should always be at atmosphere pressure.
@@caterthun4853 Which is why you have to bleed them. They also need to have it done when in the normal temp range for the location as that also will affect them.
Yeah, that too. Shipment by air or exposure to extreme Temps will mess with a glycerin filled if not vented. The nice ones have a twist valve to vent
Current and future clients will know that they'll receive high quality work form you. The amount of detail and pride put into your endeavors is incredible. Continued success to you.
The only problem is that Chris is great with his work but really slack with safety, if he wants to keep doing such a great job with all his senses and arms legs working 100% he needs to be much more savvy with his and his mate’s safety.
I envy the energy the pair of you have. But then I did sixty years ago. Now at 88 I just sit back and enjoy watching you with your amazing enthusiasm, energy and knowledge. Another very interesting video. I'm eagerly awaiting the next one. Mounting pressure. Sorry about that.;-)
Nice job guys... Kris, without divulging any trade secrets or confidential business info, what would a project like that run me? Just curious for budgeting purposes. I understand if you're reluctant to share...
I think these guys work for the joy of accomplishment. They wouldn’t earn their true value.
Raf seems like a solid collaborator. Not easy to find workers who are invested in the problem solving, working hard, and have so many skills to bring to the table. I hope as your business grows you have a long and fruitful partnership!
I was thinking exactly the same, solid hard grafter is Raf, a very rare breed!
What we are witnessing are two friends that are on the clock. One more skilled than the other. A perfectionist and a pragmatist
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Sorry this is my first time watcching .
The 1.5kw had my attention .
Where do we get to see it ?
This video has really helped me today. I've had a shit day, I had to phone an ambulance for my mother, she's having to stay in hospital overnight due to breathing difficulties. I'm also a full time carer for my disabled girl and I've just had an absolutely manic day. I haven't stopped since early this morning and I finally got to sit down around 2200 and I popped this video on and it just took my mind off everything for half an hour.
Thank you.
Hope everyone is well, keep your chin up 👍
Hope everyone is doing well
Take care of yourself. There are organization that help caretakers take a nap, shower, go grocery shopping, dentist appointments, etc. Burnout and ruined health can happen. Please look into this and I sincerely hope that your situation gets much better.
Please take care of yourself!
Thank you all, much appreciated.
10:25 watch your back, you'll herniated a disc in your spine. Don't lift more than half your body weight alone
Alright Kris loved the video, love the hydro series and the rest. I work as a control and instrumentation engineer, I'm not a metrologist or telling you what to do, but if you're running a business in hydro it won't cost you much and set your mind at ease if you spend the cash and get your pressure meters etc calibrated once a year. You can give that as part of a certificate of conformity to your customers as well which is a win win and will make you look more 'professional'.
There's an open source book you may be interested in that includes measurement called lessons in industrial instrumentation. It gives a good overview of measurement of different parameters like pressure and pitfalls to avoid I've found it useful throughout my career and would suggest it's worth a flick through.
As other comments have mentioned you can figure out static/head pressures quite easily but with joins and Venturis etc you can be off. That book gives some good rules of thumb, your intuition is already strong though which is good.
Keep the vids coming mate!
I invite you to Africa Kenya to make me an entire reliable system. Do you travel?
Love wales…not the shitty Newport but remote..Used to drive up from Midlands every Friday.
Monsieur!! With these 3 videos in a week, you're really spoiling us!
Am really happy,he does his work well
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Love the double-vid goodness. Good luck on the gauge hunt. I see you added a second smaller pipe to the inlet box, what's that all about?
Good to see the Land Rover in its natural habitat, doing the work it was designed for (as opposed to taking kids to school in Chelsea) ;-)
Re: pipe joiners, a trick that I learned while working adjacent to the water department of the council was to remove the internal shoulder of the joiner using a lathe. Allows you to slide the whole joiner on to one of the pipes, get the ends lined up and then slide it back to be centred over the gap. Good for pipe wrestling in a ditch.
Not many people have access to a lathe so they just buy a slip joint! It’s a lot easier
As always Kris a most excellent video, you did exactly what I would have done and checked the gauge against a know system. Looking forward to seeing what the actual pressure is once you have a better more accurate and calibrated gauge and then really looking forward in seeing how you go about building the turbine. I would wait until you have at least 3 - 4 paid for installations under your belt and see what other improvement you come up with, before you rebuild your turbine enclosure and turbine on your own property. I have to ask is the top of the vent pipe covered so the leaves debris and bird poop cant hey into the system? I also assume its at a level down from the source where it will never overflow?
Does the standpipe have a screen or some sort of debris filter at the top?
Is that even something to be concerned about?
Will be getting one, just not fitted yet. 👍
Wow! Great opening with the Rover picking its way through the wilderness. Also what a high quality build and design on the water line and turbine house complete with stone patio and style appropriate door. CLASSY!Shame it’s out in the woods where it can’t get more admiration, lol. Can’t wait for the final turbine installation and sea trial.
I happy for you that you finally got to use your Land Rover the way you intended. 👍
Loving the ratchet strap to tighten, is that a thing or did you think of it?? Pucker!!!!
2:40 those aren’t micro plastics. You can’t see micro plastics.
Hi there is a place in Bristol that does calibration to gauges
we love you so much keep it up :) !!!!!!!!!
Christ. Any chance one of you cats could jump in a TARDIS and grab Benny Hill to film this one? I'd happily pay extra. Edit: about 19:00 it occurred to me that you cats ought to be distilling whisky, or something. Further edit: I'm a heavy drinking, and I've been drinking very heavily. But I love you guys.
I like that Raph(?) guy. Good vibes.
You might have already addressed this but Tool station sell cheap black mushroom vent/cowls for the top of the stand pipe. This would stop the overhead trees dropping debris like leaves or twigs entering the plumbing and making their way to the turbine….
You're energy is unbelievable! Love your work!
2 video in one day lucky me.
Absolutely love how you cleaned up the micro plastics! 🙏🏽
Excellent channel
Man, you can't even see microplastic, that is big problem today. You can makes microplastic just pushing, moving that pipe around. Bands all plastic in the world is only solution. We are done if oill instead in the car finsh in material, more damage than burning in today's cars.
Microplastics is what you produce when washing your clothes, not cutting pipes.
If Chip Foose and Wee-man could have a kid together this guy is what it would look like !
Did you calculate for Friction Loss?
Er, isn't that one of the absolute basic fundamentals of designing a system like this..?!
You sure do patronising spectacularly well, don't you....!
@@andymccabe6712
But it always pays to check......
Kris, what is the length of pipe and elevation drop from the water source to your hydro generator?
Them post rammers I remember my mate lifting it to high he broke his nose and fractured both eye sockets I've not to this day found anything funnier 🤦🤣great vid boss as always
This is all Greek to me. I do love watching your videos, but I'm curious. What is the purpose of the stand pipe. And why is there a second outlet on the stainless box you made. Thanks all the way from California..
The standpipe allows air trapped in the water flowing in the penstock pipe to escape...
a solid column of water without entrained air provides smooth energy flow down at the turbine....
The second outlet can allow the box to be cleaned out if debris collects in it...
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq I figured that's what it was all for, but like I said, this isn't my wheel house. thanks for the clarification....
Hello Kris and Dot 👋 long time subscriber (the lower workshop build) but not 1 for comments normally. Just wanted to say I love what ur doing, keep going bro, your vids are very relaxing for me and I look forward to them 😀 geese will be geese and Welsh weather will be 🙈 thank you once again x
Great work kris 👍👍👍👍❤❤
cheers mate
ace video as always. please please please don't breath in the stone dust as sure as day follows night it will turn into concrete in your lungs in 30 years time.
Perplexed but enjoy watching 👀
Raf seems like a solid collaborator. Not easy to find workers who are invested in the problem solving, working hard, and have so many skills to bring to the table. I hope as your business grows you have a long and fruitful partnership!
for future reference if gauge is mounted on top of tube, it is less likely small particles can block any openings along with ait vent to remove any air! and I know compressed air should give same pressure but it doesn't help.. good work like it..
Kris....let Raf talk more...love his Welsh sound.............
Maybe you could add some form of guides on the frame of the 3D printed "input" to guide the water to the center (like so that two frames form a /\)... Might also not be worth the effort... just an idea :D
hydraulic system, you are great mate, thanks for sharing this video.
Hey Kris, does your work mate have a youtube channel that I can subscribe to?
nothing like a little rock dust in your lungs to brighten your day.
The hydro and solar content is especially interesting right now, as usual thanks for taking us along
What diameter pipe; 150mm??
What is the purpose of the stand pipe?...thanks for the great video.
It allows air trapped in the water flowing in the penstock pipe to escape...
a solid column of water without entrained air provides smooth energy flow down at the turbine....
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq Thanx!
Land Rover earns its keep!
Great video Kris. I wish your videos were at least 3 hours long, they are so Interesting and educational. I no longer watch the 💩 on TV, it’s only TH-cam for me. By the way, instead of using nuts and bolts to secure the water inlet screens, why don’t you just use a slightly thicker piece of stainless for the screen dividers and then tap them? You can use the thinner stainless for everything else to keep the price down but those strips would make it easier, no welding.
On the stand pipe do you put a cap on so air can pass through but keep out leafs and other materials?
Holy Crow! Our Kris cup runneth over today. It's all happening at this end of the internet, folks!
Could you fit a screen to the top of the vent pipe like you would to a soil vent pipe, birds do tend to fall into openings like that.
one thing i noticed is that u stop the flow of water at the main entrance...why u guys did not leave a small gap so some water keep trickling down so other trees, vegetation benefit from it?? it will be plenty of water for both functions.
Wowsers! 3 video's in a week, you are spoiling us :)
Brilliant ! love to see your projects come together .
Kris i dont understand why you have not used your cnc cutting machine to make yourself a couple of big C spanners for tightening up your fitments on the pipe work when installing the water hydro pipes.. you know just a bigger version of a C spanner you would use for adjusting your rear springs /shockies on a motorbike...all the best .sunny scotland.
swearing my arse off here, i frikking love this chan, so nice ! so happy this legend delivers quality every 2 weeks!
Could you not use a handheld GPS to take your altitude at top and bottom, in feet, then divide by 2.31 to get an expected indication of PSI? Then you'd always know roughly what to expect? Great videos by the way, love your work!!
That works fine for static pressure (as Kris is measuring -deadhead)
Obviously there is going to be some loss when it hits the nozzles (venturis) of the turbine.
Preferably a GPS with a built-in altimeter as these give much more accurate height readings than GPS alone.
You guys work well together. Keep it up guys
What a treat two videos on the same day! The new system for your client is shaping up to be an amazing system I bet they are well pleased.
Brilliant
Greatest show on TH-cam! Your skills are just amazing, Kris!
Those brackets are fantastic. Great idea to just use the boulders you've got rather than stuffing around with concrete. Much much neater too!
Go Kris
What kind of material did you use to 3D print the coanda screens? It looks like PETG?
The outlet of the powerhouse itself is perfectly sturdy, but outside the water immediately hits the soil. I wonder if that might cause an ever bigger hole just outside the outlet, eventually causing problems for the foundation or prevent proper drainage away from the structure.
it will. the first 2m are going to get pond liner and stones.
Good Team Good Work 👍🏻👍🏻
Next time try using through bolts. Once first bolt is in all you will have to do is drill through tap bolts in and tighten up. 😀
Raf reminds me of my grand dad. Always had that cigarette dangling. It was part of his face.
Excellent
Great video dude
When drilling rock for anchors, I would advise putting some cheap silicone sealant in the hole first to prevent the water ingress and splitting the rock during frost . It would be no harm to use some jointing lube on the plastic joints to make it easier to assemble the joints and reduce the risk of pinching the rubber glands . Best of luck with the business and the Landrover.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Cheers to you both.
You will not become rich, but you will be successful. This is the problem with the world. If there was more like you the world would be a better place
Well done lads great team work ...
You got this I have faith in you 👍🤗❤✌🇺🇸
Rover sounds great!!!
Very interesting. Looking forward to more videos re your hydro water system.
You are amazing !
Good work! Is the standpipe gone get a chimney(leaves)?
Thank you for the videos. I find them all quite interesting i almost always learn something
I'm pretty sure your friend Raf could do a spot on impression of Clive Owen. The man's got the exact same voice.
When the water elevation is 10 meters, that water pressure needle should say 1 bar. When 20m its 2bar, 30m 3bar etc. etc.
Easy calculations. Right?
Thanks as always for sharing! Awesome looking setup coming together
Minecraft IRL
Damn good job guys
Well done Kris I have really been looking forward to seeing when this project is completed and there's just a ways to go! Looking forward to seeing your next video.
So what is the smaller pipe exiting the coanda box for ?
Absolutely in awe of what you can do. The skills that you have and share here is highly appreciated . Hats of to Raf as well , not scared of hard work and helps where the problem solving is concerned. Keep the videos coming love what you do.
Another superb video Kris and looking forward to the day of generating power for the first time for your client! Your troubles with your vehicles must have been very trying but good to see we’re able to sort it in the end. Love following your progress - well done to you and Dot.
As much as anything (and that's a lot) I'm impresses by your ability to absorb disappointment, grin and "keep on truckin'". Continued good fortune my friend; you are an inspiration.
Love this channel..!
Good to see your Rover roving off tracks and you back at hydro works
I love so much that stuff
Such a neat and clean great job. You always go above what is expected. It is amazing at what you accomplish. Glad your friend was able to help you again.
Have seen the Korean hand plough or ho-mi that would be the perfect hand tool for the final pipe adjustments, I have a medium sized one for gardening and levers up paving slabs and rocks. Everything is looking great, I love the shed you are going to have a very happy customer
Your skillset is impression considering you're not professionally trained.
Hi,
Maybe not exactly related to this video, but I'm a quite new subsricber to the channel and I have already gone from more than a twenty videos of yours and in a few of those I notice that you have Yaesu FT-879... so my question is if you're a licensed HAM operator and are you active on bands from time to time to have a chat?
BR,
Ps love your lifestyle and what you've been doing all this time...
Watching a channel "Garden Answer" about landscape design...think you might like a natural pond project...
dig out the shape, add waterproofing, add gravel for beneficial bacteria to clean the water,
plus the electric system for recirculating pump etc. The family installed it in high desert where it gets very hot
and it is part wading (dunk) pool and koi pond. The koi get used to being fed and become
very sociable as pets.
So if interested you can get an idea by searching for pond under that youtuber channel. Just thought about it as watched latest video and heard chickens and geese in background. Happy noise.