Been using 28 mm for a couple of years now. Instead of a stainless rod I use an 8 or 10 mm threaded rod the entire length, much cheaper. I am still experimenting with bungs but the best so far are made from rubber bungs used in home brew kits. They need to be sanded down a little but I can usually get 2 pump bungs from each home brew bung. To hold the bungs in position I used a lock nut and washer fed up about the length of the plug plus a couple of cm. The bung is added and another washer sits on that. I have ground/ filed down wing nuts to fit on the end of the rod. Be careful to grind them so they don't touch the walls of the copper. I only need to take a pair of pliers to tighten the wing nuts down sufficiently. I find pumping as interesting as the actual fishing! Hope this helps.
another thing to stop your back aching is to make a little trolley to pull your bucket on tied to your waist its loads of help on your back it stops bending all the time just pump and walk.
Try a 22 mil copper coupling cut in half and solder one half on the end of the pipe to give it extra wall thickness so it wont deform as easy, If you only get a few extra pumping sessions out of it it's worth it.
Great video again, thanks for posting. Fully agree with taking a few washers/bungs as wel as the wrench and grips. I might have missed this when it came to your tin box, but I take a few spare nuts as well....drop a washer or bung and they can easily be picked up, drop a nut into the sand and its gone for good, and with no spare that's the pumping session finished. Keep up the great work!! Cheers John
@@FishHunterUK watched the video you put up on pumping lug was a great help. would you please list all the parts needed to make my own copper one. would love to make one
They seem pretty much the same mate. As he mentions tge benefit of the copper one is being able to take the end off quick while on a session - due to copper being easy to cut i suppose. On the other hand i eould imagine this also means it bends faster... in any case copper pipe is cheaper than stainless sooo .....
I use a bit of an old flipflop's for the end but I must say i didn't think about using coperpiping tho I'll give it go tho mate thanks for sharing the video
Gavin the only way is try try again mate it's so hard to explain but I'm out tonight fishing and maby pumping so if I get the pump out I'll try and explains a bit better on the video for you
Great video very helpful I'm going to try and pump my own worms I've tried before but not very successfully the nearest beach to me is like Withernsea Cleethorpes places like that on my other channel hardcore fisherman Maddie's but I want to get some black long for my freezer Tight Lines
Been using 28 mm for a couple of years now. Instead of a stainless rod I use an 8 or 10 mm threaded rod the entire length, much cheaper. I am still experimenting with bungs but the best so far are made from rubber bungs used in home brew kits. They need to be sanded down a little but I can usually get 2 pump bungs from each home brew bung. To hold the bungs in position I used a lock nut and washer fed up about the length of the plug plus a couple of cm. The bung is added and another washer sits on that. I have ground/ filed down wing nuts to fit on the end of the rod. Be careful to grind them so they don't touch the walls of the copper. I only need to take a pair of pliers to tighten the wing nuts down sufficiently. I find pumping as interesting as the actual fishing! Hope this helps.
Cheers for posting
Really helpful video thanks
another thing to stop your back aching is to make a little trolley to pull your bucket on tied to your waist its loads of help on your back it stops bending all the time just pump and walk.
I have got one Raymond it's a massive help couldn't be without it mate
Keep clean your tools man 😡
Try a 22 mil copper coupling cut in half and solder one half on the end of the pipe to give it extra wall thickness so it wont deform as easy, If you only get a few extra pumping sessions out of it it's worth it.
Great video again, thanks for posting.
Fully agree with taking a few washers/bungs as wel as the wrench and grips.
I might have missed this when it came to your tin box, but I take a few spare nuts as well....drop a washer or bung and they can easily be picked up, drop a nut into the sand and its gone for good, and with no spare that's the pumping session finished.
Keep up the great work!!
Cheers John
Great video. Thanks for sharing, think im gonna try building one. Cheers.
Great video just started trying to pump lug. Not has easy has it looks. Could you do a video on how you pump for lug.
I'm out fishing now bud and we done a bit of pumping to so it will be in tomorrow's video mate hope this helps
@@FishHunterUK watched the video you put up on pumping lug was a great help. would you please list all the parts needed to make my own copper one. would love to make one
Tony yes mate I will do my best for you I'll get the list to you as soon as I can mate
@@FishHunterUK thank you very much. I have got a pump which is ok but it's not very smooth and makes it hard work
What length of copper tube do you use mate
1100 mm mate
Really useful thanks for sharing very valuable information 🙂
Thanks for the video a lot of very useful information.
I'm going to make a couple of them
just a quick question out of the two pumps which is better for a beginner to use.
They seem pretty much the same mate. As he mentions tge benefit of the copper one is being able to take the end off quick while on a session - due to copper being easy to cut i suppose. On the other hand i eould imagine this also means it bends faster... in any case copper pipe is cheaper than stainless sooo .....
Lucky I would say the 28mm but it's harder work you just don't have to be bang on the money with it as it covers a bigger area If that makes sence
Hi mate. Interested in making my own. Could you list everything I need ? Do they make the rod already threaded anywhere ? Cheers
I use a bit of an old flipflop's for the end but I must say i didn't think about using coperpiping tho I'll give it go tho mate thanks for sharing the video
Cheers mate very helpful and well explained .. thanks 👍🐟 🐟 🐟
Is a bait pump any good for pumping blow lug and ragworm
Not rag but some places in the country u can get blow lug with them
Thanks
Great video mate been wanting to get a bait pump but so expensive. I might try and make myself one cheers.👍👍👍
Thanks for the video,may I ask how you cut the bungs out of the dog ball?
Cheers for the video mate. Can you pump off of leysdown or is the ground too hard?
I bought one but dont know how to use it so have you got any tips
Gavin the only way is try try again mate it's so hard to explain but I'm out tonight fishing and maby pumping so if I get the pump out I'll try and explains a bit better on the video for you
@@FishHunterUK really appreciate it
Thanks for that nice vlog much appreciated
You are nice guy keep them coming thanks
Great video
素晴らしい😊👍
Hi Rhys can you preserve common lug worm . Do you salt them and do you gut them cheers mate 👍👍👍👍
I salt a lot of them mate there is a video on my channel on how I do it
Fish Hunter UK cheers mate
Great video very helpful I'm going to try and pump my own worms I've tried before but not very successfully the nearest beach to me is like Withernsea Cleethorpes places like that on my other channel hardcore fisherman Maddie's but I want to get some black long for my freezer Tight Lines
Just keep trying bad they will come it's all about the practice
@@FishHunterUK thanks
Could you tell me where abouts you pump for the black lug. I want to go and have a go for myself.
Anywhere from littlestone to Dungeness life boat station mate
Fish Hunter UK thank you
Great vid my friend can i ask how do you keep the plunger rod central in the top compression nut or does it slop round ie 8mm stud in 22mm hole ?
there's a little shoe thing in there but some people use a washer as long as it's 22mm then u can drill the whole out in the middle to what you want
@@FishHunterUK Ok thank you
bloody right STAINLESS CUTTER COST ME 30 40 QUID
That's a "T" 22mm compression fitting btw