How to pull a fallen bucket from a well
How to pull a fallen bucket from a well
Falling buckets into the well is quite commonin the countryside. Therefore, many villagers have for this case a special device - "cat". It's easy to make from improvised materials. There are other ways to get a drowned bucket.
How to get a bucket from a well with the help of a "cat"
In the old days buckets were taken from a well of horseshoe, towhich tied a rope. This method is laborious, requiring a certain skill and skill. Later they came up with a tool capable of picking up and pulling a bucket - a "cat" - drowned in the well. It is made of iron rods and looks like an anchor. To "cat" tie a long strong cord, lower the tool to the bottom and gently move it from side to side, trying to find the location of the bucket. After it will be possible to find out where it lies, the "cat" starts to raise and lower, trying to pick up the handle of the bucket by one of the ends of the "anchor". You can make a "cat" from a large fish hook, but in this case you need a load tied to the end of the same rope as the tackle. Water from the well must be pumped out, take a powerful flashlight and try to take out a bucket. How else can I get a bucket from a well?
A bucket in the well can be hooked with forks,the teeth of which are curved in different directions like a hook. It should be noted that this tool is quite heavy, so you need to tie it to a strong rope. Some villagers, to get a bucket from the well, proceed as follows: a rubber adapter (in the form of a plunger) with a diameter of a circle no more than 20 cm is attached to the suction pipe of a powerful submersible pump. Then turn on the pump and try to grope for the bucket. If this is possible, smoothly lift the device along with the loss. Most often a bucket in the well is located cone down. This point can be used as follows: make a wooden blank whose diameter is a couple of centimeters smaller than the diameter of the top of the bucket. To fix on the disc a rather large load and lower this device into the well. Lowering and raising the tool, you can get into the bucket. The burr under the weight of the load will get stuck in it, after which the tool is lifted to the surface. The easiest way to get a bucket out of a well is using a magnet. With its help, you can try to raise the handle of the bucket. Having done this, you can pick up a bucket by ordinary rake. But in this work you need an assistant. Another option is to pull a bucket that fell into the well - use a device that looks like a net. It is easy to make it with your own hand from a piece of wire and a piece of fishing net. For the net to "work", a small load is attached to its lower part.
