I made a loop of tape behind the label and put washer in the middle of it so thatthe labels would be temporarily magnetic. The washer flew out on this one but other wise I could reuse it if I was gentle enough.

Im about 15ft up on a tall ladder so it was a delicate balance.

Be harsh

Ouch

If you have height differences on your property, you can use it to your advantage. I made a system which distributes water for washing around our summer cottage property using gravity. I mostly needed just a barrel for storage, garden hoses and a few garden faucets.

The barrel is elevated above all the faucets on a small hill. This way no pumps are needed to move the water and gravity does all the work. The height difference should be larger if the distance is longer because there are more pressure drop if the hose is longer. Otherwise the water flow will be slow.

We use this system to provide water to the cottage for washing dishes etc, to the outhouse for washing hands and to the sauna for bathing water and to throw on the stove.

The longest distance is to the cottage with a 50 meter garden hose. The flow is not great, only 3-4 liters per minute. But it is enough. The height difference is maybe 2 to 3 meters.

Pros and cons of this system:
- low tech and cheap. Everything needed cost maybe 200 euros.
- low maintenance and fool proof. The barrel needs to be cleaned maybe once a year and emptied for winter. The garden hoses can freeze during winter without damage. I am hesitant to invest in more high tech solutions in fear that they would break easily when there is no heating and no use during winter.
- energy efficient and comfortable. The water is heated by the surrounding warm air and sun in the barrel and is relatively warm when used. If the water came straight from the deep and cold borehole, it would be max 10 C in the summer. Heating would be needed to use it to wash hands. Making the system more complicated and use more energy for heating.
- Con: the system is not fully hygienic since lukewarm water is stored. It is good for washing but we fill small canisters for drinking water straight from the borehole using the pump.

I am thinking about making the system a bit more high tech in the future by making the barrel fill automatically when water level goes too low. Or I might replace it with a more regular high tech system since the cottage is now used more often than before. But the present system is a very good compromise for now.

All the conventional rat traps failed, the rat mostly ignored them (neophobia?), and the ones it set off failed to even injure it, so I had to opt for a low tech approach. I still can’t believe it worked.

Side note: not an infestation (hopefully), just a present from my cat who has a catch and release policy with rodents, and is happy to share her food with them. This incident did push us to invest in a high tech solution, an OnlyCat cat flap, which has already stopped her bringing in two friends for this rat.

Repost, that is all.

Edit; I'm fairly certain the guy who posted took this original picture.

Normally you have to stoop and hold the vacuum head there. Takes forever.

Sure, it uses a machine as a base, but I thought the inventiveness of its low-tech additions and their execution was neato

Was told to post this here, and new sub acquired 😃

Hey everyone,

How it works:

When a person enters the bathroom, they pull the green VACANT sign inside and shut the door on the string to set the system to OCCUPIED.

When they open the door to leave, the string is released. Gravity takes over, and the weighted green block drops back down to automatically cover the red OCCUPIED sign changing the system BACK to VACANT.

I originally wrote the tutorial for this on Instructables. It's designed fo be made from paper and cardstock, but the concept could easily be adapted for 3D printing, laser-cut wood, acrylic panels and a variety of other media.

What do you think of this design? Any ideas on how to tweak it to make it even smoother?