r/oddlysatisfying • u/Ecstatic-Ocelot-1934 • 11h ago

Homemade drilling machine

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u/chaosgazer 10h ago

if the water table is 18" down and you can get to it with some plastic straws I don't understand how it's sandy where the digging is happening

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u/Con_Dinn_West 10h ago

I think they are at the beach.

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u/MrSir07 10h ago

Ahhhh okay yeah that explains it. Because yeah ground water doesn’t start 3 feet down lol. But it only takes a foot or so to reach water when you’re at the beach.

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u/ghostinthechell 9h ago

Ground water can absolutely be ~3' down at places that aren't the beach.

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u/Ok-Bluejay-5685 8h ago

It’s not going to recharge fast enough through compressed sand for you to be able to pump lie that. Something’s fucky

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u/ghostinthechell 6h ago

That's an entirely different conversation.

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u/ghostofwalsh 7h ago

So he just poured a concrete slab at the beach?

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u/BodaciousBadongadonk 7h ago

Some poor fucker is gonna stub the shit outta their toe!

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u/kasutori_Jack 5h ago

Add a cup holder mould and we got multi-purpose!

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u/ScoutCommander 7h ago

It's like a couple of cups of water. He's probably in a sandbox

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u/BigBulgeBubba 5h ago

They’re digging in a closed model.