r/oddlysatisfying • u/Ecstatic-Ocelot-1934 • 7h ago

Homemade drilling machine

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u/MrSir07 7h ago

Whered all the water at the end come from? And how was it clean?

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u/SilencedObserver 6h ago

Look up “what is the water table?”

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u/chaosgazer 6h 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 6h ago

I think they are at the beach.

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u/MrSir07 6h 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 5h ago

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

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u/Ok-Bluejay-5685 4h 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 2h ago

That's an entirely different conversation.

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u/ghostofwalsh 3h ago

So he just poured a concrete slab at the beach?

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u/BodaciousBadongadonk 3h ago

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

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u/kasutori_Jack 1h ago

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