Water fed nozzle - built my own. Works amazingly well!

[Washington Gold]

Worked well to thaw ground that was otherwise unworkable - it was 25 degrees at dredge time...yeeeps

 

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[Gelmac]

Messin' around for the camera

You can see how she works, blasting nozzle is nearly full on

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That was pretty funny

Thanks for showing off your build

 

[Gelmac]

Washington Gold, any chance of providing the parts list?

Thanks

 

[Washington Gold]

I wish! I recall the *extremely helpful* Home Depot guy (he did the choosing) picking the end pieces to be garden hose sized - the rest just matches the 1.5" threads of the pressure nozzle and reduces down to hose size - that will be 90% of what you need + the pictures - it won't be hard!

 

[Gelmac]

Cool ! thanks a lot. Will try to entice the guy at the gardening section of the store to help me pick the right pieces .

 

[425jesse]

Cool ! thanks a lot. Will try to entice the guy at the gardening section of the store to help me pick the right pieces .

Go to the plumbing department with pictures.

 

[Gelmac]

Right on . Thanks for another option to consider.

 

[njcommercialdiver]

nice prototype. the tape trick is one of the first things you learn as a commercialdiver, when a long hoseclamp tail rips your drysuit in February. I think I still have the dent from my balls hitting the back of my head

is that nozzle part in the pressure washer section or the garden hose section?

 

[Washington Gold]

LOL man. that'd be true!
Nozzle is a made in USA part called "The Little Big Shot Super Nozzle" and made form solid brass, and was in the gardening section. Man, it does blast the material !

 

[njcommercialdiver]

years ago, I welded a hard pipe out of 1/2" pipe on the head of my 5" power nozzle I used to waterjet mud from around pumps and pipe intakes, used a ball valve to control flow but never a nozzle at end. ive been eyeing it for a 5" dredge project

 

[oregonmp03]

Total cost for the project versus buying a Hyrdo-nozzle?

 

[njcommercialdiver]

he said it on the first post, $80

 

[Washington Gold]

I like this design better because the water comes out as a JET, rather than all around the nozzle. Mega helpful in breaking up dirt !

 

[njcommercialdiver]

that's the way it did on my 5" nozzle I converted, it broke up the bottom and let it be sucked up easier. I used it in the gumbo sticky almost clay consistancy mud and it blew right thru it