Like your stirring,… why not use a pvc over the 1/4 hose?
Nope, I can explain it but I can’t make you understand it. Try to think ou’d any commercial grade anything with a gas powered engine sitting in a wooden frame.
2800 X 4 ÷1100 = 10.1 horsepower
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I am probably wrong on the PSI figure, but it gives enough to run a surface cleaner on concrete. It’s not like you need 3000 psi for house-washing.
As for the wood frame… Ya see, this is how you can tell when something is just a practice that people stick to for little reason, insisting it is the only way. You tell me wood doesn’t work, but you can’t give me a reason other than “well everyone else does it this way.”
Show me one time when a small engine magically flew off of a wooden support. Just one.
Wood will be just fine.
I can’t think of any commercial grade stuff… But I can think of a military combat grade one. The WW2 Mosquito aircraft.
@fredled, I think this was his best explanation. Don’t do anything that would draw curiosity or criticism when it comes to equipment used to make money. When something bad happens, it doesn’t matter whether the homebrew aspect had anything to do with the failure. The inspector will look at that and use it as a scapegoat.
Also, wood can rot, too. Both metal and wood need proper protection to avoid rotting. And you shouldn’t be getting SH that close to your motor, anyway.
Are you a shill for the PW equipment industry? I would think you must be, in order to tell me not to DIY something and that the only “right” way is to buy from a manufacturer.
When something bad happens, it doesn’t matter whether the homebrew aspect had anything to do with the failure. The inspector will look at that and use it as a scapegoat.
Going to need evidence, not just a vague assertion. The fact is, nothing is going to go wrong. It’s wood, not cardboard. It’s not going to make the pump fail, or the engine fly into the street, or explode into a million shards of shrapnel.
In a few months he’ll be making his own burner out of a wood-fire and a cauldron.
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Do whatever you want.
I don’t feel like pestering my insurance agent on silly stuff like this. Besides, it would be a claims adjuster who has the say in the matter.
If IBS says not to do something for a particular reason, that’s good enough for me. It’s not worth my time and effort to research the matter deeply just so I can save $80 or $100 on something that should make me back that much in half an hour.
I’m all for diy stuff, too. But not if it has the potential to interfere with my livelihood.
PS: your arguments will be much more compelling if you drop the ad hominem
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No, because unlike this case, that actually wouldn’t work.
I’m going to need some hard proof that it won’t, not just a vague assertion. Do you have any evidence?
PS: your arguments will be much more compelling if you drop the ad hominem
I don’t need to make an argument at all. The burden of proof isn’t on me.
If it’s that important to you, buy a metal skid. It will still save you money over buying a “complete” unit.
Yeah, the fact that wood burns. Do you need evidence of that statement, as well?
Well, of course the wood burns. It’s the fuel for the burner.
Wow, this thread got derailed!
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. That hasn’t stopped you from making one.
You’re the one making the accusations, so the Burden of proof is on you
You’re the one making the accusations, so the Burden of proof is on you
That was just sarcasm, not serious.
Well, I sort of figured as much. I mean, the pay I get from various suppliers to go on forums and gently suggest that some items should be store-bought instead of homemade, just doesn’t amount to much 
At any rate, this is a silly argument. I don’t think anyone has actually tried to make the argument that you think we’re making: that a wooden skid will somehow lead to catastrophic failure.
OTOH, you’re using a much smaller motor than most guys here. So your anecdotal evidence is limited in application. Caution should be used, and good counterpoints have been made.
Where do these nutcases like @fredled come from lol. It does make it interesting here. I’ve got to go hand crank my model T with no safety glass or fuel pump and go to the river and get a bucket of water and boil it with a fire made by rubbing sticks together. Later
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Kudos on finding a 75 year old plane that was discontinued in the early 50’s due to its track record of fatalities and maybe s little common sense by the military.
