Water pump Plans and Pump Information

My apologies for not reposting this information sooner.

Some advice based upon e-mailed questions. You should know the information
about your well before sending me any further questions. This included depth to water, depth of well, diameter of the well casing and recovery rate of the well. You can determine a few of these things with a good, strong piece of string and a small adjustable wrench. Lower the wrench that is securely tied to the string into the well and lower it until you hear it splash into the water. Tie a knot in the string at the top of the casing. Continue to lower the wrench until the string goes slack. This is the bottom or your well. Tie another knot. Pull the mess out and measure it.
If you've never run out of water then you have a good recovery rate and shouldn't worry about pumping your well dry with my pump...your arm will wear out long before you water ran out.

PLEASE CONTACT ME AT: jsjuczak@gisco.net for further information!

My pump set-up fits best into a casing that is 6" in diameter. It has pumped with the piston part of the kit at 140' depth and a static water depth of around 40'. I used a 1" PVC drop pipe for testing and get around 1 cup of water per stroke. Coulde I have changed things to get more water per stroke...probably, but I wnated the pump to function easily enough for a young child or older person to operate it. The effort needed at the end of the handle isn't any more than 15 pounds, or so.

I have both plans sets and kits available for a deep well hand pump.
The plans are 16 pages and give step-by-step instructions on how to build
one of my pumps. You should have access to skilled use of simple hand
and power tools; i.e. power miter saws, routers, etc. to build one on your own.

My kits include all of the parts and instructions for assembling the PVC and
stainless steel version of the pump. A stainless steel and brass pump will
be available in the future. The plans are $20 including postage. The PVC/
stainless steel kit will be $250 + postage and the Stainless/Brass version will be
$450. I include the upper part of the pump which is a cast iron pitcher pump that
has been modified to attach to a 6" well cap (also included) and it operates
a stainless steel cable that attaches to the piston pump in the well. I include all
of the parts needed to build the 'in well" portion of the pump: PVC cylinder, modified
foot valve that slides inside the cylinder, all fittings, fasteners, hardware and springs.
The only things not included are the stainless steel cable and sections of drop pipe.
These are not included because of two factors: I don't know the depth of your well
and they are bulky to ship. Both the cable and pipe are commonly available at
any lumber yard with a plumbing section. Please feel free to continue to ask questions.

Thank you for your interest. Have a great day! -Jim-

Papercrete and hand powered water pumps

I've been a bit of a recluse of late. My wife and kid have been away for almost a month- they are chaperoning 10 high school kids on an exchange trip to Emden, Germany. While they are away I've been doing a serious attempt at kinning my "honey do" list.

For those of you that are searching for all of the information on my deep well hand pump plans set and kits my sincere apologies. I don't know what happened, but all of my archived stuff isn't there when I go to check the woodhenge website. I will work on getting that problem fixed. Please e-mail me at jsjuczak@gisco.net for further information. I will have the details summarized again and send them directly to you.

Those interested in the information I presented on a recent edition of CBS's Sunday Morning Show about papercrete or paper enhanced mortar can also reach me at jsjuczak@gisco.net.

Thank you and have a great day! -Jim-