+空を変更します! thanks, it is finally starting to pick up. I'd like to have hundreds of thousands eventually. Basically when anyone posts my stuff on reddit, views and subs go way up. Shooting for 10,000 by the end of the year!
I think you will definitely get it. Your channel has high quality videos and although I have no interest in doing what your doing at the homestead; I do find it relaxing to watch and see what stuff goes down in the part of life I will probably never experience.
This is shot with a combo of the two Sony cameras I use NEX5T and rx100III. Both can shoot great stuff. The Nex is interchangeable lens and the lens in use here is an awesome vintage Nikon 55mm 2.8 macro. The fixed lens on the sony is very nice. I think it's 18 to 75mm 1.8 That little camera rocks. it's pocket sized, has a great lens with excellent color saturation, very good stabilization, selfie screen, a pop up view finder if you need it (I find that I rarely do actually) and does reasonable macro shots. The thing it is really missing for being pretty all purpose is a microphone input and the mics are not great. The NEX has better mics. I've thought about hacking it to put in a mic jack or just better, more directional mics. You can get one for about 500.00 used. My only other complaint is the auto focus for video is not good at picking out close objects. There is a way around it, but it requires pausing and pushing a few buttons, so it's inconvenient when roaming around with the camera. The NEX is cheap and you can use all kinds of old lenses on it with cheap adapters. It has no stabilization though, which is a major problem for me. Will you be shooting youtube videos or what kind of stuff? If you don't need a selfie screen, there are more options.
I've done this sort of thing, but with indoor HVAC unit drain pipes. Despite a proper downward tilt to the drain pipe, they tend to clog up within a year or so with a snotty gunk comprised of dust collected from the air. It can be pretty nasty at times. Typically, we use a shop vac to suck a blockage free. One time, a friend of mine pulled a 3ft dead snake out of one clogged drain line. He had been doing HVAC work for years, and cleared uncounted number of nasty drain lines and never so much as gagged. He said he just about lost his lunch over that dead, rotted snake stuck in that drain line.
+Venger Voldur The guys that drill these will come out and clean with with compressed air, but I've never had a problem doing it this way unless I get impatient and start pusing too hard. Do you do HVAC? I have some tools I don't need I can sell you cheap. email me if you're interested.
+Everfalling I do not. I have heard that you can set up or build a rig and do it yourself, but usually there is someone local that has the equipment and will drill it for 2 or 3 thousand bucks. I think that is about what it costs. Someone here locally has a much larger rig that can drill deep horizontal wells, but it is a lot more expensive. This one was drilled years before I moved here. If the spring flows well, it is often not worth drilling. It does not always result in more water. Just careful development might do the same. I wish I knew how much this one was improved if at all. I would think that there is always some risk of messing the spring up too. It is pretty popular around here. A lot of my neighbors have them. One tried drilling to develop a wet area into a spring and failed. It is kind convenient to have clean water coming out that doesn't have to be captured in a spring box or cistern first. Those can be hard to keep frogs and mice and stuff out of.
+SkillCult what is there to consider when drilling a well like this? Like how do you choose a good spot to drill? I can't imagine every hill has this sort of capacity for siphoning off water.
+Everfalling Usually it is at least a wet spot, but often it's an existing spring. The point is to get more, and sometimes cleaner, water. I'm not sure if anyone drills them into dry ground or not. Mostly it's for places here you already know there is water.
I think there are too many. There are two main ones. One is a fern, which I'd rather not take out anyway. If I do it soon enough, it's not a big deal. This time it was pretty clogged up. Some years it doesn't even happen.
This was so satisfying.
+Mike B totally....
Appropriately placed "That's what she said". You've earned this like.
I've made my self pass up so many of those opportuniites through making 400 plus videos lol.
Just took a little time and patience, Great job!
Holy crap. Your channel is growing fast. I remember watching your leather working video on the mug. Glad your channel is become more popular.
+空を変更します! thanks, it is finally starting to pick up. I'd like to have hundreds of thousands eventually. Basically when anyone posts my stuff on reddit, views and subs go way up. Shooting for 10,000 by the end of the year!
I think you will definitely get it. Your channel has high quality videos and although I have no interest in doing what your doing at the homestead; I do find it relaxing to watch and see what stuff goes down in the part of life I will probably never experience.
+空を変更します! thanks for the feedback. I don't always know who's watching this stuff.
+SkillCult We're working on it over here at /r/ArtisanVideos buddy!
+SkillCult 2K subs congrats
This is shot with a combo of the two Sony cameras I use NEX5T and rx100III. Both can shoot great stuff. The Nex is interchangeable lens and the lens in use here is an awesome vintage Nikon 55mm 2.8 macro. The fixed lens on the sony is very nice. I think it's 18 to 75mm 1.8 That little camera rocks. it's pocket sized, has a great lens with excellent color saturation, very good stabilization, selfie screen, a pop up view finder if you need it (I find that I rarely do actually) and does reasonable macro shots. The thing it is really missing for being pretty all purpose is a microphone input and the mics are not great. The NEX has better mics. I've thought about hacking it to put in a mic jack or just better, more directional mics. You can get one for about 500.00 used. My only other complaint is the auto focus for video is not good at picking out close objects. There is a way around it, but it requires pausing and pushing a few buttons, so it's inconvenient when roaming around with the camera. The NEX is cheap and you can use all kinds of old lenses on it with cheap adapters. It has no stabilization though, which is a major problem for me. Will you be shooting youtube videos or what kind of stuff? If you don't need a selfie screen, there are more options.
+SkillCult thanks. Yeah, video. I thought the quality was really good on your vids. The price is quite high tho but i guess you get what you pay for.
I've done this sort of thing, but with indoor HVAC unit drain pipes. Despite a proper downward tilt to the drain pipe, they tend to clog up within a year or so with a snotty gunk comprised of dust collected from the air. It can be pretty nasty at times. Typically, we use a shop vac to suck a blockage free. One time, a friend of mine pulled a 3ft dead snake out of one clogged drain line. He had been doing HVAC work for years, and cleared uncounted number of nasty drain lines and never so much as gagged. He said he just about lost his lunch over that dead, rotted snake stuck in that drain line.
+Venger Voldur The guys that drill these will come out and clean with with compressed air, but I've never had a problem doing it this way unless I get impatient and start pusing too hard. Do you do HVAC? I have some tools I don't need I can sell you cheap. email me if you're interested.
Useful thank you
These springs clog a lot and people think they are just bad springs.
I use Compressed Air to clean mine out But You have to be Careful Or you can Jamb it in to tight.... Like I did this last tim😮
I've heard of that. Same with this pipe reamer. You've got to be patient and keep twisting. It's tempting to just push really hard on it.
Do you have a video on how to make one of these? If not would you be willing to? I've never heard of this sort of well before.
+Everfalling I do not. I have heard that you can set up or build a rig and do it yourself, but usually there is someone local that has the equipment and will drill it for 2 or 3 thousand bucks. I think that is about what it costs. Someone here locally has a much larger rig that can drill deep horizontal wells, but it is a lot more expensive. This one was drilled years before I moved here. If the spring flows well, it is often not worth drilling. It does not always result in more water. Just careful development might do the same. I wish I knew how much this one was improved if at all. I would think that there is always some risk of messing the spring up too. It is pretty popular around here. A lot of my neighbors have them. One tried drilling to develop a wet area into a spring and failed. It is kind convenient to have clean water coming out that doesn't have to be captured in a spring box or cistern first. Those can be hard to keep frogs and mice and stuff out of.
+SkillCult what is there to consider when drilling a well like this? Like how do you choose a good spot to drill? I can't imagine every hill has this sort of capacity for siphoning off water.
+Everfalling Usually it is at least a wet spot, but often it's an existing spring. The point is to get more, and sometimes cleaner, water. I'm not sure if anyone drills them into dry ground or not. Mostly it's for places here you already know there is water.
Have you thought about removing the problematic plants?
I think there are too many. There are two main ones. One is a fern, which I'd rather not take out anyway. If I do it soon enough, it's not a big deal. This time it was pretty clogged up. Some years it doesn't even happen.
what camera do you use?
+Tom Merchant see reply above...