How to get a fallen bucket from the well

Drop buckets into the well – a fairly common phenomenon in rural areas. So many of the villagers there is in this case a special device – "the cat". It is easy to make from scrap materials. There are other ways to get drowned a bucket.

How to get the bucket from the well using "cat"

In the old days of buckets fetched from a well a horseshoe to which is attached a rope. This method is time-consuming, requiring some skill and skill. Later invented a tool that can catch and pull on the surface drowned in the well the bucket is "cat".

It is made of iron bars and looks like an anchor. To the cat tied a long strong string, lowering the tool to the bottom and gently move it from side to side, trying to detect the location of the bucket. After will be able to know where it is, "cat" begin to raise and lower, trying to pick up one of the ends to "anchor" the handle of the bucket.

To make a "cat" from a large fishing hook, but in this case you will need a load attached to the end of the rope and tackle. Well water needs to be drained, to take a powerful flashlight and attempt to remove the bucket.

How else can you get a bucket from the well?

The bucket in the well you can pick up with fork, the teeth of which are bent in different directions like the hook. Note that this tool is pretty heavy, so you need to bind it to a strong rope.

Some of the villagers to get out of the well bucket, proceed as follows: on the suction pipe of a powerful submersible pump, attach the rubber adapter (plunger) with a diameter of not more than 20 cm and Then include the pump and trying to find a bucket. If this fails, gently lift the device together with the loss.

Most often, the bucket in the well is a cone down. This point can be used as follows: make a wooden disc of a diameter a few centimeters less than the diameter of the bucket top. To strengthen the ingot a pretty big load and drop this device into the well. Lowering and raising the tool, you can get to the bucket. Blank under the weight of the cargo will be stuck in it, after which the tool is lifted to the surface.

The easiest way to pull the bucket from the well using a magnet. With it, you can try to lift the handle of the bucket. In doing so, to pick up a bucket can ordinary rake. But in this work you will need an assistant.

Another option is to pull the fallen into the well the bucket is to use a device resembling a butterfly net. Its easy to do myself out of a piece of wire and cut fishing nets. To a net worked, in its lower part is attached a small weight.