In Reply to: Re: POND SCOOP TRIP MECHANISM - CHK OUT PHOTOBUCKET posted by Ron on November 13, 2010 at 23:54:06:
Please check out the angle of the conduit shafts...I'm not a mechanical engineer nor a safety engineer. I tinker on my own equipment for my own use. I am only sharing this with you to show you what I have built for my own use so study any contraption you build to make sure you can predict unexpected mechanical movement which could injure or kill you. Don't even think of trying to hold me responsible if you get hurt trying to copy what I've built 'cause I'm simply sharing pics of my equipment with you. If the cutting edge of the scoop bucket suddenly comes in contact with mounded dirt, the conduits can be driven sharply forward and impaled into my back, so, I was careful to place the handles in that open air space between the left side of my body and the inside of the fender. The conduits / shafts are also deliberately a little short so even in the event of being driven forward, they can't quite reach my body and are placed way to the left of my body. PLEASE BE CAREFUL!!!
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