Lever Arm
for Well
This project
is an adaptation of a tool used around the world. In addition
to easing the labor of raising water from a well, it keeps the
rope from touching the ground and becoming contaminated, it also
prevents one from loosing the rope, or more importantly, oneself,down
the well. The building elements are: bucket, rope, lever (made
by lashing together several pieces of bamboo and splicing them
at wooden cores), counterweight end (lashed together using some
of the techniques and the material used by local basket makers),
pivot (made by the local welder), and supports (Y-shaped tree
trunks buried in the sand).