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Wooden sink with water-saving function

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Many of you have probably thought about various ways to save water. This is true in the presence of a water meter, or an adequate relationship to the resources of the planet.

It is clear that in European countries it is customary to wash dishes in a sink filled with soapy water, and at the same time use a wild amount of detergents.
In the vast expanses of the USSR, one of the most popular and simplest methods is simple immersion of ordinary brick or a bottle of wet sand in the toilet bowl (yes, you can adjust this matter with simple settings of the drain system). So you can reduce the one-time volume of drained water.
However, people from the land of the rising sun have long been applying one interesting way. It consists in draining the used water from the washbasins into the storage tank, which then flushes the sewage.
In this article, the author of the Hassan Abu-Izmero YouTube channel will tell you how he made the original wooden sink with such a useful feature.
For this homemade product it is not necessary to make the sink itself, then it will be clear why.
Materials
- Thick pine boards
- Two-component epoxy resin
- Sandpaper
- Spray paint
- Old crane
- Pipes, corners.

Instruments, used by the author.
—  Six-tooth disc milling cutter
—  Four-tooth disc milling cutter
—  Bulgarian
—  Pneumatic grinder
—  Clamps
—  Screwdriver
—  Forstner Drills
—  Band-saw
—  Orbital sander
- Miter saw
- Metal brush, mallet
- Roulette, square, pencil.

Manufacturing process.
First of all, the master begins to make a sink. He cuts off the workpiece with a miter saw, and cleans its surface with a stiff metal brush.


Then the workpiece is fixed on the workbench with clamps, and the future oval recess is marked on it.


But the following processing is performed using a grinder and a very interesting milling disc for grinder.

There are several varieties of such discs, but they do an excellent job. For example, like this saw blade, and another milling.
By the way, about processing wood with such a disk, recently there was a small article.


After the formation of the shell in the wood, the master checks the thickness of the remaining material, and aligns on both sides.



A hole for the drain pipe is drilled from the back of the workpiece using a Forstner drill.

At the bottom of the bowl, the master drills nine holes of the drain grate.

Next, the external boundaries of the future shell are marked, and excess material is cut off on a band saw.



In the left corner of the array, the master makes a hole for supplying water to the tap.

After all these preparatory procedures, he fixes the workpiece with clamps on a workbench, and grinds the outer contour of the sink.


Such machining with milling discs is very rough and the surfaces should be sanded. To do this, the wizard applies pneumatic grinding head.




Further grinding, as always, is done with fine sandpaper manually.

To protect the wood surface from exposure to water, the author covers it with a thick layer of two-component epoxy. After polymerization, it will become completely impervious to water. Before such treatment, it is possible to carry out the stage of staining the wood with the use of alcohol-based wood stains, which will further degrease the surface and provide better adhesion.
The number of epoxy layers depends on your desire, the more the better. For the highest quality coating, you can expose the entire product that has just been coated with epoxy to high pressure in a special pressure chamber. It will eliminate possible bubbles in the coating layer.



Elements of plumbing pipes should be cleaned with sandpaper and spray coated, this is required to comply with the general concept of product design.


The author did not treat the bottom surface of the sink with a protective layer of resin, perhaps this is required so that the tree “breathes” and does not accumulate excessive moisture in itself.

Now, having smeared all the internal surfaces of the drain hole, an inch corner is glued into it on the same epoxy.



The opening for the inlet tube is also sealed. It remains neatly, without splitting the wood, to press the tube into it. The joints of the tubes are sealed using FUM tape or tow. Yes, the crane itself may be with a broken valve, because its function is no longer required. The faucet will turn on when you press the flush button on the toilet bowl, which will actually allow you to wash your hands in time.
Therefore, even old brass products can be used as a crane, or just a piece of pipe with an aerator installed.






In order to fix the sink on the wall, the author resorts to one of the very well-known solutions. These will be connections under the “oblique screw” or “pocket connections”. They are performed using a conductor, which is attached to the product with a clamp.




Fastening the finished sink to the wall is carried out in a standard way. Holes are drilled in it with a puncher, plastic choppers are clogged, and it is screwed with dowels.



To implement a water saving system, the author needs to disassemble the tank of an already installed toilet bowl. Then drill holes for two hoses - inlet and inlet.



The edge of the water supply hose is glued to the end of the bulk fixtures. A drain hose follows from the sink to the tank.


So, everything is ready for testing. The master presses the drain and water begins to flow from the tap into the sink. Everything that merges from there enters directly into the toilet tank.



Here is such a wonderful homemade work. Now you can wash your hands after visiting the restroom while the tank is filling. After that, the faucet will turn off automatically, and do not worry about closing it. Typically, the volume of drained water is from 8 to 12 liters, and soapy water after washing hands will not harm the mechanics of the tank.




I thank the author for a very unusual wooden sink, and an effective way to save water!
If you have interesting homemade products, share them on this site. Here you will get a real reward, not a “bunch of green stuff" at the entertainment forum.
All good mood, good luck, and interesting ideas!
Author video can be found here.
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Author
I tried to search on Ali, until I found nothing.
Yes, it’s unlikely ... I don’t think that acrylic then "hooks" well to polypropylene. Better, nevertheless, with a proven "classical" method - glass fabric on epoxy, then a layer of acrylic.
Author
What, in the same way you can make a lid for the tank in the form of a sink.
Author
Elon Musk choked on a pie.
Photos from the Internet. I had in mind the concept itself - Pouring a cistern through a tap. ! I even brought “both waters” to the toilet, then to make a “pre-installed mixer” and it was warm from the tap!)))).
I have a lot of space around the toilet (This is not a "Khrushchev", this is a private house.)))) I just liked the idea that you can just press the drain and wash your hands while filling up the tank. Next to hang a dispenser for liquid soap and a roll of disposable towels (now there are viscose good ones). And do not hang a sink in the toilet.
Valery
And I really want to do something like this:
I think that the sink should be wider (oh yes, wider - wrong, wider it is necessary), otherwise the whole floor and the lid of the toilet bowl will be sprayed, and standing in front of the toilet bowl is not very convenient! But it can help out a lot if you are no longer able to lift the lid! drinks
I didn’t understand anything, but it’s very interesting ... dontknow read laugh1
Author
That's where the theme is broom shovels from a pipe will fly up to space. And then haters and all sorts of morons let go stupid. Dimon adapted the real theme. drinks
And I really want to do something like this:

I think the sink over the washing machine is muddy. Since the acrylic will still remain, it will also be possible.
An intellectual is washing his hands after the toilet, and a hard worker is up to!

What is the difference between a female hostel and a male? ... In the female dishes they wash AFTER eating!
P.S. The complete lack of logic !!! Clean dishes are needed, after all, before eating, and not after! smiles
About when a hard worker washes his hands. Once I was asked to help one welder. And they said. Pick up and bring him 2 buckets of water. And I was surprised, why did he need 2 whole buckets? They explained to me that he had such a ritual. Before starting welded work, he always washes his hands, otherwise he will not start work.

He brought him two buckets, and he really washed his hands completely clean and only after that he began to cook xaxa
Khatul Madan
We were taught in France to wash hands after the toilet
An intellectual is washing his hands after the toilet, and a hard worker is up to! xaxa
And when I was living in an old apartment, a neighbor on the floor above didn’t even write to the sink, but directly to the window from the sixth floor xaxa He had to go to the crowbar at night to the toilet.
it was necessary to gash the poll - do you wash your hands after visiting the restroom?
Anecdote to the topic: A Frenchman is standing in the toilet near the sink and washes his hands, the Russian has done his job and passes by. The Frenchman, as it were, casually drops the phrase- We were taught in France to wash our hands after the toilet, to which the Russian answers- And we were taught in Russia not to piss on our hands.
Author
So the business has gone.
wooden sinks filed as "environmental, by mother nature herself, with positive energy, etc. etc."

It remains only to cover with gold leaf.
Yes, I forgot to say. As they pissed in the sinks, they will. Even if the washbasin is made of mahogany inlaid with bruliants.
Professor Preobrazhensky almost spoke of this. That's interesting, it was necessary to gash the poll - do you wash your hands after visiting the restroom?
Without touching drain technology. If such wooden sinks are served as "environmental, by mother nature herself, with positive energy, etc., etc." Yes, even a wooden crane, but a higher price, idiots will be bought up and will still be praised by the neighbors on Rublevka .-))))
When his reinforcing valve on the eyeliner starts to whistle, he will regret what he has done.
Author
Either I have problems with the taste, or something is wrong with the product design concept

I am, neighing it. And cho, normal toilet design. He still lacks a stainless steel siphon. xaxa
Author
You are clearly not familiar with the sorted tank device. When overflowing, excess water goes through a special pipe.
isa
and if the tank is full where the water will flow? and the tank itself will constantly need to be washed due to siltation
In the vastness of the USSR, one of the most popular and simplest methods ...
There was no apartment metering of water consumption in the USSR! dance2
this is required to adhere to the general concept of product design
I looked at the first and last photos, and thought: “Either I have problems with taste, or something is wrong with the product design concept!” xaxa

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