How to make your own water well drilling rig

The owners of summer cottages prefer to organize an autonomous water supply and not depend on a centralized water main. This is a need, without which you cannot grow a good harvest, spend time comfortably and take a shower after hours of work in the beds. To get your own well with clean water, you can make a drilling rig with your own hands and drill a source.

Types of water well drilling rigs

Before proceeding directly to the installation of the drilling unit with their own hands, they understand the technical characteristics and engineering features of various types of structures:

• The rotary system provides highly efficient hydrodrilling.
• The auger drilling machine pushes the soil to the surface during operation, there is no need for flushing with water.
• The hand-made design is the least difficult to manufacture. It lacks an electric motor. Physical force is used for drilling. Such machines are used extremely rarely, due to the slowness and high physical costs.
• The percussion wireline drilling rig consists of a triangle-shaped base and a frame. A bailer or chisel is attached to the cable, which does the work.

Each drilling machine works according to a certain principle and has a different structure. It should be borne in mind that a self-made design is not always able to cope with the task at hand. In this case, you will have to purchase a small-sized drilling rig or rent it.

Materials and tools used

At the preparatory stage, check the availability of all the necessary tools and materials. To make a drilling rig with your own hands you will need:

• squeegee with a half-inch diameter;
• plumbing cross;
• adjustable wrench;
• hacksaw for metal;
• dies;
• steel pipe, no more than half an inch in diameter.

Once all the tools are assembled and prepared, they begin to create a plan for the manufacture of a drilling rig and create drawings.

Do-it-yourself installation of a drilling rig for water wells

In order to make your own drilling machine, it is recommended to give preference to high-quality assembly parts. You also need to consider the type of soil. If there are a lot of stones in it, it is better not to waste time and rent powerful equipment.

The algorithm itself does not cause any difficulties. It includes the following steps:

1. Design a cross pipe structure. Cutting is done at their ends. According to the rules, its length is at least 2 cm.
2. Weld steel plates to the pipe from the transverse edge. Each plate ultimately looks like a tip.
3. Provide fluid supply. You can organize this yourself by connecting the hose to the cross hole. It is recommended to use special adapters for a tight connection. In the future, this will ensure greater efficiency of the self-made drilling structure.
4. Insert the plumbing thread into the hole of the cross. Connect a piece with a tip to the bottom of the pipe.

There is one nuance that should be taken into account: if the depth of the well has exceeded 10 meters, the pipe section is replaced with a longer one.

Disadvantages and Benefits

A homemade water well drilling rig has advantages and disadvantages, like any other technique. The advantages are as follows:

• • High degree of maintainability.Each part is replaceable, which makes the service life quite long.
  • Dimensions are compact, light weight.

• Homemade devices are much cheaper.
• Versatility and efficiency. The ability to apply in a limited area.
• Quick installation and dismantling, the small-sized DIY drilling machine can be transported in a car trailer.

The main disadvantages are the need to regularly change pipes for longer ones if the immersion depth reaches more than 10 meters, as well as the need to spend time on its manufacture.

The manufacture of a water drilling rig will allow the owner to create an autonomous water supply system without the involvement of specialists. The engineering structure is not difficult, therefore, every person can create it without special skills and experience.