Egyptian Shaduf

In Pharaoh´s times: The Egyptian peasant eagerly lifts the water from the Nile to his high-lying field, while the crocodile is attending its chance. A wall painting of this shaduf can be visited in the tomb of the noble Ipui in Theben West, 1240 B.C. Nowadays they mostly use motor pumps.

- Crank mechanism
- Size: 14 x 6 x 32 cm
- 4 construction sheets DIN A 4
- Price: 8.00 Euro
- Code WR027

In reality the counter weight of Nile mud helped to lift the water. In the model the rotation of the crank is converted into the oscillating motion of the shaduf lever, the jaw of the crocodile will be opened by a bell crank lever.

Normally he is a peaceful fellow, but if his peace is disturbed and the crank is turned - he will jump up, lift his paws, beat his wings and snap with his respectable jaw - until he sits down peacefully as if nothing has happened.

- 4 card cut-outs DIN A 4, ink-jet printing
- crank mechanism
- size of the assembled model: 14 x 6 x 13,5 cm
- price: 7.50 Euro

The handle moves a crank slider that gets the dragon jump up. Jaw, forelegs and wings are moved by strings which tighten when the dragon jumps.