I am getting my system installed. I have used drip irrigation for many years but some of my beds have changed and it is time for an update. I have enough raised beds to fall into the "large garden" category. I'm also 77, so my hands aren't quite as strong as they used to be. All of my half-inch tubing is installed and I am getting my quarter inch drippers into place. I already had a couple of punches including your pocket punch, but I didn't know about it's additional features. What I found is that it was very awkward to use on my tubing that was nailed down at the heads of my raised beds. I had to put a screwdriver under the tubing and raise it up into the curve of the punch in order to get the hole in the right place. So I went to the local big box store and bought a simple punch, which I found easier to use to get the hole where I wanted it. After watching this video I went onto the big box store website and found that my little $3 punch has insertion features that I didn't know were there. Anyway, I've still got 30+ holes to punch in the raised beds, and more in my in-ground gardens and I found this video very useful. I'll probably wind up with more of your tools as I put in more drip line in other places.
@dripdepot3 ай бұрын
Nadine, you bring up such a good point -- I would agree, the pocket punch would definitely be awkward to use on tubing that is already clamped/secured down. Getting the cradle underneath wouldn't be easy at all. Though not addressed in the video, I'm glad you mentioned it for the comments. The same would apply to the Pro Punch and any of the punches that cradle the tubing. Thank you for that! And that's great about your $3 punch having additional features -- when we were preparing for this video we got all the punches gathered and then started trying to discern all their features -- when doing so, we were surprised that the most inexpensive punch (currently around $0.55) had a lot of features, more than many of the other punches. That's the little orange Key Punch you see in the video. Even more surprising, very little of it was documented anywhere out there (something we found to be true of most punches). Thank you for the fantastic comment Nadine, I truly appreciate you taking the time, others will read it and will save themselves some time trying to punch tubing already clamped down with a cradle punch.
@calabiyau-ib9hpАй бұрын
Slightly confused about best practices for tube temperature for various steps in the process. -you leave rolled up tubing out in the sun to warm it up to help it uncoil and lay flat as you lay it in the beds -you cool it down so holes are punched in it with a snap and you don’t deform the tubing or stretch the hole. -you warm it back up if comparable size fittings go into the sane size tubing. Does one of the punches not deform the hole and cut cleanly through? I’m installing this in a south Florida garden and it’s never cooling down in my neck of the woods. Ever.
@dripdepotАй бұрын
This is a great question -- I'll start off by saying that, technically, any and all of the work can be done at pretty much any reasonable temperature, those tips are more for beginners to make it easier on them. Even a beginner could, for example, lay out tubing when it's cold, it's just going to be a bit of a struggle until they get the experience. Due to production schedules, we ourselves have often have to go against these tips and punch holes in the heat, connect fittings in the cold, etc. Even as someone experienced I prefer doing them at the recommended temperatures/times of day though :) To your actual question, we do have a punch that's fairly new to us that I'd say fits the description -- this punch is much sharper than the others so is much less likely to bend/push the tubing and much more likely to simply pierce it. Perhaps even better, it has a metal tip (very durable) and is one of the more inexpensive punches. Here is the link to that sharp punch: www.dripdepot.com/18982