I remember going here and being so mesmerized by this thing when I was a little kid... I would always beg my mom for a coin so I could throw it in the water and make a wish. It makes me so sad to learn that MacArthur Center is closed for good. This place will always be part of my childhood
Mark Fuller designed the first laminar nozzles, and his company, WET, still builds the best I've seen. With an extremely steady water supply, the first one of these I'd seen, running continuously, fooled me into believing it was a glass rod. The nozzle removes all turbulence from the water, using a flow straightener; DIY versions use a wide cylinder packed full of very narrow drinking straws. The water first runs through a filter inside the cylinder, then through the flow-straightening tubes, then out of a very precisely-cut opening. Jumping ones don't turn on and off, but have a mechanical shutter which cuts off the stream, deflecting it downwards into its shroud. In this fountain, the nozzle unit and the stream-cutter are underneath the tilted pools; that tube is far too thin to contain the mechanism.
I remember going here and being so mesmerized by this thing when I was a little kid... I would always beg my mom for a coin so I could throw it in the water and make a wish. It makes me so sad to learn that MacArthur Center is closed for good. This place will always be part of my childhood
Those are an endangered species of Jumping Water Worms. Nice clip.
That looks very cool!
@ Austin Priest: It's fascinating to watch these cycle through their patterns :) Thanks for the comment!
I love laminar flow😍
Mark Fuller designed the first laminar nozzles, and his company, WET, still builds the best I've seen. With an extremely steady water supply, the first one of these I'd seen, running continuously, fooled me into believing it was a glass rod. The nozzle removes all turbulence from the water, using a flow straightener; DIY versions use a wide cylinder packed full of very narrow drinking straws. The water first runs through a filter inside the cylinder, then through the flow-straightening tubes, then out of a very precisely-cut opening.
Jumping ones don't turn on and off, but have a mechanical shutter which cuts off the stream, deflecting it downwards into its shroud. In this fountain, the nozzle unit and the stream-cutter are underneath the tilted pools; that tube is far too thin to contain the mechanism.
Would you happen to know what they used for the pads for the streams to land on. Is it like a sponge or screen?
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Hello Jonas. These are laminar jets. How do you distinguish laminar jets from non laminar flow parabolic jets? The two look similar
@@brenwenmin Entirely by the appearance. Laminar jets are smooth. Iit's made of glass. Non-laminar jets are very rough-looking.
@JonasClark Oh I see. Thanks for your reply!
I've always loved those.
Yeah they're pretty cool for sure. I need to go back and get a 4K video of that.
Class J Video Productions i got 2 in my garden 😊
Thats pretty cool.
@ Charles Vandergriff: I agree, I think it's awesome. I don't know exactly how it works, but who knew water could look so cool? Haha
Laminer Flow designed by Dr. Mark Fuller from WET Design
@ filmer765: Where were you when you saw those jumping fountains?
Great Fountains Video!!!!! F+L, Corey
@ 1956tmo: Thanks, Mark! I think they're pretty neat!
Just happened to be watching videos about these fountains, funny enough I live 5 minutes from the mall...
wow!!
I've seen them before. :P
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I’ve seen that
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