>And it works!
>
>Mind you, if you bear in mind the cost of a commercial one (ca. $200)
>and work out the man-hours Dad and I put into designing, building,
>testing, redesigning, and refining the thing (which is more
>complicated than it looks--there's some structural stuff inside the
>bucket to keep the mast standing properly), we probably would have
>been better off just buying one if we put any value on our time at
>all... but this was more fun. :)
>

Huzzah!

Sometimes the fun is the point more than anything, and how many people can say they've made an artisan hand crafted automotive beer bong?