Good question. The force being applied to the barrel will be compression, rather than tensile, and PVC (like many materials) is stronger in that respect. Tensile strength of rigid PVC, 34 … 62 MPa, Compressive strength 55 … 89. So in that respect, you're probably OK. However. These figures are signi...

Finally got somewhere to hang stuff, need more hooks (less guns) this was my first attempt at arranging so it could change

here is a link to an example of a clamp on stock for 2" pvc pipe including space for an end cap or fitting i just modeled up


https://a360.co/3iyCXeE

Potato caliber, lime caliber, golf ball caliber, and soda can caliber are all readily available in my local area.

No, I will post that system tonight.

But it's pretty damn next level.

Finally my Semi-Auto Pistol project is finished to my liking. It runs on green gas (@12Bar) using a 2-stage trigger with a sliding hammer mechanism actuating the valve. It has NO BOLT, it is using a internal 11 shot magazine, that is sealed with the barrel. It has around 1.2J of muzzle energy and fe...

Gamification of social interaction, it fucking sucks. To be honest a little way of showing appreciation for a post without necessarily replying isn't such a bad thing in my estimation, the issue comes when posts are ranked according to likes/dislikes and there is an algorithm that sorts them accord...

There are a lot of people, hobbyists, who make their own stuff, from homemade PCP guns, to combustion springs, hybrids, and god knows how many more. It seems that only the scenario has changed, the forums for social networks. The hand above "I like it" is sometimes the only "affective" retribution o...

perhaps going down the path of COOPERATION and not COMPETITION is more profitable. A simple project or a series of projects and not so much is the way to encourage participation. I mean, do it together. A chimera? perhaps, but surely it is trying to give it shape and viability.

I like that idea, Hector.

There's a few people on here with machine tools (I'm one), maybe some community machining of specific parts? Maybe a design for a specific high performance hammer valve, something like that?

Merry Christmas.

As quiet as it is in this corner of the internet these days, I hope everyone's had a good start to 2023!

It's been brought up before but apparently not a simple task.

Really old broken links are a different kind of beast to tackle. But the wiki login needs to work, I see what is broken - apologies. Let me dig into the wiki a bit deeper.