can you modify an air blow gun?

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LDSboltaction
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:19 pm

want to find out if it is passable to modify an air blow gun to handle higher pressures like 150+ im new to the fourm so i cant really find where it wold be if it was already on here. any help is greatly appreciated.
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:33 pm

As far as I know they can already handle those pressures. I think Ive seen a blowgun or two taken past 200 psi. I think since its such a small piston area it can already take high pressures as it is. And even if it fail nothing is going to happen except the piston going out.
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:37 pm

The only mod you can do is to increase flow, itss quite simple if you have a dremel, I forgot who posted how...
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:41 pm

I did the Mod on my two Blowguns, it works really well.
Just make sure you don't destroy any of the plastic or sand it down too far.
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:35 pm

I routinely take mine to 350 without problems.
Blowguns used to be available in Brass. I'm not sure why they are just zinc(I believe) now.
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:38 pm

Hawkeye wrote:I routinely take mine to 350 without problems.
Blowguns used to be available in Brass. I'm not sure why they are just zinc(I believe) now.
Zinc is softer I believe and cheaper. Don't they copper plate zinc for our pennies these days?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:40 pm

c19o wrote: Zinc is softer I believe and cheaper. Don't they copper plate zinc for our pennies these days?
Yup, In popular science the scratched a pennie, and then dissolved the zinc on the inside. It was slow, but it left a REALLY thin copper plating.
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:50 pm

o i didnt know how high some of them whent up to mine was cheap and tops out at 90 psi....ill look around for better ones. thanks
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:53 pm

It is probably one of the kolbolt or husky blowguns which are both rated to 90psi they are both fine up to 400psi(pressure tested them myself)
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 6:18 pm

hawkeye....did u mod yours or is it just an expensive one?
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