My pneumatic blew up!!!!

Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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Well yesterday i was out side trying out my new golf ball barrlel i made and i had just aired my gun up,i only had it filled to 70 psi thank god.But anyways i leaned it up aginst the wall of my shop and went to retreve a golf ball well i get about 100 feet away and then the next thing i hear is a hellashis BOOM!!! so i walk over to see what happend and it had been blown over[thankes to the good old oklahoma wind]and the air tank had shot 30feet across the floor and hit the side of my truck,it had only hit the tire and put a white mark on it.im just glad it didnt hit me.it failed just behinde the 1inch threaded adapeter that screws into the sprinkler valve.this definatly was a waker upper though.
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Upgrade time....

Glad to hear you survived. Now show us some pics of the broken pieces.
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Certainly wouldn't have been good for your health if it had connected.

A picture would certainly be good for reference and the traditional "it looks like ...... happened session".
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Yet another reason to use steel pipe and fittings...
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One of the many reasons I use steel on just about every single gun mate. Glad to hear your ok. With my PVC marble gun (Only gun I've ever made out of PVC...) I got some pipe insolation foam that was made for that diameter pipe and stuck it over it. It was a good investment because I've always been extremely accident prone...
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that is the world of pvc and 70 psi :)
pics pics pics pics pics pics
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What's a pentomatic?
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_Fnord wrote:What's a pentomatic?
Sounds like a asian computer company..
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I thought pentos normally blow up! :lol:
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Or some automated pentagon.

Or some marketing scheme for pentagons.
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Your pentomatic blew up? :wink:
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HA!!! i fixed it.lol
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