How to: QEV/piston valve (explicit)

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I think I have mentioned everything people need to know about making a 1/2 QEV or a 3/4 piston valve...
The piston valve is the same as here, I learnt how to make it some years ago from it, the link was sent to me by this guy and that´s how I met spudfiles.
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CpTn_lAw wrote: :D "yay, me wanna make big multishot pnoob with 1000 psi foot pump compressor using diamond as main material. Do you think wet bread make good sealant? " :D
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Any estimate on the cost of the parts? I would love to build a brass piston vavle, but costs have always kept me with PVC.
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They cost me last than 20 euros for sure, probably less than 10 euro but I don't remember, made it almost 4 years ago.
CpTn_lAw wrote: :D "yay, me wanna make big multishot pnoob with 1000 psi foot pump compressor using diamond as main material. Do you think wet bread make good sealant? " :D
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Hmm... so on the for about 13 USD I can make a 3/4" metal piston valve or I can buy a premade 1/2" QEV for about 8 USD. Is there a benefit to using a homemade piston valve of this size versus http://www.ebay.com/itm/QE-02-Pneumatic ... 20cd074cd5?

Also, not sure how to shorten URLs when posting heh.
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Homemade 3/4 has better flow and more stylish :wink:
CpTn_lAw wrote: :D "yay, me wanna make big multishot pnoob with 1000 psi foot pump compressor using diamond as main material. Do you think wet bread make good sealant? " :D
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Nice video bud thanks for the upload!
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Ah, one more question while I'm here - is there an account setting I can change so that I know when someone posts in a thread I've posted in? I've only seen your responses in this thread by coming back to it and I realize this will make it difficult to reply to anyone who responds to me in other threads...
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Near the bottom of the page there's a button that says "Watch this topic for replies"


What would be ironic would be if you forgot to check for replies, and never saw this :P
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Huh. It says I'm watching for replies... but I didn't see any notification when you posted. I'm I looking in the wrong places? Is there a place to see where replies are posted to watched topics?
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Well there's the recent topics bar. It sends me an email every time someone replies in a topic I've posted in, I had to turn it off in settings, you you can probably turn it on. Or, try checking your junk mail folder.
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cowscankill wrote: I can buy a premade 1/2" QEV for about 8 USD.
Keep in mind that the QE-02 has a 3/8 inch port not the implied 1/2 QEV.
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dewey-1 wrote: Keep in mind that the QE-02 has a 3/8 inch port not the implied 1/2 QEV.
Didn't think about that. I'll keep it in mind.
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Also, not sure how to shorten URLs when posting heh.
type [url=the url, then end it with [/url] no spaces between brackets
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