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Pneumatics
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 1:54 pm
i have alot of changing to do on it still but heer is the basic cannon. its pritty powerfull but ive only took it up to 40 psi.
heres my gun i plan on changing the stand because the stand sucks and i just threw it together and i plan on upgrading to a ball valve

heres the sprinkler valve with my home made fiberglass

heres the gun fireing mecanism.

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medievalman
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:02 pm
looks powerful, but i can tell it was just thrown together. nice gun though
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schmanman
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:14 pm
stupid imageshack pictures, never work for me!
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MrCrowley
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 2:20 pm
It looks like you've taped a hose barb into the solenoid hole. You should drill a bigger 1/4" hole in the middle of the valve. The solenoid hole is about 1/8" big or something.
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:10 pm
So what does it shoot like at even 40 psi? Are you sure a ball valve would be a upgrade? You can mod your blow gun to better it's preformance.
Edit:
Modding a blowgun .
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frankrede
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:23 pm
I don't like it that much. seems like you could have thought it out better before you built it.
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Flying_Salt
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:05 pm
I've never seen an over/under that tall before! It does look thrown together though. Is there something in the cage in the first pic? It looks like a rabbit or a small dog behind the barrel...maybe I'm crazy.
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killagorrila99
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Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:51 pm
He means to exaust the sprinklers. I hope.
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Tapping plastic is sooo easy= for sprinkler valve.
Fiberglassing is 10 times harder.
But building launchers is a blast!!!
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Pneumatics
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:07 am
ya it was kindof thrown together. i have modded the blowgun. when i get it on a nicer stand i think it will look better.