My little diaphragm gun

Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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Seeing tylerthetatertosser's gun reminded me of this, and that I hadn''t posted it yet. It's been sitting around in my garge since September or something.
It uses a diaphragm valve inside a 1 1/4" T, and is piloted by a blowgun. It has 3 barrels, 1/2" Sch 80 for AA batteries, 1/2" Sch 40 for other 1/2" stuff, and 1/2" SDR 13.5 for paintballs and marbles. The paintjob is weird, I know, you don't need to point it out. It's also kinda crappy, 1 coat.

I deleted old camera software, so now can resize and upload them!
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The back of the diaphragm valve. Yes, some paint got in there, oh well, it's the front that matters.
The back of the diaphragm valve. Yes, some paint got in there, oh well, it's the front that matters.
The whole gun, except for the pilot, which was cut off by the picture.
The whole gun, except for the pilot, which was cut off by the picture.
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Cool! Whats is the diaphragm made out of? I see that you conected the valve it self to the chamber with some type of fittings but what exactly are they? Im guessing male and female adapters but i cant quite see it clear enough to tell.

Did the diaphragm need ans equalization hole? Did you lathe down that back bushing in the first picture?
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The diaphragm is 1/16" thick neoprene sheet.
The valve has 1" porting connected to the chamber (1" female coupler cut in half to make it cleaner), then a 1" steel nipple, then 1" female threads again. I wanted the valve to be removable.
Homemade diaphragms never need equalization holes, because air will always leak around the sides, no matter how tight of a fit it is. And I've already answered the last question.
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