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Posted: Thu May 23, 2013 11:40 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
*fap fap fap*
Nitrogen cylinder store guy wrote:Hey there Gippeto, haven't seen you in a while...
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 10:38 am
by Gippeto
A simple device....something a fellow with pcps and a scuba tank would appreciate. Full fills right down to 500 psi or lower.
Thinking to feed the hp end from a "fridgy" to speed things up if needed....would be at least 5 times faster.
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 6:57 pm
by PVC Arsenal 17
Gippeto wrote:
A simple device....something a fellow with
pcps and a scuba tank would appreciate. Full fills right down to 500 psi or lower.
It's a wonder this type of thing hasn't caught on in the airgun crowd... (unless it has and I'm simply not aware because we Americans have firearms
)
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 7:49 pm
by Gippeto
It has caught on with some. Price is usually what puts a damper on folks enthusiasm. A new gas booster will run a couple thousand dollars...or more. Thus far, I have spent less than$100 and used some of my coffee/lunch breaks....heck of a deal.
Posted: Sat May 25, 2013 2:17 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
PVC Arsenal 17 wrote:(unless it has and I'm simply not aware because we Americans have firearms
)
A couple of months ago, I would have called that yank snobbery. My eyes are open.
Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 4:30 pm
by Gippeto
I quit shooting a rimmy in favor of airguns for the increased challenge, sold most of pb's off some time ago. The only pb I've kept is my grandfathers deer rifle....although I will admit I've been eyeballing a CZ 452.
Anyhoo...a little more progress.
Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 12:19 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Gippeto wrote:I will admit I've been eyeballing a CZ 452.
Fantastic rifle, and *very* quiet when fitted with a well engineered muzzle device, the barrel has a 1/2" UNF thread if I recall correctly
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 10:00 pm
by Gippeto
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 11:46 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Ahhhh... makes me year for a bigger lathe. Soon, soon...
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:29 am
by Crna Legija
oh jsr you would have cried had you seen what and new apprentice did to our lathe at work, he learnt a lesson don't walk away while screw cutting!
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:06 am
by Labtecpower
For a fail like that he deserves his workpiece in a certain body cavity..
Can't understand why people keep doing dumb sh*t like that on machines
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:21 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Crna Legija wrote:oh jsr you would have cried had you seen what and new apprentice did to our lathe at work, he learnt a lesson don't walk away while screw cutting!
Was the tool fed slowly yet inexorably into the chuck?
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 7:33 pm
by Gippeto
Odd that the lathe doesn't have a threading stop...perhaps not used? Would have been quite the crash I'm sure.
Anyhoo...finished up a couple bits this morning, assembled over lunch and had a quick test.
Works quite well actually. Was feeding the hp end 90 psi and cycling by sticking the air hose to the diaphragm. More testing to come after I get the stand made. Four pump strokes had the fittings, gauge and dead space filled to 3000psi...gauge was climbing good when I terminated the test mid stroke.
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:58 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Was feeding the hp end 90 psi and cycling by sticking the air hose to the diaphragm.
Sounds a bit awkward, I assume you're going to automate it eventually?
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:35 am
by Gippeto
It WAS very makeshift...but only for a quick test/function check.
Slide valve or similar initially...would fully automate it if I decide to try using it to fill tanks.
