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ready made semi/full auto hammers
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:10 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
battery powered and off-the-shelf, why not?
If it's just for semi-auto you could simply go with the
manual version - no fiddly electrics, and more than enough "whack" to knock a hammer valve wide open
here's a potential scenario:
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:28 am
by Killjoy
Interesting idea, would make things simpler. Its kind of on the expensive side though...
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:39 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
If you shop around i'm sure it wouldn't cost more than your average sprinkler valve
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:08 am
by psycix
Great finding!
Never thought of that
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:20 am
by SPG
Am I the only one seeing staple guns here? I hope so and you lot are all looking at valves, because otheriwse I'll have to admit I'm too dumb to work out how.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:45 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
SPG wrote:Am I the only one seeing staple guns here? I hope so and you lot are all looking at valves, because otheriwse I'll have to admit I'm too dumb to work out how.
Note that the title refers to ready made semi/full auto
hammers, not hammer valves
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:53 am
by A a r o n
I just purchased 5 of these. I have some great plans for them!
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:18 am
by SPG
Well I did realise that Jack, I just thought I'd find something a tad more errr hammer like.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:27 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
SPG wrote:Well I did realise that Jack, I just thought I'd find something a tad more errr hammer like.
A stapler hammers the staple in - that hammer action could be used to open a poppet valve - I thought it was fairly obvious logic
I just purchased 5 of these. I have some great plans for them!
Five?! What on earth do you have in mind?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:39 pm
by SPG
It is logical, however I was expecting something a bit more err logical.
But the electric one has real potential I think.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:13 pm
by A a r o n
Repairing my roof and putting down new carpets.
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:58 pm
by jackssmirkingrevenge
A a r o n wrote:Repairing my roof and putting down new carpets.
Oh... so no Nordenfelt then
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:40 pm
by chartreusesnot
So you would hook this up to a check valve right?
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 11:46 pm
by Carlman
jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:A stapler hammers the staple in - that hammer action could be used to open a poppet valve - I thought it was fairly obvious logic
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:05 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Well, this is how I picture it (2 minutes before I need to shower and leave for work
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