Anybody use a pnuematic toggle?

Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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I was looking at McMaster part number 3662T24. Hopefully this pic is good (if not, I'll try to find another and edit the post later)....

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...Looks like it could make a very nice trigger for a pneumatic. Anybody got any first hand information?
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I have used the smaller mcmaster 6791T21 for something completely different(ish). It seemed decent, although the 10-32 ports were a pain. My connections to it leaked like a sieve.

I noticed you linked to a manual return valve. Were you aware of this? They do make spring return valves. you know, in case you wanted semi auto or something :wink: :wink:
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Is this basically a ball valve activated in a slightly different manner?
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no; It appears to be a poppet type valve. Kind of what some people do with the clippard push button valves with the thumb attachments. My previous post is mostly invalid, as that was a different style of valve. (miniature style)

That valve in the picture looks to have too much travel to be a comfortable trigger.
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I bought something vaguely similar with the same trigger intentions but haven't used it so far.
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ramses wrote:I noticed you linked to a manual return valve. Were you aware of this? They do make spring return valves. you know, in case you wanted semi auto or something :wink: :wink:
No need for semi. Application is a blast pressure gauge functionality checker.
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D_Hall wrote:
ramses wrote:I noticed you linked to a manual return valve. Were you aware of this? They do make spring return valves. you know, in case you wanted semi auto or something :wink: :wink:
No need for semi. Application is a blast pressure gauge functionality checker.
but you could have a semi-automatic blast pressure gauge functionality checker. In case you needed to check a bunch of blast pressure gauges. :idea:
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