Volume Calculation

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Hello. I've recently built myself a new cannon. This cannon has a smaller chamber and is more compact. I'm going with the syringe method of fueling the chamber. I know how the method works, however I don't know how to calculate the chamber volume in ML. My chamber splits from a Tee in the middle. Look in the attached image to see what I mean. Is there some kind of calculator or formula I can use to figure this out? And yes I have looked on the Wiki.
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fill it with water?
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Any easier method? The barrel is already glued together and so is the chamber, and is dry. If there is no other method how would I go about this?
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Every inch of 1" pipe is 13mL, every inch of 1.5" pipe is 29mL
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Every inch of 1" pipe is 13mL, every inch of 1.5" pipe is 29mL
Aaaa. I see thank you. So sense the chamber splits into the handle would I just add up those inches from where it splits?
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Yes, the result will be an approximation but in practice it won't affect your performance.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Thanks for the help!
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