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| MrCrowley |
 Posted: 03/10/2010 23:46 PM Post subject: Regulator Turned 1/4" Piston Valve |
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| jackssmirkingrevenge |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 0:27 AM Post subject: |
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Very ingenious, with a strong spring you would turn it into an auto pop-off valve as well  I have a spare reg somewhere, I'll see how it can be modded. |
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| Patto |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 2:47 AM Post subject: |
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Nice job man , have you had a chance to test it yet ??
Let us know how it goes  |
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| Crna Legija |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 3:26 AM Post subject: |
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very nice, my reg just like it broke last week be trying to find a 1/4 inch cross so i don't have to use the reg and can get 150 psi out of it.
i cant mod my one it crack in half |
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| iknowmy3tables |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 3:35 AM Post subject: |
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very nice, and you should be able to take it up to 200psi if I'm correct. you know your a spudder when you think about how to mod things into piston valves, and actually a large number of valves can be modded into piston valves
I've turned a 3/4" flow control valve like this one into an inline piston valve before, when I started I was hoping I could just use the existing manually depressed piston, but the rubber wasn't soft enough and it just wouldn't seal so I made a piston out of a soda bottle cap, a rubber washer, and some hot glue
the annoying part is finding a piston unless you have raw plastic cylinders and machining abilities or epoxy casing abilities
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| POLAND_SPUD |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 5:25 AM Post subject: |
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nice...
I've seen lots of 1", 1.5" a 3/4" or 2" brass&steel valves like this one
they can be easily modded into a piston valve
what do you say guys? would you chip in to buy him new batteries ?
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| MrCrowley |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 5:31 AM Post subject: |
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| POLAND_SPUD wrote: | | what do you say guys? would you chip in to buy him new batteries ? |
Camera is AWOL, that was my phone taking the pictures |
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| jackssmirkingrevenge |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 5:38 AM Post subject: |
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| For a camera phone, it's not bad at all |
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| Hawkeye |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 7:01 AM Post subject: |
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| I guess you'd want to devise some sort of ammo stop so it doesn't roll around the corner. |
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| Crna Legija |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 7:17 AM Post subject: |
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| the barrel would probly be bigger if it threads on |
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| deathbyDWV |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 7:54 AM Post subject: |
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| POLAND_SPUD |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 8:23 AM Post subject: |
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now let's look at it from a completely opposite point of view...
how difficult would it be to convert a QEV into a high pressure regulator?? |
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| MrCrowley |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 15:44 PM Post subject: |
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That is cool. That regulator is far better though, it has much more room and it could actually operate exactly like a sprinkler valve, with diaphragm and all. With this one, it is a little harder to do that and on another reg I have where the seat would be is an uneven surface.
POLAND,
It would probably be easier to convert a low pressure regulator in to a high pressure regulator haha. |
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| POLAND_SPUD |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 16:25 PM Post subject: |
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| Mr.Sandman |
| Posted: 03/11/2010 18:27 PM Post subject: |
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| Nice job Crowley, hopefully your power will be better than my vertical piston air cannon. It's strange but it seems that this form of piston valve is more efficient, mine used to pilot at only 5-10 psi. |
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