A nicer way to install a Schrader valve
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 3:23 pm
Hi,
I had this idea: Put a Schrader valve into some 1/8" / 1/4" NPT hardware, instead of installing it directly into a plastic cannon chamber.
Direct installation is probably OK if done well (unless you install it from the inside of the chamber, you need to remove all the rubber on the valve, or drill an oversize hole. The OD of a Schrader is 7.7 mm), but I don't like designs relying on epoxy seals. They have cracked for me when stumbling over the air hose or whatever.
The recipe is: Get a 1/4" female to 1/8" reducer bushing, and get a Schrader valve. The valve is screwed into the 1/8" thread from the 1/4" side of the bushing: Cut off the big rubber ball, and grind down the rubber around the foot of the Schrader so that it can just be jammed into an 1/4" male to 1/4" male nipple. It should not be necessary to touch the rubber around the neck of the valve - that will help seal agaist the 1/8" thread.
Screw the Schrader into the 1/8" to 1/4" bushing, head first, from the 1/4" side. Screw it in as far as it will go (hold with pliers).
Screw the nipple on the bushing, using teflon tape as usual.
Drill hole (11 mm in Metric) in gun (thru 2 layers of material), tap and screw in the valve assembly. Seal with whatever you prefer.
If later wanting to install a quick disconnect or a hose adapter, just screw off the bushing.
Regards
Soren
I had this idea: Put a Schrader valve into some 1/8" / 1/4" NPT hardware, instead of installing it directly into a plastic cannon chamber.
Direct installation is probably OK if done well (unless you install it from the inside of the chamber, you need to remove all the rubber on the valve, or drill an oversize hole. The OD of a Schrader is 7.7 mm), but I don't like designs relying on epoxy seals. They have cracked for me when stumbling over the air hose or whatever.
The recipe is: Get a 1/4" female to 1/8" reducer bushing, and get a Schrader valve. The valve is screwed into the 1/8" thread from the 1/4" side of the bushing: Cut off the big rubber ball, and grind down the rubber around the foot of the Schrader so that it can just be jammed into an 1/4" male to 1/4" male nipple. It should not be necessary to touch the rubber around the neck of the valve - that will help seal agaist the 1/8" thread.
Screw the Schrader into the 1/8" to 1/4" bushing, head first, from the 1/4" side. Screw it in as far as it will go (hold with pliers).
Screw the nipple on the bushing, using teflon tape as usual.
Drill hole (11 mm in Metric) in gun (thru 2 layers of material), tap and screw in the valve assembly. Seal with whatever you prefer.
If later wanting to install a quick disconnect or a hose adapter, just screw off the bushing.
Regards
Soren