Trigger mechanism for a hammer valve?
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:06 pm
I've taken the handles off the pilot valve from my previous cannon to turn it into a hammer valve and connected it directly to the 3/4" QEV. But now i need to come up with some kind of trigger mechanism with a tough hammer because the spring inside the hammer valve is VERY stiff...
Here's the old complete valve installed on my previous cannon: http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/my-firs ... 23624.html
And here it is in it's new configuration:
It works great when i hit the valve with a hammer, but i would really like a trigger mechanism of some sort. I've come up with a few ideas myself but if any of you guys have some ideas i'd love to hear them! I'm sure the 3 holes from the handles could be used to hold some kind of hammer mech in place...
Don't mind the barrel and chamber on the photo, i'm merely focusing on the valve + trigger mech now, when that's over with i can start thinking about what type of barrel and chamber i'll use Same goes for the 6mm slip fitting which will be replaced with a drilled out male QD fitting.
Oh and another question; I thought that when the pilot air escapes the QEV dumps ALL the air into the barrel? Because when i tap the valve with a hammer it gives a nice and powerful shot of air, but sometimes the chamber isn't empty afterwards... And i don't tap it softly, its a firm hit from the hammer. My current record was 2 powerful shots and one weak one before the chamber was empty.
Here's the old complete valve installed on my previous cannon: http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/my-firs ... 23624.html
And here it is in it's new configuration:
It works great when i hit the valve with a hammer, but i would really like a trigger mechanism of some sort. I've come up with a few ideas myself but if any of you guys have some ideas i'd love to hear them! I'm sure the 3 holes from the handles could be used to hold some kind of hammer mech in place...
Don't mind the barrel and chamber on the photo, i'm merely focusing on the valve + trigger mech now, when that's over with i can start thinking about what type of barrel and chamber i'll use Same goes for the 6mm slip fitting which will be replaced with a drilled out male QD fitting.
Oh and another question; I thought that when the pilot air escapes the QEV dumps ALL the air into the barrel? Because when i tap the valve with a hammer it gives a nice and powerful shot of air, but sometimes the chamber isn't empty afterwards... And i don't tap it softly, its a firm hit from the hammer. My current record was 2 powerful shots and one weak one before the chamber was empty.