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8" PVC
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:06 pm
by noname
A couple days ago I was walking home and I found a piece of pipe. Yes. It's 8" pressure rated SCH 40 PVC.
It's like 15 feet long and holy crap it's like more than half an inch thick. I'm gonna ask the construction guys workin there if I can have it. Don't have any idea on how to get it home....
Just giving everyone a heads up for some HUGE pneumatic since I don't make combustions.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:00 pm
by Andrew52
And where were you walking just down the street ? or was it in a back alley and how did u get it home because im pretty sure it would be quiet hard to cary 15ft of sch 40 pressre rated pipe and how much pressure is the pipe rated for anyways....fittings will be a bitch to find and to payfor
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:08 pm
by douganface
Read it again Andrew.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:09 pm
by Andrew52
Ohh oops my bad i get it but i dont know if they will let him have it
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:06 pm
by djt
yeah 8 inch fittings cant exactly be found anywhere so you would probably have to order them from somewhere. price of huge fittings + price of shipping something that heavy = verry expensive. man that would be one awesome cannon though.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:11 pm
by schmanman
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:24 pm
by djt
holy crap an 8 in tee is 80 dollars!!!!!!! the price of just one 8 inch tee and one 8 inch coupler is more than enough to buy a supah valve and thats not even including shipping.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:20 pm
by boilingleadbath
All you need is a 8" coupler, which ends up costing some 55$ or so with shipping.
And some cement intended for large diameters; your generic light-duty stuff won't cut it.
Venting wouldn't be done with the generic "open the back" meathod, though. I'd try getting some flexable drier-vent air-conduit and putting a fan at the end.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:38 pm
by WOW!!
Dued, you would need 57in of 3/4" pipe for propane injection LOL. That thing would be a beast. I wonder what would happen to a paintball??
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:44 pm
by schmanman
noname said
just giving everyone a heads up for some HUGE pneumatic since I don't make combustions
It would be a huge combustion,but he builds pnumatics.
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:57 pm
by Shrimphead
Ya a ten inch tee is $437! The cool thing is that store is really close to me. No paying for shipping!
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:58 pm
by huse_spud
if i had 8" pvc i would let my cats live in it.
i have wasted ur time, oh well ur wasting ur time on this forum, lol
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:03 am
by sgort87
These 8"ers are fun man. There are a bunch of neat things you can launch like: soccer balls, video cameras, foam balls, playground balls, and my favotite - human heads!
I found an 8" cap while in KY and bought it for like $8 or something. Maybe less. I have one of these 8"ers on the way!
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:53 am
by Benny
you could use it for a pneumatic, on my tennis ball cannon, i couldent find reducers, so, the chamber was just some 2.5 inch pipe, 2 endcaps, and i tapped a 1 inch nipple, into one of the endcaps.
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 3:14 am
by )DEMON(
It would be fun to make a cannon that big,but I would rather make it out of steel.