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Grip-Style valve?

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:47 pm
by jssizzle
So I was browsing Mcmaster (MAN I'm cool :lol: ) and I saw a "Grip-Style Valve 1/4" NPT Female" (Part number 6852K11). It looks kinda like a mix of a blow gun and a ball valve.

Its 4 bucks more expensive than a ball valve of the same size, so I don't really care which one I get, but I just wanted to ask if anyone has had any experience with this kind of valve. If its a basically a blow gun with the efficiency of a ball valve, that sounds great!

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:53 pm
by pyromaniac
can you post a picture or what page number it's on?

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 6:58 pm
by jssizzle
Part number 6852K11, on page 435.

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:00 pm
by pyromaniac
this thing? i found it on page 435 like you said.

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:29 pm
by mopherman
^^^^^ ive seen people use those before. they seem to work very well, but I highly doubt that that has the same flow as a ball valve.

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:31 pm
by Hotwired
It's a blowgun.

Ignore the fact its missing a hook and a nozzle, it's still the same thing, its just 1/4" -> 1/4" instead of 1/4" -> 1/8".

Can't see it making a big difference.

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:32 pm
by jssizzle
Yah thats it. I guess I'll use one on my next cannon and see how the performance is.

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 7:36 pm
by iknowmy3tables
1/4" is a blowgun size too, why would you use a 1/4" ball valve

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 10:13 pm
by frankrede
iknowmy3tables wrote:1/4" is a blowgun size too, why would you use a 1/4" ball valve
Umm to vent the pilot quicker?