Maxus' Tennis Ball Launcher

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Sat Oct 06, 2007 5:12 pm

Do it.......EEEEEEEEEEbay :D
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Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:18 pm

I noticed that your valve is very similar to mine. What you do with the flow control rod and all that? I assume you just gutted everything you didn't need and threaded in a blowgun, right?
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Sun Oct 14, 2007 12:35 pm

Indeed i did, the flow control stem needed a bit of drilling to make it threadable to a 1/4" fitting, but once i did that, it was all good. The diaphragm reseals itself after every shot, thats why i took out the flow control, totally not needed and it only restricts flow.

Since someone has dug this thread up for me, i might aswell post this >>

What happens when you fire a water filled Oasis Bottle at a piece of 1" Plywood at 90psi?

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Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:05 pm

Damn! That's brutal!

Guns like these don't deserve to be buried within the forum. Bump.
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haha I used to test oasis bottles as a QA analyst, all the full bottle had to survive was a drop test from 2 metres :D

well done :)
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Sun Oct 14, 2007 1:31 pm

Haha, im sure it survived..
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Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:04 pm

Thats an awesome gun! I'm hoping to make a tennis ball launcher similar to yours except its going to use a piston valve. I'm very excited now considering how powerful tennis ball cannons are! :D
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Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:05 pm

What is that black piece called? The part that has the blowgun on top? Because i was gunna make one very similar to this. :blob2: :blob4: :blob7:
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Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:37 pm

You mean the sprinkler valve? If you didn't know that I suggest you do more research on pneumatics before planning a build.
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Sun Nov 25, 2007 4:43 pm

MrCrowley wrote:You mean the sprinkler valve? If you didn't know that I suggest you do more research on pneumatics before planning a build.
I second that.

Also stop bringing up old topics. (Not that this one is very old...)
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Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:39 am

knappengineering wrote:Thats an awesome gun! I'm hoping to make a tennis ball launcher similar to yours except its going to use a piston valve. I'm very excited now considering how powerful tennis ball cannons are! :D
This one has a 2" Piston to replace the Sprinkler Valve.
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