rmich732 wrote:Looking very nice. How did you paint it camouflage? I know this is probably common knowledge, but I'm kinda dumb sometimes. I am the SLOWEST painter; it took me 90 minutes just to paint two 4" x 48" chambers green
. I always put too many coats, and then drips start to form... from there, its just me fighting to wipe up the drips and add more paint to make it not appear as rough... this causes more drips.... and the cycle continues for a long time
1. How much shorter is the piston valve housing? And how did you lighten up the piston?
2. By the way, what kind of porting does this valve has? It originally had 2" porting, but you added a female adapter to the front, so I am assuming it can have up to 3" porting, right?
thanks! it was actually real easy, I found some colors ment for camo and being used outdoors at my home depot today. I used the previous coat of black as the background, than used relatively light coats as I applied totally random blotches of them.
it looks better in person. I had a dirt biker stop in the field next to my house and ask me where I got it.
I did this all today
answer to your question #1 is...
a couple inches. I re-calculated how far I wanted the piston to move back, using to formula.
I did not know it before. this was my first cannon, errr.... the first version was.
answer to #2 is....
yes, the porting is still 2 inch, but can be increased to 3 inch.
this is to reduce dead space
the piston back is filled with the great stuff foam, with chicken wire framework inside. the endcap has been filed down and reduced in weight in every place I could, without making the clearances between the pipe wall and the piston larger.
crowley, I did that on purpose.MrCrowley wrote:It looks like your tee housing isn't level. Like the elbows to the bottom tee are fine but then the vertical port of the bottom tee isn't pointing directly up. Looks like its leaning slightly towards the back of the gun... I don't know it could be the pictures but it doesn't look straight and that wont help your crooked barrel problem.
it's that way on all the other versions, too.
this is to increase the angle the barrel is at when it points up in the air.
when i set it level to the ground, where I shoot, it sits level, and on top of that, that slight angle makes it shoot farther while resting on the ground.
and to all the rest of you guys, the barrel really appears much more bent here than it really is.
it is barley noticeable in person, you have to look closely to see it's bent at all.
the uneven splotches trick your mind.
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