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Mini coaxal pneumatic from medicine bottle.
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 11:11 pm
by spikerbond
Posted: Fri May 08, 2009 11:24 pm
by inonickname
Use the forum link on there
Looks good so far, pop the pictures up and tell some specs..such as operating pressures etc.
Posted: Sat May 09, 2009 12:25 am
by spudtyrrant
i would suggest keeping this at low pressures i have had pill bottles explode when making mini combustions let alone a pneumatic nice job tho
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 8:05 pm
by covey12
im guessing the schrader is also the pilot valve
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 1:26 am
by microman171
*smacks for head* why didn't I think of that? Of course, a mini coaxial. Mini pistons a lower pressures should be easy right?
Great looking gun mate! Pneumatics can be much more dangerous than combustions... A pneumatic has stored pressure, whereas combustion has a spike of pressure.
Posted: Fri May 15, 2009 1:32 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Stick to 30 psi
Still, nice first effort, now buy some proper epoxy and make yourself a 400 psi mini coaxial

Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 5:41 pm
by spikerbond
Sorry for responding so late

I have had some homework trouble. I am going to try and get it all epoxied up this weekend. Also I was wondering if wrapping it in some thin rope/whipping line and then epoxying it would increase the max psi that it could hold.
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:27 pm
by microman171
AFAIK it would. But it would be expensive, and I don't know how much extra pressure you would get out of it...
Posted: Wed May 20, 2009 7:42 pm
by Hotwired
Looks like it's a common hard/brittle clear plastic body with a softer/elastic plastic cap.
Reinforcing it wouldn't be too easy, when you wrap with string it doesn't add strength in all directions. You'd end up with it in the middle of a ball.
Easiest to just leave it as a low pressure pneumatic for desk plinking and make a separate one if you want higher pressure.