Cheap Propane Metering Device
I know that it can be fairly cheap already to buy a couple valves and copper pipe to make a metering device, but if you want a quicker load time, it's kind of slow to open and close two valves in a row.
I thought of a quick and easy way to make a metering device: with a bike pump. Bike pumps operate with two one-way valves, one to take air in, one to pump it out. Take apart a bike pump, modify it a little, and you could have a sort of "pump-action" type of loader. The same approximate amount of fuel would always enter the chamber, no matter how fast you pump it.
I thought of a quick and easy way to make a metering device: with a bike pump. Bike pumps operate with two one-way valves, one to take air in, one to pump it out. Take apart a bike pump, modify it a little, and you could have a sort of "pump-action" type of loader. The same approximate amount of fuel would always enter the chamber, no matter how fast you pump it.
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Sounds a bit like the metering system used on the 'BL-520'
http://ultimatespudgun.com/product_info ... cts_id=178
http://ultimatespudgun.com/product_info ... cts_id=178
Yeah, that's kind of where I got the idea. I am intending to use it for a hydrogen powered .25cal gun - pump-action. Pumping it will also load the bullet (it will be attached to a breach loader below an ammo hopper)Pyro Ninja wrote:Sounds a bit like the metering system used on the 'BL-520'
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If you want to build one like that one the generic design is here.
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/bl-520- ... 18146.html
Shureshot even posted one of their drawings for it.
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/bl-520- ... 18146.html
Shureshot even posted one of their drawings for it.
well that's certainly simpler. Just how do I make one?
Also, a pump might be better because the stored fuel in my gun (hydrogen) may not be under pressure, as it will be coming directly from the electrolysis unit.
Also, a pump might be better because the stored fuel in my gun (hydrogen) may not be under pressure, as it will be coming directly from the electrolysis unit.
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I hope you have a bloody massive electrolysis unit, otherwise there's no way in hell that having an ultra fast metering system will help. If you require hydrogen, why not use a reaction between sodium hydroxide and high surface area aluminum? Then oxygen can be obtained through the decomposition of a chlorate if required.
The Bl-520 used a balanced spool valve. It's extremely simple, and you really shouldn't need spoonfeeding for it.
What about the tippman C3?
The Bl-520 used a balanced spool valve. It's extremely simple, and you really shouldn't need spoonfeeding for it.
What about the tippman C3?
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Well that's awesome, but a bit too complicated for me! (the C3, that is) Come to think of it, I probably could use the spool valve. It would probably help quite a bit if the hydrogen was produce outside of the gun, then it could be stored pressurized in the gun, allowing use of the spool valve as well
I considered a syringe, but the metering device needs to be in a fixed position - I want it to work like a pump action, without having to move the syringe out of the hydrogen to inject into the chamber.
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Then put in a three way valve.kjjohn wrote:I considered a syringe, but the metering device needs to be in a fixed position - I want it to work like a pump action, without having to move the syringe out of the hydrogen to inject into the chamber.
In general, any two valve meter system can be made with a single three way valve.
yes, a three-way would work
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Thats what she said!kjjohn wrote:yes, a three-way would work
Willdebeers wrote:Thats what she said!kjjohn wrote:yes, a three-way would work
lol
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Anyway...this has been done before. Check out the BL-520 metering device.
bl-520 was a spool valve