Right parts at Ace Hardware?

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Mon Oct 02, 2006 6:03 pm

Well i recently built a lame combustion from pvc wich was laying around (i live around alot of old houses) i got it from under old houses and well...bad idea wich i will never attempt again i had been using white rain hairspray and decided to step up to starting fluid lol cannon go boom but i was lucky enough to not get hurt just badly shaken and i was wondering if they have the right stuff at Ace hardware (no home depot around here.) i looked on there site but couldnt find anything could anyone help me.


all i found on there site where some fitting wich werent even the size i was looking for.

Thx in advance for anyone that helps.

i was thinking a 28" long 1 1/2" barrel with a 18" long combustion chamber.
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Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:45 pm

Yea Ace will have the fittings for ya, bit expensive, but theyll work. Actually kinda junky fittings if you ask me.

Just thing I noticed... Has anyone ever notice that ACE's fittings 'feel' different? Not that PVC is very squishy, but it seems as if there fittings are harder. In a bad way... They fill lighter, but strangly fell harder. Kinda like ceramic, hard, but once you drop on the floor is shatters. Just something I noticed...
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Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:05 pm

Ok so i could get everything i need at ace...hope there crappy fittings dont explode :x
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Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:44 pm

watch out last time i went to ace there was only dwv fittings, i dont know bout you but i dont trust them evan if its only a combustion
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Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:43 am

my combustion is all dwv with the exeption of a reducer which is down pipe :oops: i still use it along with lighter fluid :roll:
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Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:46 am

hmm im not sure if i should risk it i mean it scared the @#%& out of me when my other combustion blew lol.
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