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How do I?: Co2 regulator
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:01 pm
by iPaintball
Can someone please explain to me how to construct a Co2 regulator to hook up to my cannon? I want to make it portable. If you could help me i'd be most thankful...
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:36 pm
by frankrede
I wouldn't trust you with a high pressure air source such as co2.
Seeming that from what I see you have never looked at a brass fitting.
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:50 pm
by A-98
you cant just make a co2 regulator, you would need CNC lathes, mills, and raw materials. by the time and price that you will spend on that, you could buy hundreds of palmer regs.
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:53 pm
by Pete Zaria
Technically, I suppose you could build a small propane-meter style setup out of 1000+psi rated metal parts that would meter out a set volume of pressurized CO2 and vent it into a much larger volume expansion chamber where it would expand and warm up to a safe temperature and pressure to go into PVC. However, this would be more complicated and "rube-goldberg-ish" than it's worth. Just buy a regulator.
Peace,
Pete Zaria.
Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:39 pm
by BC Pneumatics
1) Post in the correct section next time.
2) Buy a reg. You aren't going to be able to make one that is guaranteed to be as safe as a commercial one.
Lock'd.