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elitesniper
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:22 pm

haha just wanted to post this nifty little threaded shrader valve i made out of a 1/4 barbed fitting and a tubeless tire valve, i just got the tubeless and shaved off all the rubber then i got the 1/4 barbed fitting and used a hack saw and cut off the barbed part then epoxied in the tubeless :D what do you guys think? :lol: saved two dollers making it then buying it :P
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the barb fitting with the barbed cut off
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:34 pm

certainly looks pro at the end. no leaks?
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:36 pm

thanks, :lol: epoxy leak? nah. :D
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:37 pm

id rather spend the 2 xtra dollars :D
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:39 pm

haha , why?with the two extra dollars i bought Teflon tape and a pvc fitting :lol:
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:28 am

Looks good, Very clean. I
Hate to spoil the fun though, but heres one for under 2 dollars at surplus center

http://surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2 ... atname=air
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:38 am

I've never seen the screw in type in Australia,and I did this for my newest cannon :wink: Pictures of it up soon.
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:57 am

rna_duelers, i get mine from a tire and wheel specialist, they are called chrome shrada valves, norm cost about 4$
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:01 pm

this costed= free :lol:
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:54 pm

Bro, use the macro setting on your camera in future.
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:16 pm

nice, looks exactly like this one

and i agree with ^^^ that's blurry, looks like a good quality camera, but blurry
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:19 pm

yea thats what i tried to copy :P and it worked lol yeah i dont really know how to use my camera but im learning its this [url]http://www.livingroom.org.au/photolog/c ... -z1000.jpg
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:25 pm

yeah, i got the older version of that, it's pretty good, but right after the warranty expired, something went wrong and the lens stayed out with the shutter open and we had to pay $150 to get it repaired
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 8:27 pm

wow thats alot you could buy a whole new one for 150 :shock: i saw it a costco :lol: its a pretty darn good camera though wouldn't you agree?
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Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:00 pm

yeah, we got it at costco, it came in a little bundle thing, the whole thing was like 300, so my dad just had it repaired

edit: lately, all of my posts have started with "yeah..."
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