Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:58 am
Thanks for the tips, instructions, and demeaning. Seriously, I appreciate negative criticism.
I do appreciate the feedback, but one of the other things that I wanted to make clear is that this design is functioning perfectly well, no audible or otherwise detectable leaks from this area of the gun. I am however losing pressure somewhere on the device, so it'll be getting some new Teflon tape.
The hot glue isn't getting 'pushed', per se, pressure is certainly getting exerted on it, but since the entire internals of that bushing and adapter are filled with the stuff, it's got nowhere to go because of the shape of the inside. It would have to significantly deform and work its way past the threads on the bushing and the diameter change inside the adapter and between the adapter and the bushing.
I don't mean to rant or defend my ghetto-esque design, I just insist on understanding.
I will take the input into consideration. Is it possible to maybe add another bushing or two and heat up solder so that its viscosity drops very low, and maybe solder a schrader valve to the inside of a bushing or adapter, so that it is soldered to threads, not a small, smooth surface like a hole drilled in an end cap? The extra adhesion from the threads on the bushing is probably all that's keeping that thing together, so maybe I could also take advantage of that at high pressures by soldering a stripped schrader to a bushing. And another thought on that, Taking the rubber off the schrader attachment would probably decrease the force that the air pressure can exert on the valve attachment system, by decreasing surface area available, correct me if I'm wrong.
Pics are being fixed now. Sorry, my camera takes pics at 4 megapixels, and I forgot to resize them. They were actually causing a bit of lag for me, but not much since I run a pretty good system.