i am a newbie at making air cannons... i made on with a 2 liter bottle and i have a butterfly valve for a "trigger" and i was wondering if someone could help me make a awesome penumicatc gun that has a trigger ( the sprinkler valve one ).....
thank you if u decide to help me
help!!!
this goes in pneumatic discussion, not the "how to database (not for help me posts"
anyway, ill help the best i can.
take a peice of pvc pipe and put a cap on it, then glue on a male adapor. screw in into the sprinkler valve. mod the sprinkler valve. add a barrel and schrader valve and your set.
oh ya, welcome to spudfiles, home of a bunch of teen agers and overgrown adults that make silly contraptions out of plastic pipe. (sorry if i offended anyone)
anyway, ill help the best i can.
take a peice of pvc pipe and put a cap on it, then glue on a male adapor. screw in into the sprinkler valve. mod the sprinkler valve. add a barrel and schrader valve and your set.
oh ya, welcome to spudfiles, home of a bunch of teen agers and overgrown adults that make silly contraptions out of plastic pipe. (sorry if i offended anyone)
"physics, gravity, and law enforcement are the only things that prevent me from operating at my full potential" - not sure, but i like the quote
you know you are not an engineer if you have to remind yourself "left loosy righty tighty"
you know you are not an engineer if you have to remind yourself "left loosy righty tighty"
Ahem, i prefer High Velocity Produce Accelerators.hi wrote:
oh ya, welcome to spudfiles, home of a bunch of teen agers and overgrown adults that make silly contraptions out of plastic pipe. (sorry if i offended anyone)
anyways good luck with the cannon
you move it by very nicely asking a mod, but it really isnt a big deal.
a schrader valve is the type of valve on a tire. this is so you can fill it up with a bike pump or a air compressor.
a male adaptor is a fittin that is glued on to the end of a pipe and lets you screw it onto a sprinkler valve.
you dont need a piston if you use a sprinkler valve. the sprinkler valve already has a piston in it, but it is a diaphram instead. its basicly a rubber piston.
a schrader valve is the type of valve on a tire. this is so you can fill it up with a bike pump or a air compressor.
a male adaptor is a fittin that is glued on to the end of a pipe and lets you screw it onto a sprinkler valve.
you dont need a piston if you use a sprinkler valve. the sprinkler valve already has a piston in it, but it is a diaphram instead. its basicly a rubber piston.
"physics, gravity, and law enforcement are the only things that prevent me from operating at my full potential" - not sure, but i like the quote
you know you are not an engineer if you have to remind yourself "left loosy righty tighty"
you know you are not an engineer if you have to remind yourself "left loosy righty tighty"
im not much older, built my first when i was 12.
this is a male adaptor. this screws into a female adapor, or in this case, it screws into a sprinkler valve.

this is a male adaptor. this screws into a female adapor, or in this case, it screws into a sprinkler valve.

"physics, gravity, and law enforcement are the only things that prevent me from operating at my full potential" - not sure, but i like the quote
you know you are not an engineer if you have to remind yourself "left loosy righty tighty"
you know you are not an engineer if you have to remind yourself "left loosy righty tighty"
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A male adapter just adapts pipe to male threads. Male threads are on the outside of a fitting, and female threads are on the inside. And if you're wondering why they are called "male" and "female" threads, they refer directly to genitalia ... 
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