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My pneumatic blew up!!!!
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:06 am
by NO_NAME
Well yesterday i was out side trying out my new golf ball barrlel i made and i had just aired my gun up,i only had it filled to 70 psi thank god.But anyways i leaned it up aginst the wall of my shop and went to retreve a golf ball well i get about 100 feet away and then the next thing i hear is a hellashis BOOM!!! so i walk over to see what happend and it had been blown over[thankes to the good old oklahoma wind]and the air tank had shot 30feet across the floor and hit the side of my truck,it had only hit the tire and put a white mark on it.im just glad it didnt hit me.it failed just behinde the 1inch threaded adapeter that screws into the sprinkler valve.this definatly was a waker upper though.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:42 am
by Hubb
Upgrade time....
Glad to hear you survived. Now show us some pics of the broken pieces.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 7:23 am
by Hotwired
Certainly wouldn't have been good for your health if it had connected.
A picture would certainly be good for reference and the traditional "it looks like ...... happened session".
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:13 am
by potatoflinger
Yet another reason to use steel pipe and fittings...
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:17 am
by Mitchza89
One of the many reasons I use steel on just about every single gun mate. Glad to hear your ok. With my PVC marble gun (Only gun I've ever made out of PVC...) I got some pipe insolation foam that was made for that diameter pipe and stuck it over it. It was a good investment because I've always been extremely accident prone...
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:02 am
by SpudFarm
that is the world of pvc and 70 psi
pics pics pics pics pics pics
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:40 am
by Fnord
What's a pentomatic?
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:48 am
by dewey-1
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:53 am
by Counterstriker
_Fnord wrote:What's a pentomatic?
Sounds like a asian computer company..
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:57 pm
by benstern
I thought pentos normally blow up!
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:58 pm
by pizlo
Or some automated pentagon.
Or some marketing scheme for pentagons.
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:14 pm
by elitesniper
Your pentomatic blew up?
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:00 pm
by NO_NAME
HA!!! i fixed it.lol