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So i just ordered 2 sprinkler valves from home depot. There lawn Genie 1" inline valves with a .25 - 40 GPM flow range. When i get them in the mail i was going to set them up like this. Can u guys tell me if it will be better than my first cannon.

I gues what im asking is do you think its a good design and if it is do you think it will be alot more powerfull than my original cannon?
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this is what i just ordered. i ordered 2 of em
this is what i just ordered. i ordered 2 of em
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This is my cannon i already made its not the exact pic but super close to mine (pic taken from xinventions.com)
This is my cannon i already made its not the exact pic but super close to mine (pic taken from xinventions.com)
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this is what i was going to do with them. Do you think it will be alot more powerfull than my original one?
this is what i was going to do with them. Do you think it will be alot more powerfull than my original one?
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Fri Jan 19, 2007 3:59 pm

Cool. Shoot some cds when you finish it :lol: .
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Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:39 pm

Haha whats with you and infernal mafric(sp?), and probably others, wanting to shoot cds?! Yeh great design its a proven success in pneumatics.
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Fri Jan 19, 2007 4:50 pm

Looks good.

The only tip i can give is to put a small section of PRESSURE hose on the encaps, connecting the two chambers, so that they will be filled at the same time, and with have the exact same pressure.

otherwise, the design is fantastic!
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Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:13 pm

Yes that would help, you only have to have one schrader. And you should mod the sprinkler valves for even more power :twisted:
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Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:23 pm

when you mod them, you have to connect the valves to one blowgun, but instead of a blowgun, you should use a ball valve. they would open faster, for better performance.
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Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:24 pm

i was going to modd the valves and connect them so they fire at same time. but good idea about connecting the 2 chanbers, thanks
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Or I've found with my friends gun like that you can have more pressure in one side and it will give the ammo a spin.
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Fri Jan 19, 2007 5:58 pm

k heres the updated one

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You just posted the image shack home page.
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Or I've found with my friends gun like that you can have more pressure in one side and it will give the ammo a spin.
well that would be cool it would spin it and make it fly straiter. I would be like a rifled barrel kindof.
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We weren't shooting at a target so I'm not sure if it turned at all.
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Bluetooth wrote:Cool. Shoot some cds when you finish it :lol: .
Yeah!!!! Shoot some cd's! And get a video!!!
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what do u mean by shoot some cd's? like put cd's on a board and shoot a potato at it??
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^^ Exactly. Or something smaller and pointier (sp?)
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