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I haven't built a phenumatic in a while, and spring is spring along so I figured I will make one.

B. 10' 4'' tank with dual modded sprinkler valves, plumed with hardlines(1/2'') and then activated with a 2'' piston valve.

I decied to go with B. I will make the 4'' piston valve in the summer when I have time to get the parts for it.

So now I need to deiced weather to have 2 sprinkler valves activated by a 2'' piston valve, or go with 2 piston valves(2'' in and 1'' or 1 1/4'' out)
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A 4'' piston valve would look sexy... :wav:
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Sun Mar 25, 2007 2:57 pm

Build B. I'de like to see a big piston valve opened by a smaller one, that would be really cool.
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A couple of questions about the first two:

A) Is that a 4" porting piston valve?
B) Are the sprinkler valves actuating the piston valve, or vise versa?
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rmich732 wrote:A couple of questions about the first two:

A) Is that a 4" porting piston valve?
B) Are the sprinkler valves actuating the piston valve, or vise versa?
A comes from your desgin, 4'' in and 3'' out. And on B the piston valve will activate the sprinkler valves.

Humm,I could do 2 piston valves, 2'' and 1'' out, like sprinkler valves.
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Go with "A" Bigger is always better.You can't go wrong with a 4" piston valve.
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Well, I think I am going to go with something smaller. I might try twin 10' 3'' chambers, and then 3 2'' in and 1'' out pisotn valves.

In the summer when I start working I want to build dual 4'' 10' chamber, with 2 4'' in and 3'' out piston valves.

Suggestions, commets??
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:02 am

Make a Vogt pattern baseball gun with a 3" porting piston valve! :D

Or you could finish that hybrid you're always talking about.
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Hmm I say learn to spell Pneumatic properly first :wink: Then build 'A' :P
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noname wrote:Make a Vogt pattern baseball gun with a 3" porting piston valve! :D

Or you could finish that hybrid you're always talking about.
I want to but to get the parts the place is only open during school. So I have to wait till I am off from school.
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go with a piston on C. I like snipers.
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Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:03 pm

go with A, ive never seen a 4" valve before. make it shoot cantalopes
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Defenitly go with the 4" shooting canalopes would be bad abs
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The 4'' piston is out until the summer time.

So now it is going to be a 10' 3'' chamber with 2 modded sprinkler valves that are activated by a 2'' in and 1'' out piston valve. And it will be plumbed with hard lines.
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