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I want to put a new valve on my cannon. I was thinking of a mauler valve. How do they work? What are they actuated by?

I was thinking of buying it from BCARMS. What do u think?
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Mon May 14, 2007 6:38 pm

i think they are expencive, but if you want to pay that much, i have heard they are really good.
trying to decide on a new project, probably something small.
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Mon May 14, 2007 6:40 pm

Gort says he can usew em to shoot golf ball's through plywood.

I'd say its worth it. I'd love one but there just so expensive. I've always wondered how much mollah it actually takes to make one.
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Mon May 14, 2007 7:15 pm

you can shoot golf balls through ply-wood with a regular piston valve thou.
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Mon May 14, 2007 8:06 pm

I can shoot golfballs through 2 layers of 3/4" plywood and 1/2" mdf board with my combustion.
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Mon May 14, 2007 8:08 pm

Your new one? if so you may want to change your sig.

I was just saying what gort said. Not really saying that others things can't do that.
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Mon May 14, 2007 8:36 pm

Mauler valves are barrel-sealing piston valves. A piston is housed inside of a tee and it seals the port going to the barrel. When air is pumped in through the inlet , the piston presses agaist the barrel, sealing it. It maintains this seal becuase of an equilibrium of pressure on the sides and back of the piston. When pressure is released from behind the piston, pressure from the chamber forces it back at great speed, letting air from the chamber flow out the barrel almost unrestricted. Piston valves are an extremely powerful alternative to a sprinkler valve or QEV, but you have to know how to build them. If you don"t have much experience in that area, you could always buy a Mauler valve. I'm pretty sure Maulers are cheaper on Sgort's website, but I'm not positive...
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Mon May 14, 2007 8:53 pm

Well they are your only alternative to building your own piston valve now. To bad you cant get anymore SUpah Valves.
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Mon May 14, 2007 9:13 pm

The Mauler valves kick butt. Wow. I have a dual Mauler launcher that will send a potato over half a mile (distance found using GoogleMap) The valves are great and the service is even better. My rubber seals tore. I told Gort about it, and he had replacement seals coming to me. Great kid, great valve.
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Mon May 14, 2007 9:20 pm

so when u load up a shot you have to pressureize the inlet of the valve and the tank? If so to the same pressure i assume. I dont understand how u get equal libreyum without presureizing the barrle?
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Mon May 14, 2007 10:13 pm

The valve seals off the barrel from the pressure. You pressurize the area behind the piston (sealing it to the barrel), and the chamber (the air that you use to force the projectile out of the barrel). When you release the pressure behind the piston, it slams back, letting the chambered air out of the barrel.
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Mon May 14, 2007 11:42 pm

pyromaniac wrote:Your new one? if so you may want to change your sig.

I was just saying what gort said. Not really saying that others things can't do that.
haha ya my new one.
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I'll change my sig tomorrow. soo tired now
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Tue May 15, 2007 5:59 am

pyromaniac wrote:Gort says he can usew em to shoot golf ball's through plywood.

I'd say its worth it. I'd love one but there just so expensive. I've always wondered how much mollah it actually takes to make one.
Alot more then to buy one, unless you have detailed blue prints and a lathe.
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Tue May 15, 2007 6:21 am

Isnt it relativly cheap to make your own piston valve? I mean people here do it all the time, so why is it so much to replicate this one particular one?
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Tue May 15, 2007 3:10 pm

Because its like Joel's supah, its built with a lathe and its built for performance, Unlike a homemade one where it might seal good but could be too heavy or goes back to far etc the Mauler is probably very light,only moves back as far as it needs to,easily accessable,reapirable,seals well etc. Ask sgort as he made the valve.
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