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Tennis ball gun
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:07 am
by roughboy
Can someone tell me how to build a MINI tennis ball gun? it can either use a ball valve or a sprinkler valve
What i know is the barrel is 2.5'' coz that's the exact size of a tennis ball.
I have a shrader valve,pressure gauge,and a compressore.
So can someone tell me what other fittings i have to buy besides the 2.5'' barrel?
THANK YOU!!!
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 1:14 am
by killagorrila99
Umm:
3 inch, 12 inch long pvc sch 40.
3 inch sch. 40 cap
3 inch to 2 inch reducer
2 inch to 1 inch reducer
1 inch to male threaded adapter
modded or unmodded sprinkler valve
1 inch to 2 inch reducer
2 inch to 2.5 inch adapter
Build it like an inline and the three inch is the chamber.
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:02 am
by BC Pneumatics
Most the items you need, valve, fittings for the barrel, etc, can be found on
http://www.bcarms.com
If you need some more specific help, feal free to ask. What size do you need?
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 2:19 am
by roughboy
killagorrila99 does the ADAPTERS and the REDUCERS have to also be pvc sch. 40 or not?
Also the chamber, you said to use (3'', 12'' long pvc sch. 40.) my question is what amount of pressure should i use in this chamber? --thanx--
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 5:48 pm
by An Apple Pie
Yes all parts need to be Sch. 40. If you really wanted to you could use Sch. 80 but there is no reason to do this in a typical launcher. But yes all parts need to be at least Sch. 40 and Pressure rated(make sure the fittings say NSF-PW and not NSF-DWV) I would not pressurize it over 125PSI because of the valve.
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:21 am
by roughboy
what size of sprinkler valve should i use?
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:05 am
by killagorrila99
Make a piston valve if possible. Other than that buy a 2 inch valve off ebay.
Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:23 am
by singularity
well as a simple fact in most cases the bigger valve = better flow = more preformance, of course the speed the valve opens is a big factor but if we were just talking about one specific type of valve its always bigger is better
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:02 am
by roughboy
damn! I went to Ace hardware and the only sprinkler valve size they have is 1'' so i bought it. So can someone tell me what size of fittings do i need to change coz killagorrila99 said to use 2'' but i only found then bought a 1'' sprinkler valve.
thank you!
Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:51 am
by frankrede
Ok, seriously, what fitting would you need?Just take a second and think about it. ANd how would you build a mini tennis ball launcher?
Last time I checked 2.5" is pretty big.
Sorry I'm a bit mad right now, I just got suspended from school.