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M3NT4L
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Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:19 pm

I suck completely at tryng to make a piston valve con someboday help me by posting a diagram instructions or something ive looked all over and i cant fing anything very helpfull. I am making a galvanized steel "T" style cannon and i need help making a piston valve inside the t ventilated by a blogun/ballvalve. Thanks
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Tue Aug 29, 2006 11:57 pm

Thanks, but i need to know what to use for a good seal (material) and if it HAS to be filled from behind the piston.
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Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:07 am

yes has to behind the piston to make it move foward look here:http://forums.spudtech.com/topic.asp?TO ... hichpage=1
use neoprene has a really good seal
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Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:10 am

M3NT4L wrote:Thanks, but i need to know what to use for a good seal (material) and if it HAS to be filled from behind the piston.
no it does not. If you use a spring, you can fill from the chamber. However, for simplicity's sake, as well as sealing issues, I would reccommend that you fill from behind it.

For a sealing face, I use 1/8" neoprene off of mcmaster.
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Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:55 am

oh yeah true forgot about that but it does have to exhaust from behind doesnt it? :roll:
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