Australian air gun pvc pipe specs/rating/psi

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Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:49 am

the people at my hardware store are into spudguns and crap and it gets me discounts from plumbing merchants!i get pipe at trade price
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:24 pm

cool, So i'm a bit confused here should you tell them or should you not tell them what your making if they ask? It seems a bit like a guess game.
I want some 15bar that sounds like teh shi', is it easy to find?

Will a Pneumatic at 200PSI shoot farther then a Combustion using Hairspray?
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:35 pm

a pneumatic at 100psi will easily,15 bar is hard to find, if they ask and you tell them they still have to sell it too you.
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:49 pm

Where did you guys get your pressure gauges, Bunnings tell me they dont have any... Supercheap auto only sell these 35$ complex ones with features ill never use...
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:06 pm

Ebay is good, there around $3 (not including postage)
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umn can someone give ma an idea of how Much PSI you could create with a foot pump?
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:39 pm

The ones I've seen: 6.9 BAR, (100 PSI).

Even then, they tend to fall apart.

I would go for regulated SCUBA air if you plan on these high pressures.

With SCUBA, you can go up to around 204 BAR, (3,000 PSI), with a lower pressure tank, and up to 340 BAR, (5,000 PSI), with a better tank.
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:46 pm

dude, even better, and what i'm planning to upgrade for my pneumatic soon.... onboard paintball CO2 tank with a regulator 8)
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 8:08 pm

what do just normal metal pipe have ratings for?
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:51 pm

Ebays too much of a hassle, I'd prefer a store.
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 9:58 pm

Also whilst I was trying to find a tire valve all i found were these rubber ones that looked similar to this: Image
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:16 pm

Metal pipe can commonly have ratings up to 3,000 PSI, but threads reduce that rating by half.
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:33 pm

yeah i have the same prob the only schraders i can get are the ones in those pics i have the TR-413
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:49 pm

does it work alright MrCrowley?
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Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:55 pm

Dude, any schrader, exept a broken one will work exelently.
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