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paulj
Participant
November 30, 2007 at 12:20 am
Q:

Tank Gauge

Is it possible to add a gauge ,to see how much tank pressure is left in tank,instead of counting shots to judge when to refill. And where would you drill and tap. Thanks

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martin777
Participant
May 12, 2008 at 10:50 pm

Guages–>

http://www.winters.com/eco_spiraltube.html

http://www.winters.com

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0000AXEGJ?smid=AF8EGQ3KRZQB6&tag=dealtime-tools-20&linkCode=asn

walkonking
Participant
May 12, 2008 at 8:55 pm
quote MartinDWhite:

Where does one get those little high pressure gages?

Martin D. White

Mac1 has them as well as ebay.

martindwhite
Participant
May 12, 2008 at 8:24 pm

Where does one get those little high pressure gages?

Martin D. White

walkonking
Participant
April 10, 2008 at 1:47 pm
quote sky:

I understood 😳

Just don’t want ya doing anything to ruin your good looks… 😛

sky
Participant
April 10, 2008 at 9:26 am

I understood 😳

walkonking
Participant
April 9, 2008 at 9:27 pm

Drillining a hole in the tank is actually illegal for use in the USA. This is controlled by the DOT. To take tanks out of commission a hole is actually drilled in it on purpose so it can not be used.

Once the wall of the tank has been breached no matter what you do to it the tank is much weaker.

shadoh
Participant
April 9, 2008 at 6:19 pm

If you mention drilling a hole in the tank folks are gonna come unglued, and for good reasons. Its not recommended unless you know exactly what you are doing and realize that the tank might blow up in your face one day.

sky
Participant
April 9, 2008 at 6:00 pm

I want to make a holl in the back of the tank to attach the gauge but this is genial, and the gun is great too with that camo. Did you bought like that or is a tunning (the camo) ?

shrpshotr28
Participant
April 8, 2008 at 12:16 am

damn there are some smart sob’s on this forum. I had thought of the extension, but the floating collar is OUTSTANDING. Never would have thought of it

paulj
Participant
April 7, 2008 at 11:41 pm

Go to Top 😀

martin777
Participant
December 4, 2007 at 10:37 pm
quote mcMike:

Baz, That is absolutely BRILLIANT idea !!!

:mrgreen: Ditto! :mrgreen:

mcmike
Participant
December 4, 2007 at 8:25 pm
quote baz:

Here’s abit more information and a picture o show how I got the air out of the bottle and up to the valve..

Baz, That is absolutely BRILLIANT idea !!!

I assume you have a slight axial tolerance in collar so that the only force needed for turning is the friction of o-rings?

Mind if I borrow it? 😉

cygnus-x-d82
Participant
December 4, 2007 at 1:44 pm

very cool baz thanks for the explenation

baz
Participant
December 4, 2007 at 10:33 am

Here’s abit more information and a picture o show how I got the air out of the bottle and up to the gauge, its quite simple, I drilled a small 1mm hole between the threads and the stem seat and then drilled another hole in the centre of the body betwen the two collar o-rings. In answer to your question Cygnus, the pressure between the o-rings under the guage collar is not a problem as there is a very small volume of air due to the close tollerance of the collar, this type of set-up is used alot on rotary fittings in hydrolics and pnuematics, its also used on probe-type fill adaptors on alot of modern pre-charged air rifles.

cygnus-x-d82
Participant
December 4, 2007 at 3:03 am

wow that was clever….but isnt there alot of presure on those orings ?

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