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BlueSmudge · 04-26-2004, 09:43 PM

Hey, does anyone know how to create a super charger out of PVC or other material that is stronger than the brand name ones? I need something that can support a MXL. Even the suported ones that came with it broke. I have many SC weapons, and I want a reliable water sorce.

Ben · 04-27-2004, 05:58 AM

You'd have to find some PVC that the MXL's SC thing would fit in snuggly. I think that may be 3/4" ID, I am not sure though.

Xray · 04-27-2004, 11:30 AM

I Don't know what size your nozzle is, but im making a high-quality QFD right now from brass ball valves & it will probably be soldered together.

It helped that I came to this hobby from high-pressure bottle rockets - the ID of the QFD used on a Splashzooka is exactly equal to the ID of a pop-bottle-end.

And I had already made many launchers that sealed against a pop-bottle end - so I just took one and it fits perfectly into the Larami QFD.

EDIT: Explaining why this is good : I can now make any homemade I have/make fit into a QFD perfectly.

-blake

Ben · 04-27-2004, 05:14 PM

I would have never thought of a 2L bottle, good idea! I'll try that, maybe I could make my own homemade QFD.

BlueSmudge · 04-27-2004, 11:10 PM

Well they make accesory attachments that are the right size, you just need some way for it to become a one way valve. You could use ball bearing or something. But that's for a quick fill nozzle. I Don't know how to make a Super charger one way..how does a brass ball valve work? is it a ball that you press down, and watter can get through? is it thr right size to be a Super charger?

Xray · 04-29-2004, 07:42 PM

To see how a ball valve works - I hope you have a SS QFD already, it has a ball valve (XPBackfire-esquepy one though) built in, it is the part u'd use to fill a non-QF SS. Look into it and, just check it out in general - that is a ball valve.

For a one-way (or check-valve) you could make one, but modefying a garden hose quick-connect would be easier. I have used a quick-connect male adapter on the nozzle of my soaker, and then I just 'click' it into the female adapter, which is on the garden hose. Then just un-click it when your PC is full.

-blake

Ben · 04-29-2004, 07:51 PM

http://www.sscentral.net/images/new/DSCN0433.JPG

That shows you how you can make a check valve if you want to make one.

RacerSoaker445 · 04-29-2004, 08:21 PM

Haha, look, it's the Vaporizer again!

BlueSmudge · 04-29-2004, 10:20 PM

u just found PVC check valve for only $5 a lot cheaper than brass.

04-26-2004, 09:43 PM	#1
BlueSmudge Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 886 UserID: 97	Hey, does anyone know how to create a super charger out of PVC or other material that is stronger than the brand name ones? I need something that can support a MXL. Even the suported ones that came with it broke. I have many SC weapons, and I want a reliable water sorce. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------- BlueSoak.net --------------------------------------------------------------

04-27-2004, 05:58 AM	#2
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 6,054 UserID: 1	You'd have to find some PVC that the MXL's SC thing would fit in snuggly. I think that may be 3/4" ID, I am not sure though. __________________ email: / Forum rules / Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas.

04-27-2004, 05:14 PM	#4
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 6,054 UserID: 1	I would have never thought of a 2L bottle, good idea! I'll try that, maybe I could make my own homemade QFD. __________________ email: / Forum rules / Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas.

04-27-2004, 11:10 PM	#5
BlueSmudge Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 886 UserID: 97	Well they make accesory attachments that are the right size, you just need some way for it to become a one way valve. You could use ball bearing or something. But that's for a quick fill nozzle. I Don't know how to make a Super charger one way..how does a brass ball valve work? is it a ball that you press down, and watter can get through? is it thr right size to be a Super charger? __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------- BlueSoak.net --------------------------------------------------------------

04-29-2004, 07:51 PM	#7
Ben Founder Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: College Park, Maryland Posts: 6,054 UserID: 1	http://www.sscentral.net/images/new/DSCN0433.JPG That shows you how you can make a check valve if you want to make one. __________________ email: / Forum rules / Read this page before emailing me. Do not send me a PM or email with a water gun question if someone else could answer the question. Post at the forums. You will get a response from me along with others' views or ideas.

04-27-2004, 11:30 AM	#3
Xray Builder of Soakers Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 68 UserID: 99	I Don't know what size your nozzle is, but im making a high-quality QFD right now from brass ball valves & it will probably be soldered together. It helped that I came to this hobby from high-pressure bottle rockets - the ID of the QFD used on a Splashzooka is exactly equal to the ID of a pop-bottle-end. And I had already made many launchers that sealed against a pop-bottle end - so I just took one and it fits perfectly into the Larami QFD. EDIT: Explaining why this is good : I can now make any homemade I have/make fit into a QFD perfectly. -blake

04-29-2004, 07:42 PM	#6
Xray Builder of Soakers Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 68 UserID: 99	To see how a ball valve works - I hope you have a SS QFD already, it has a ball valve (XPBackfire-esquepy one though) built in, it is the part u'd use to fill a non-QF SS. Look into it and, just check it out in general - that is a ball valve. For a one-way (or check-valve) you could make one, but modefying a garden hose quick-connect would be easier. I have used a quick-connect male adapter on the nozzle of my soaker, and then I just 'click' it into the female adapter, which is on the garden hose. Then just un-click it when your PC is full. -blake

04-29-2004, 08:21 PM	#8
RacerSoaker445 Still selling stuff. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: On my tricked out PC Posts: 944 UserID: 83	Haha, look, it's the Vaporizer again! __________________ WORKING Guns For Sale: CPS 3200, Max-D 5000, WW Glo-Blaster BROKEN Guns For Sale: CPS 1500 + 15 Balloon K-Mod, Flash Flood + 3-layer collossus & PRVD, XXP 175, WW Hornet, SS 50 More info here. Interested? PM me.

04-29-2004, 10:20 PM	#9
BlueSmudge Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 886 UserID: 97	u just found PVC check valve for only $5 a lot cheaper than brass. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------- BlueSoak.net --------------------------------------------------------------

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