Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2004 11:30 pm
I had long thought that my current (homemade) CPS system would need loads of work to get a chamber in the "super-thick" category. Those who remember "the Beast" as I called it probably label it as a test. it was mostly a test, but now I'm serious. The design was strong, with exception to the internal diameter, but then again, it's still larger than the nozzle size.
The chamber had exploded. In a war it popped, really loud and low but it happened. I had bragged about it's greater than half-inch wall thickness, which is great, but now I see what is better. I hit the limit with LRT, the sizes needed to get larger for my purposes.
Before I had thought I could get a thicker chamber with a second layer of LRT and loads of bike tubes. Now I see the light... or just another type of rubber tubing. PGRT (Pure Gum Rubber Tubing) is right below LRT at the McMaster site, and I never honestly considered it until I took a closer look; and saw that it was available in internal diameters up to three inches...
Amazingly, with the rubber tubing at McMaster I was able to do the math to make a chamber (with only 4 pieces of RT), that is 1 1/16 inches thick, without complicated rubber pulling (due to space between the tubing). That would be amazing and easy to create, and I am looking to do it now that I've got some cash to spend.
I am looking into buying this tubing ASAP, repairing my CPS homemade to a fuctional status (besides the PC) and then creating this concept. Shouldn't be a concept much longer...
The chamber had exploded. In a war it popped, really loud and low but it happened. I had bragged about it's greater than half-inch wall thickness, which is great, but now I see what is better. I hit the limit with LRT, the sizes needed to get larger for my purposes.
Before I had thought I could get a thicker chamber with a second layer of LRT and loads of bike tubes. Now I see the light... or just another type of rubber tubing. PGRT (Pure Gum Rubber Tubing) is right below LRT at the McMaster site, and I never honestly considered it until I took a closer look; and saw that it was available in internal diameters up to three inches...
Amazingly, with the rubber tubing at McMaster I was able to do the math to make a chamber (with only 4 pieces of RT), that is 1 1/16 inches thick, without complicated rubber pulling (due to space between the tubing). That would be amazing and easy to create, and I am looking to do it now that I've got some cash to spend.
I am looking into buying this tubing ASAP, repairing my CPS homemade to a fuctional status (besides the PC) and then creating this concept. Shouldn't be a concept much longer...