APWG Project, work in progress...

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Kymera76
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APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by Kymera76 » Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:56 pm

Hi, i'm very happy to be a SS Central member, my name is Livio and i live in Italy.
Why i was encouraged to enroll is this; i'm a vintage super soaker collector and i'm building a homemade cps water gun.
APWG is the name (Auto Pump Water Gun) becouse this water gun has a auto pump system by electric water pump.
This project is started some month agò and now is almost done. I have many pics but meantime i can see you the firts pics (but is not a final project).
One of the reason that i decide to write here is the availability of LRT becouse in Italy i can't follow it. When i have read some forum thread i understand where i can buy but unfortunately McMaster don't ship me in Italy and my project is stopped.
I have write many emails to mcmaster but i don't have receved nobody replay.
I'm desperate, i want buy LRT but i haven't helps...
More later i send a new pics of my APWG project that currently work with Super Soaker 600 LRT.
Thank you so much and sorry for my bad english!
Livio

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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by Fredcompany » Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:07 pm

Wow, that looks amazing! Your English is fine :)

Hopefully one of the American members will be willing to send you some LRT, so you can finish it
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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by atvan » Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:27 pm

Is that the bladder in the front? What is the rest of thw space use for?
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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by Kymera76 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:36 pm

Some pics of final project

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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by Kymera76 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:38 pm

Fredcompany wrote:Wow, that looks amazing! Your English is fine :)

Hopefully one of the American members will be willing to send you some LRT, so you can finish it
Thank you so much!! :)

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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by Kymera76 » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:43 pm

atvan wrote:Is that the bladder in the front? What is the rest of thw space use for?
Hi, you can see LRT in to a plexiglass in the front and the auto pump in the backplate (opened).
In the rest of the space there are tubes, valves, lipo battery, etc.

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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by atvan » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:16 am

Oh, OK. So you are using an electronic trigger, or just the pump? Don't get the lipo wet, it might explode.

Also, you can post answers together, instead of triple posting. Beautiful gun though. Electronic pump, right? Is it loud? Also, what was the shell from?
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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by Kymera76 » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:47 am

atvan wrote:Oh, OK. So you are using an electronic trigger, or just the pump? Don't get the lipo wet, it might explode.

Also, you can post answers together, instead of triple posting. Beautiful gun though. Electronic pump, right? Is it loud? Also, what was the shell from?
Sorry for my triple posting. LiPo battery is in a ballon water resistant, i have more years of model (car, helicopter, airplane, crawler,). The pump is elettronic but the trigger is manual.
Pump has more power (4 bar and more...).
What do you mean with "shell from?"

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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by atvan » Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:00 am

The red plastic casing, what is it from?
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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by Kymera76 » Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:23 am

atvan wrote:The red plastic casing, what is it from?
Ah ok understand it.
I dont know the right english name but this was a blower for garden

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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by cantab » Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:43 am

A leaf blower.

It certainly makes it look a lot more professional than just using bare plumbing parts.
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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by atvan » Sat Aug 27, 2011 6:41 pm

That's what leafblowers look like in the eurozone? Our look like these. :p Funny website.
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Re: APWG Project, work in progress...

Post by Kymera76 » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:07 pm

atvan wrote:That's what leafblowers look like in the eurozone? Our look like these. :p Funny website.
oh yeas this is it... :D

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