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[King Of Butt Land]

I am following the tutorial at spudfiles to mod the same valve they show there. I can't seem to find a hose adapter or any of the parts needed to do alot of the steps. Will I have to order these parts of McMaster or is there a place at Lowes or Home D's where the keep these parts specificly.

-Butt

[DEMON]

You should be able to find all the parts at local hardware stores, mabey somewhere that specializes in irrigation equipment( I have a place like that close to my house). Mcmaster is a bit pricy. I don't recommend using a sprinkler valve in a nerf gun, it could provide enough power to seriously injure someone but it is excellent for use in air cannons. Modification of these takes five minutes.

[davidbowie]

I don't recommend using a sprinkler valve in a nerf gun, it could provide enough power to seriously injure someone

It's all an issue of gun design. Sprinkler valves aren't more "powerful" than the usual bunch. They are more efficient. The power doesn't come from the valve itself, but from the air. With a given chamber, a more efficient valve will lead to more power, but that's no reason to use a less efficient valve. You can get any amount of power you want with any valve by varying the chamber volume, pressure, and barrel length. A sprinkler-valve gun will only injure someone if you give it the proper setup to do so.

So, instead of using a "less powerful" valve, it'd be better to keep the idea of using a modded sprinkler valve. It will need a smaller chamber for any desired performance, which means less pumping and more pwnage.

[King Of Butt Land]

When I start glueing my pvc, I'll unvail my kickass project that is currently shrouded in myster, you may be shocked.

-Butt