Shock Oil and PSI

Started by He Man, January 08, 2013, 07:59:50 PM

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BK_856er

Quote from: He Man on January 11, 2013, 04:32:05 PM
225 on a bicycle pump!!!  THATS MADNESS!!! If thats the case I wonder how much weight lifting i need to do to get that kinda pressure.  [evil]

Now thats a solution!!!!

Not necessarily a solution for you, but PCP airgun floor pumps (look just like bike pumps) can do >3000 psi.

BK

FrankenDuc

Love all the great ideas coming out on this thread  [thumbsup]  A lot of really good stuff!!

For "the right setup" I think, outside of plumbing, the difficult point may be the lack of common uses for regulators with 0-200+psi output range.  Welding gasses, tires, C02 soda gas, and nitrogen for the keg Guinness some of us occasionally enjoy, they all run lower pressures.

An aviation maintenance shop or airport FBO would have nitrogen tanks with regulator output ranges >>200psi, great if you're in middle of nowhere USA where you could walk right up to the shop, but don't know how easy this would be to do at JFK or Laguardia!

So, getting your own regulator, ~3K-4Kpsi input and 0-200+psi output, turns out most are not much more of a steal than RT's. Lowest I could find new poking around was $150 at McMaster Carr, and most are much more expensive.

But, then there's always Fleabay  ;D
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HARRIS-425-200-CGA-E-4-GAS-REGULATER-/170482441195?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27b18b9beb
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Harris-425-200-Regulator-/170964211358?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27ce42d69e
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Harris-425-200-580-Single-Stage-Argon-Helium-Nitrogen-Regulator-3000773-/321051364384#vi-content
(Careful, the Harris 425-200 series regulator by its part number regulates 0-200psi, but for others, just because the gauge goes there doesn't mean the regulator goes there... often a 0-125psi regulator will have a 0-200psi gauge)

The Topeak Shuttle gauge, that looks like a cool little device, I'm going to have to check it out. It has a Schrader type input and an internal check valve, so you can use a standard air filler on it and when you pull the filler away the check valve will prevent backflow from the reservoir.  And no gas loss on removal from the reservoir due to the screw-on type output fitting. 

for plumbing from a gas regulator to the Schrader type, you should be able to get it all from your local HW store (if you don't have it all in spares from your air compressor setup).  Regulator output is going to generally be a 9/16" or 5/8" 18tpi male style fitting, you just need to adapt it to a 1/4" NPT (male/female, whatever it takes) for connecting to a regular compressor air hose, or any quick disconnect.  Some already have 1/4"NPT outlets, so no adapting needed.  The brass fittings section of the HW store should have what you need.

[beer]
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ducpainter

By the time you're done screwing around...

UPS it to ECS or clubhousemotorsports and be done with it.
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Speeddog

Quote from: ducpainter on January 13, 2013, 07:22:06 AM
By the time you're done screwing around...

UPS it to ECS or clubhousemotorsports and be done with it.

What are you thinkin', bringin' sensible thoughts in on this.

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ducpainter

Quote from: Speeddog on January 13, 2013, 10:41:29 AM
What are you thinkin', bringin' sensible thoughts in on this.

[laugh]
Sorry...

lost my head. :P
"Once you accept that a child on the autistic spectrum experiences the world in
 a completely different way than you, you will be open to understand how that
 perspective
    is even more amazing than yours."
    To realize the value of nine  months:
    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
"Don't piss off old people The older we get, the less 'Life in Prison' is a deterrent."