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by theTman1221
Sat Jul 27, 2013 6:07 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Repairs
Topic: CPS 4100 Mark 1 trigger snapped
Replies: 7
Views: 1998

Re: CPS 4100 Mark 1 trigger snapped

I GOT THE CAP OFF!!!!!!!! I used my big sharp and sturdy knife and worked on one side until it broke free of the glue and came off just one half of the casing. I then removed all the guts and disconnected the intake hose to clean out all the crud inside the tubing. After looking everything over it s...
by theTman1221
Sat Jul 27, 2013 1:28 am
Forum: Maintenance & Repairs
Topic: CPS 4100 Mark 1 trigger snapped
Replies: 7
Views: 1998

Re: CPS 4100 Mark 1 trigger snapped

Update: I got all of the screws out, but I could not wiggle either half loose from the end cap. I tried manually finessing it for a half hour, then tried warming it with hot tap water and then wiggling and twisting it. After that I tried heating it with a hair drier and using an adjustable pliers (N...
by theTman1221
Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:28 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Repairs
Topic: CPS 4100 Mark 1 trigger snapped
Replies: 7
Views: 1998

Re: CPS 4100 Mark 1 trigger snapped

Yeah, I'll try what soakinader mentioned rather than saw it. After looking at some pictures of the internals of the gun it may be a bit much to replace the internals with stronger homemade parts. The most I could probably do is replace the water lines depending on how bad the buildup is inside them.
by theTman1221
Fri Jul 26, 2013 12:10 am
Forum: Maintenance & Repairs
Topic: CPS 4100 Mark 1 trigger snapped
Replies: 7
Views: 1998

CPS 4100 Mark 1 trigger snapped

on a separate note, my old CPS 4100 Mark 1 model just suffered a trigger snap. the little plastic trigger sheared off. I removed enough screws to manually reach the stump where the trigger was so I could discharge the bladder as it was fully pumped up when the trigger went. Tomorrow I plan on openin...
by theTman1221
Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:25 am
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Has anyone here made a CPS with an electric pump?
Replies: 17
Views: 3302

Re: Has anyone here made a CPS with an electric pump?

I wonder if it would be a good idea to make a flexible bladder inside a sealed chamber filled with air, and filling the bladder would compress the air. I would need to have an pipe end cap that I can put a pipe through to attach the inner bladder but still maintain a seal. The advantage of this is n...
by theTman1221
Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:12 am
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Has anyone here made a CPS with an electric pump?
Replies: 17
Views: 3302

Re: Has anyone here made a CPS with an electric pump?

I think I may have miscalculated in converting the pressure units on the rating of the previously mentioned pump, and on top of that I never saved the link and can't find it lol! Further searching has shown that a pump that can put out the needed psi is big, heavy, expensive, and needs a very large ...
by theTman1221
Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:19 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Has anyone here made a CPS with an electric pump?
Replies: 17
Views: 3302

Re: Has anyone here made a CPS with an electric pump?

Update: I looked around online, and while I found many DC mini water pumps, most did not list pressure tolerance. On Ebay there was a series of submersible water pumps that could handle 70 psi and draw around 850mah (that means you could run the pump for a few hours on a good NIMH battery pack). A l...
by theTman1221
Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:12 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Homemade Concepts thread
Replies: 33
Views: 6699

Re: Concepts thread

That's a really cool idea... And I think I know just how to do it! I saw this Six Flags water sprinkler majig, that's basically a hose with a bunch of little tubes that spray water down the length of it. And, I have seen a Super Soaker Skipping Rope on Ebay (for like 1$) that looks like the same id...
by theTman1221
Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:30 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Homemade Concepts thread
Replies: 33
Views: 6699

Re: Concepts thread

Someone mentioned a spongy sword and I had an idea. If any of you have played the video games Fallout 3 or Fallout: New Vegas there is a sword in the game called the shiskebab that has a gas tank backpack with a hose going to the sword and a burner at the hilt wreathes the blade in fire. My idea is ...
by theTman1221
Mon Jul 22, 2013 10:25 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Has anyone here made a CPS with an electric pump?
Replies: 17
Views: 3302

Has anyone here made a CPS with an electric pump?

I was just wondering if anyone here has made a CPS style water gun using an electric pump. I have thought about using a rechargeable NiMH battery pack for power as I have dealt with them a lot when I was into RC cars. I think it would be possible for a pump powered from such a pack to pump up a blad...