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by SSCBen
Thu Jun 30, 2005 1:31 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: homemade cps system - simple pvc setup
Replies: 40
Views: 12351

Apparently no one understands that one without a picture! Problem is I can't make anything myself. iSoaker, I need you to make a flash of the CAP design! :cool: I don't understand that concept. If you are splitting water from air, the only way water will be pressurized if there is a movable divider...
by SSCBen
Thu Jun 30, 2005 10:36 am
Forum: Homemades
Topic: homemade cps system - simple pvc setup
Replies: 40
Views: 12351

For all interested. please read my article on why I feel that CAP homemade water guns are superior to all other systems. That design, tech23, definitely won't work correctly. The tubing expands not only in height, but in length as well. I'm afraid that the tubing will either scruntch up or push the...
by SSCBen
Wed Jun 29, 2005 9:58 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: homemade cps system - simple pvc setup
Replies: 40
Views: 12351

I've made a simple balloon CPS homemade before - to sum up it's power in a word: bad. Balloons simply are silly to work with when you have something better - latex rubber tubing. And there's even a system superior to latex rubber tubing - constant air pressure! Balloons aren't very hard to work wit...
by SSCBen
Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:51 pm
Forum: Maintenance & Repairs
Topic: Triple shot help?
Replies: 4
Views: 1455

If the gun is only 3 days old, given that you have kept the receipt, why don't you return it? :) iSoaker essentially summed up what you would have to do if you don't return it. Just get some strong bonding glue and fill in the holes. Wait a day for it to dry and it should work again (though more da...
by SSCBen
Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:25 am
Forum: Maintenance & Repairs
Topic: Broken Max-D 6000 pump
Replies: 4
Views: 1360

This Max-D 6000 is broken? Unlikely. This exact same thing happened to my CPS 1000, and I pushed the pump back through without a second thought. There shouldn't be any problems with getting it back in, but keeping the pump in is a different story. I've used a two-liter bottle cap with a hole drille...
by SSCBen
Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:10 am
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

While I lack the experience, wouldn't it be possible to re-laminate the stream using the 'straws and screen' trick just prior to the exit orifice of the nozzle if opting to use a larger diameter pipe? The may extend the nozzle region a bit and also result in some 'dead weight' water being left in t...
by SSCBen
Mon Jun 20, 2005 11:25 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

There is no advantage to using a power-washer gun over some other options. First off, the internal diameter is far too low for serious output, but if that is not what you are looking for, then this may be for you. Second, the price is far too high. Third, there are no real advantages to using a pow...
by SSCBen
Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:07 pm
Forum: Modifications
Topic: Liquidator help
Replies: 5
Views: 1812

http://www.sscentral.org/tech/mods/3liter.php

A 3-liter bottle works sufficiently. I haven't seen a Liquidator modified this way leak too much from the bottle attachment, and the extra water makes up far more than anything lost.
by SSCBen
Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:04 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

I am not going to rummage through trash. You won't have to. Most backpacks don't fit in trash cans. Mine was sitting next to the trash. It actually was a fairly rare Boy Scout backpack with a High Adventure patch (which adds to the rarity). I admit, it was pure luck, but there's no reason it won't ...
by SSCBen
Sun Jun 19, 2005 8:48 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

I found my second frame backpack in the trash. It was very dirty, slightly broken and missing a belt, but the belt can be bought online for about $20 (not that I bought one - I used the one from my first backpack because the second one was larger). After a good cleaning the backpack was essentially...
by SSCBen
Sun Jun 19, 2005 3:21 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

^ Nope, sadly it isn't a first. To the best of my knowledge, Dekard's water gun in which he invented Constant air pressure sounded pretty much about the same. I also believe that UberSoaker I posted was essentially a Constant gas pressure design. That's no reason not to improve the designs however....
by SSCBen
Sun Jun 19, 2005 7:48 am
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

There's quite a few water guns that have used CO2 before. I've seen pictures of at least two, but I am sure there are far more. Here's the ones I know of:<ul><li> http://www1.iwvisp.com/thehalls/UberSoaker/ubersoaker.html <li> http://studentservices.engr.wisc.edu/innovation/2001.html </ul>Also, C i...
by SSCBen
Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:56 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

Pressures higher than 150 psi are extremely dangerous and should be avoided at all costs (unless you're insane). Xray tried 350 psi in a metal tank and reportedly it shot out the entire contents in less than a second on a nozzle about 1/8" if I remember correctly. I'm talking about a gas tank for a...
by SSCBen
Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:57 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

Misconceptions are everywhere... ??? First off, rubber CPS systems should not pump air into the pressure chamber. Air pumped in there would be a waste of space for water. The rubber itself powers the shot in that - no air is needed or will air help. I'll get to making a drawing of the Constant air ...
by SSCBen
Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:03 pm
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

I didn't say that anyone said the APH was complicated. I only said that it's extremely simple as far as homemades go.

Constant air pressure is CPS, but using air pressure. :;):
by SSCBen
Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:17 am
Forum: Homemades
Topic: Back Pack guns - What's out there, or build my own?
Replies: 43
Views: 9967

Let's get this straight - the Air Pressure Homemade water gun is a low-powered homemade. I made it for simplicity, but I knew that people would call it complex regardless of it's actual complexity. Try utilitizing Constant air/gas pressure . Also please read a few other articles I wrote in that Wat...
by SSCBen
Mon Jun 13, 2005 8:13 pm
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: flash flood.
Replies: 2
Views: 1396

Someone should make a sticky topic regarding modifying Flash Floods. Apparently people are far too lazy to check topics made in the past few weeks even. :p Here's some topics in the first page of this forum:<ul><li> http://www.isoaker.com/cgi-bin/Ikonboard/ikonboard.pl?act=ST;f=14;t=89 <li> http://...
by SSCBen
Mon Jun 13, 2005 12:07 pm
Forum: Modifications
Topic: Vaporizer mod - anybody have any
Replies: 1
Views: 1193

You could try nozzle drilling, adding a strap and all of those basic modifications. The only real modification however would be some sort of Piston conversion , not that I would recommend modifying anything to that extent. In the future, when looking for modifications for a specific water gun, chec...
by SSCBen
Sun Jun 12, 2005 8:41 am
Forum: Water Blasters
Topic: Shield Blasters - Just Shield Blasters in general...
Replies: 9
Views: 2988

5 posts in a row = big no no. Though I feel that you knew that. I won't make any accusations, but it really does look like you're going out of your way to sound like some kid, especially given that the spelling and such is correct for the most part. Anyone remember last year at WaterWar.net when so...
by SSCBen
Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:22 am
Forum: Modifications
Topic: Question(s)  about modding
Replies: 2
Views: 1282

Welcome Zeppelin! My modifications have all you need to know for every single modification listed. The older ones (from 2003 and early 2004) I will admit are lacking however. There's more than some there also... more than 20. How much more detailed do you need them? I don't exactly consider my 1500...