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Sorry to hear that Davy, still very interesting project. Was wondering, do you know what psi those canes hold? I would imagine it must be fairly high.
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10-24-2012, 08:52 PM
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Sorry to hear that Davy, still very interesting project. Was wondering, do you know what psi those canes hold? I would imagine it must be fairly high.
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As pressure gauges where not available at the time it is hard to say. It was generally considered at the time to be more powerful than the equivalent black powder weapons. I can only conclude due to the fact they where much more expensive than black powder weapons. The psi would need to be very high. I will have a better idea one we start to take the thing apart. I would hazard a guess at at least 3000 psi
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10-25-2012, 03:47 PM
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Make sure you hydro static test anything you are going to put under pressure - - - that way if you have a failure you will still be alive to repair and tell us!
If you get a rupture with water you will have a leak if you have the same failure with air you will have a gernade!
I'm sure you can google the proper procedure.
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10-25-2012, 03:50 PM
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By the way I loved the video!
I love learning new things - - - I feel if our president had seen and studied this video it might have made a differance in some of his thinking - - - but maybe not.
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10-25-2012, 05:38 PM
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Make sure you hydro static test anything you are going to put under pressure - - - that way if you have a failure you will still be alive to repair and tell us!
If you get a rupture with water you will have a leak if you have the same failure with air you will have a gernade!
I'm sure you can google the proper procedure.
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Thanks for the advice, safety first right 
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10-25-2012, 09:23 PM
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Will be manufacturing the key over the weekend to test the firing mechanism.
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10-25-2012, 09:37 PM
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Was thinking of buying an old clock winding key and modifying. Any other suggestions
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10-25-2012, 09:42 PM
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Maybe something like this
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10-25-2012, 10:24 PM
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Wow
Just had a reply from an air gun forum I have asked for help. They reckon this thing could have been charged to 6000 psi. No wonder it had some hitting power.
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10-25-2012, 10:26 PM
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Dang, that's a lot of pressure. Does it look like it's built to sustain pressure like that?
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