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<div align="center">DUAL SOLENOID CANNON
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My IOD M01 design which is similar to Andy Gustafson's PAC4 but has a few modifications. My first modification was to reduce the amount of stress points the high air pressure had to flow through after being fired. At the 2&amp;quot; T, I turned it at a 45 degree angle and added a 45 degree elbow to put the firing chamber parallel with the air chamber.
My IOD M01 design which is similar to Andy Gustafson's PAC4 but has a few modifications. My first modification was to reduce the amount of stress points the high air pressure had to flow through after being fired. At the 2&quot; T, I turned it at a 45 degree angle and added a 45 degree elbow to put the firing chamber parallel with the air chamber.
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I also added a ball valve and air compressor hookup right above the second solenoid valve.
I also added a ball valve and air compressor hookup right above the second solenoid valve.
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I went a little whacked out on the electrical firing system for the IOD M01. I have three rechargeable 9volt batteries which fire the solenoids when two monetary switches are pressed and the key lock switch is in the ON position.
I went a little whacked out on the electrical firing system for the IOD M01. I have three rechargeable 9volt batteries which fire the solenoids when two monetary switches are pressed and the key lock switch is in the ON position.
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But that's just the beginning of it. The bottom switch (harder to press) triggers a 24v DPDT relay that not only activates the second switch, but also activates the 3v laser pointer attached to the cannon. When the laser dot is where you want it, you just press the second switch and KA-BLAM-O! &amp;quot;What there's more?&amp;quot; Yup, I also threw in a 25ft wired remote switch that can activate the laser and fire the cannon. Talk about the best of both worlds!<br /><br />Now I do regret on skipping one of the items Andy includes on his PAC4. The item is the 1&amp;quot; union. In fact, before I was going to build my new IOD M02, I was going to add two unions to the IOD M01. Except I ended up blowing all the money for the IOD M01 on the new IOD M02. Oh well, I will probably fix it later ($8.00 fix).
But that's just the beginning of it. The bottom switch (harder to press) triggers a 24v DPDT relay that not only activates the second switch, but also activates the 3v laser pointer attached to the cannon. When the laser dot is where you want it, you just press the second switch and KA-BLAM-O! &quot;What there's more?&quot; Yup, I also threw in a 25ft wired remote switch that can activate the laser and fire the cannon. Talk about the best of both worlds!

Now I do regret on skipping one of the items Andy includes on his PAC4. The item is the 1&quot; union. In fact, before I was going to build my new IOD M02, I was going to add two unions to the IOD M01. Except I ended up blowing all the money for the IOD M01 on the new IOD M02. Oh well, I will probably fix it later ($8.00 fix).
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The reason for wanting the unions is the ability of making the firing mechanism square and straight. I was having so much fun glueing everything together, that I ended up glueing the 2&amp;quot;x1&amp;quot; couplers into the 2&amp;quot; T's before I realized what I had done. Looking at this picture you will notice what I had to do to fix it. It was not pretty and took some muscle, while at the same time hoping the pipe wouldn't snap.<br /><br />Total Cost For Cannon: $82.12<br /><br />That is the complete cost for the base unit of the IOD M01 air cannon. Pricing for the electrical battery box won't be posted until I find the majority of the receipts. The sad part, is that I know the battery box w/switches cost almost half of what the base unit cost is! <br /><br />The schematic's for the electrical system will be posted as soon as I figure out what I did with them. Its not too complicated though. The relay could be omitted if you get a hold of a DPDT monetary switch, but I find the relay kind of cool! I originally wanted a DPDT switch but I couldn't find one when I needed the switches right away.
The reason for wanting the unions is the ability of making the firing mechanism square and straight. I was having so much fun glueing everything together, that I ended up glueing the 2&quot;x1&quot; couplers into the 2&quot; T's before I realized what I had done. Looking at this picture you will notice what I had to do to fix it. It was not pretty and took some muscle, while at the same time hoping the pipe wouldn't snap.

Total Cost For Cannon: $82.12

That is the complete cost for the base unit of the IOD M01 air cannon. Pricing for the electrical battery box won't be posted until I find the majority of the receipts. The sad part, is that I know the battery box w/switches cost almost half of what the base unit cost is!

The schematic's for the electrical system will be posted as soon as I figure out what I did with them. Its not too complicated though. The relay could be omitted if you get a hold of a DPDT monetary switch, but I find the relay kind of cool! I originally wanted a DPDT switch but I couldn't find one when I needed the switches right away.
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Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:44 pm

I would take that blue jean off there because i saw a test the other day that said when they put more stuff around the chamber the explosion was increased. They put them in a steal box and with the jeans on it the box was shreaded. The one without the jean was just badly dented.
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Wed Feb 23, 2005 9:30 pm

It doesn't really matter, but it doesn't do a thing, and maybe does more :?: but pretty cool, You should give it a paint job, and mod the sprinkler valves so they open faster, :D
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Fri May 12, 2006 6:02 pm

nice cannon. i buy the ace hardwere pvc glew, and somethings it doesent work. have and ideas on were and what kind of pvc glew?
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Fri May 12, 2006 6:14 pm

pvc wrote:nice cannon. i buy the ace hardwere pvc glew, and somethings it doesent work. have and ideas on were and what kind of pvc glew?
its Glue.

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Dude, this cannon was posted over a year ago...maybe you should check it out the dates on the last post before you reply with nothing more than "nice cannon" constructive comments are always ok to kick up a dead topic with but not just "nice cannon"

As for the PVC glew, are you using PVC primer? thats the purple stuff and should be right next to the PVC glue in Ace...
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Mon May 15, 2006 11:47 am

Posted: 02/05/2005 11:26 AM
do you have any idea what you are doing PVC. you should check Here for how to glue PVC. Also learn to spell. it is almost imposible to read your posts.

Ler me translate for you:
Nice cannon. I buy the Ace Hardwere PVC glue, and sometimes it doesen't work. Have any ideas on were and what kind of PVC glue?

Thats 12 errors out of 25 words.
you would have failed your spelling test.

Also do you even think he will respond?
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:31 pm

ouch dead topic. hehehe dont blame me im so bored right now
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Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:45 pm

Dude, don't do that! If you don't have anything useful to post then don't post!

And people don't understand when I get pissed at noobs...
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Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:51 pm

is it just a plain old laser or is it a laser sighter.
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Mon Oct 09, 2006 9:00 pm

Yes the laser sight, although cool-looking, is almost pointless.
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Tue Oct 10, 2006 1:18 am

NO ITS NOT! It can help aiming by like 20%
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