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My cannon broke and pipe is stuck inside fitting!
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:30 pm
by spudbud101
Well, I had my cannon outside on my porch. I have a couch thing out there that it was on. My dog jumped up onto it and knocked my cannon off. It came crashing to my cement porch and broke. The pictures below are what happened. Basically the 1" pipe acting as a nipple between the bushing and valve broke. A bit of 1" pipe is stuck in the bushing. Is there a way I can get that out so I can repair it?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:33 pm
by mopherman
well you should replace those elbows anyway. they are dwv and not meant for pressure.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:38 pm
by spudbud101
Meh, I've taken it up to 120 PSI and I haven't had any issues. I couldn't find any non-DWV elbows. I just want to repair this one, it is my cannon. I am building a new cannon pretty soon with a solenoid valve instead of my ball valve right now.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:41 pm
by Spedy
Yeesh, thats tough. I would suggest either replacing the elbow or getting a dremmel (sp?) or lathe to file/grind it out.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:44 pm
by judgment_arms
Take a piece of ¾” pipe and sand it down to were it’ll slide into the 1” pipe and use that to fix it, or just replace it all…
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:45 pm
by spudbud101
A Dremel I have. I never would have thought of that. Although if I go too far I could wreck the fitting. any other suggestions?
EDIT: You can see in the plans the 1" pipe nipples.
http://www.phreakyourgeek.com/basicpneumatic.php
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:49 pm
by spudthug
yea get rid of the dwv unless u want to have pvc in your face...
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:51 pm
by spudbud101
Meh. Whatever. Its fine, I just want to fix it.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:12 pm
by potatoflinger
If you just want to fix it, replace the elbows.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:17 pm
by lukemc
cant you see! its an omen! the gods of pvc are trying to tell you to ditch the DWV!
(but serously you should replace it)
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:26 pm
by spudbud101
Lowe's and The home Depot don't have pressure fittings, they are all DWV. I really don't want to order on-line.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:39 pm
by frankrede
They should have them up to 2"
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:51 pm
by spudbud101
Maybe I just didn't see them. Anyway, thanks for the help and suggestions.
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:53 pm
by mopherman
lol, you are never going to get that dwv past the watchful eye of spudfiles.
i would sugest a big file to grind the pipe out. but are new elbows realy that expensive?
Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:11 pm
by spudbud101
No, but I don't understand how to get the elbows off. Was I not supposed to glue my cannon together?
