help attaching a shrader vlave

[Lard Lad]

i found a replacement tire valve at the car parts store. its not one of thoes rubber pull through ones, its a metal one that clamps down on a rubber washer. would i be abble to tap a hole in the end cap and put this through or would it weaken the cap. I have seen it done this way in other projects, i just dont thing the nut and thereads plus the washer would be l;ong enough to po through a double layer of pvc, also where would i go about getting a 1/4 in threaded shrader valve or a 1/8.

[BigGrib]

if you are doing it in an end cap you can probably get away with a single layer in the curved end of the end cap if ya know what i mean thats how i do for my pnuematics

[Lard Lad]

i've got a shrader valve similar if not identical to the one here
http://www.napaonline.com/MasterPages/N ... Tire+Valve[/code]
would i be abble to drill a hole in a regular pvc end cap and just tighten this vale in? The thing im not sure about in the round part on the bottom that the o ring rubber sealing thing sits on would be to wide to fit inside the pvc and seal properly. So would i be abble to attach this to the end cap without compromising its structural integrity? i have seen a couple of other projects with this kind of a set up. Also does anyone know where to get a 1/4 in threaded shrader valve? and don't say bc arms, their website isn't secure.

[Lard Lad]

oh ok thanks, so puting the valve in thae cap isnt going to make thae cap structurally unstable, so if i do this it isnt not going to explode and kill me because i put the valve thrugh a single layer of pvc. also what sized hole should i dril for this valve, shoud i just try different drill bits untill one fits?

[Zippster]

I dont see what's so hard about this.
Most fittings save those exotic ones have inter-compatible threads, which is a godsend with all these gauges and what-not. All my cannons have both a gauge and a schrader usually on a tee at the rear of the chamber. Screws right in, and no fuss after that. And for the schrader valve, I use those little rubber ones then hose-clamp them down over a 3/8" barb. Works great, and if you tighten it enough you have nothin to worry about.