Blacksheep10
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- May 19, 2020
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I’ve had 2 threads recently asking for a source of a few parts. My first question was about 18v to a 12v efi inline pump. Tuesday evening I janked together an old spare e2000, a mig tip, an 18v drill base and a gas can with electrical tape and hose clamps. Worked amazingly well for a 3 hour build. It just wasn’t safe. At all.
Ordered a bunch of crap on Amazon Wednesday and for most of it Friday evening. After pouring concrete all morning and drinking beer watching it get hard in the afternoon, I got to the version 2.0 flamethrower this evening. My second thread was about where to get a specific isobutane torch. You guys found that torch, but it didn’t fit a budget build. I also wanted an electronic ignition that only hit when you’re on the trigger. We experimented Thursday with a 20-12v buck transformer and a high voltage pulse generator. It sounds like a taser and throws a hell of an arc. Fired the old flamethrower with it and it worked. We also burnt up the pulse generator that night with too large a gap and too much input voltage. Ordered another and also another buck transformer to go down to 6v.
My buddy gave me a few old air packs. Luckily top (bottom in scba config) valve is 8mb. I had a 8mb-6mj fitting laying around and it ran right in. Some 6an lines and fittings and the inlet to the pump was connected to the backpack of fuel. On the output side of the pump, I wanted a check ball. The old pump would siphon and leak all over when left sitting down. To have room I bought the m14 din fitting, “fashioned” a coupling nut and put the spring and ball inside. The other end of the lug nut...I mean coupling nut I put an oil drain plug and drilled/tapped the center to 1/4-28. It fits a mig tip. Started with .035.
I’m about $150 all in. I could trim some stuff down and change a few things and make it cheaper. I’m also looking at how to refine the chassis design. To be more attractive. This was just to see if all the parts ply nicely together. Hopefully soon I’ll clean up the execution but it felt good to have it kick ass right out of the gate.
Ordered a bunch of crap on Amazon Wednesday and for most of it Friday evening. After pouring concrete all morning and drinking beer watching it get hard in the afternoon, I got to the version 2.0 flamethrower this evening. My second thread was about where to get a specific isobutane torch. You guys found that torch, but it didn’t fit a budget build. I also wanted an electronic ignition that only hit when you’re on the trigger. We experimented Thursday with a 20-12v buck transformer and a high voltage pulse generator. It sounds like a taser and throws a hell of an arc. Fired the old flamethrower with it and it worked. We also burnt up the pulse generator that night with too large a gap and too much input voltage. Ordered another and also another buck transformer to go down to 6v.
My buddy gave me a few old air packs. Luckily top (bottom in scba config) valve is 8mb. I had a 8mb-6mj fitting laying around and it ran right in. Some 6an lines and fittings and the inlet to the pump was connected to the backpack of fuel. On the output side of the pump, I wanted a check ball. The old pump would siphon and leak all over when left sitting down. To have room I bought the m14 din fitting, “fashioned” a coupling nut and put the spring and ball inside. The other end of the lug nut...I mean coupling nut I put an oil drain plug and drilled/tapped the center to 1/4-28. It fits a mig tip. Started with .035.
I’m about $150 all in. I could trim some stuff down and change a few things and make it cheaper. I’m also looking at how to refine the chassis design. To be more attractive. This was just to see if all the parts ply nicely together. Hopefully soon I’ll clean up the execution but it felt good to have it kick ass right out of the gate.