After my second WBL broke I felt sad and depressed...for about a day. Then I wanted to build another one. So here it is. My largest yet, currently with no nickname, it's formal name is the AWAC D3 M1 (or Aqua Warriors Aquatic Cannon Design Three Mark One). IT is my largest yet. I went back to a 3inch chamber that is two feet long (exactly). That gives it more than three times the volume of my old one (a little over 150 cubic inches). It has the barrel, back end, and valve of our second cannon. It went together in approximately one and a half hours over the stretch of three days. It uses flush bushing instead of coupling reducers like my previous ones have. All of the seals are fantastic (I'm really, really, really happy with them), and I haven't had any leaks so far. I used another rubber schrader valve, which popped in with the help of a new Dremel my mom bought. Finally, I'm painting it (pics when that's done). For now, here are some pics:
This first pic shows the general layout of the parts I got laying on ym rug, before glueing. As you can see, the coupling at the back of the compression chamber and the end cap at the front are missing. Both were added today.
This next picture shows the completed gun. I am very happy with the result (despite the snow outside). There was very little primer staining, and the primer itself didn't run.
This next pic shows the end cap with schrader valve. Right in the middle! A really nice seal, no leaking at all.
This is the valve. You can see the push button (black-on top) and the epoxy used to fill in the hole where the solenoid used to go.
Finally, a pic of the whole cannon, including the pump I use to pressurize it.
