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Re: T-shirt Launcher

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Originally Posted by MrTechCenter View Post
You can make a really cheap and easy setup using a sprinkler valve. That's what we've been doing since we first built a t-shirt cannon. Basically you would store compressed air in a tank and then run a house to a sprinkler valve which would be attached to the back end of the barrel. The valve is triggered electrically.
have you had any issues with it breaking as I see mixed reviews already. Also ive hear pvc could be dangerous so what do you recommend as the barrel.

Would the setup be Compressor, storage tank (probally something cheap and dirty from harbor freight, and then to the sprinkler valve.

Or would it be pump large storage tank solenoid to regular storage tank..

Sorry for being such a noob just want to make sure I know what to do myself before I design and lead the build.