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Re: Vacuum Valve

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Originally Posted by kmcclary View Post
A few years ago (in the bad old days when you were limited to only the provided Pneumatics Kit parts) on one of my previous teams I found a way to generate a legitimate "extra valve". (Bear in mind that the vent was NOT required that year.)

In essence, we took a chunk of (then provided) 2" x 3" x 1/8" extrusion, which the vent valve JUST fit inside of, a kit servo, and a slice of smaller box, and made a new, NON-piloted valve out of the vent valve! Of course, for THIS contest, you'll need to buy a spare vent valve to make it.
Hey, I just got ahold of this valve again, today! (Timing is everything!)

I just took a pic of it, and posted it to the CDF Gallery area (with a full description of the project):
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/media/photos/26363

Please look there, and feel free to comment on it.

- Keith
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