Yep, I think it's been right about 2 years.....I think I've even thanked Bob a time or 2 for toning things down a bit so I could understand. More often than not, his answers leave me with more questions.
The kewl thing is I'm still learning.... Somebody asked me today about lightening a hammer to reduce bounce, which led me to explain that hammers always bounced the only bounces that were important were ones that waste air.... which led to talking about plenum size, and then the light went on and I realized that small plenums were more prone to hammer bounce.... Bear with me.... The smaller the plenum is, the more the pressure drops during the shot.... because the regulator can't top the pressure up fast enough.... The more the pressure drops, the easier the valve is to smack open a second time.... Therefore, take two identical guns, one with a larger plenum, and tune them for the same FPE.... The smaller plenum is not only less efficient because the pressure drops faster, that pressure drop also means it is more susceptible to air-wasting hammer bounce.... which amounts to a double whammy on efficiency.... It also means that if you skimp on the plenum, you have to be more concerned about eliminating bounce.... Perhaps this is why guys running minimal plenums tend to use light hammers.... because they have to?....We now return to our regular insanity errrrrr program....Bob
No Bill that's a pollup
Quote from: sfttailrdr46 on October 27, 2015, 12:33:00 AM No Bill that's a pollupOnce again, my knowledge is expanded... thanks guys.
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