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To: Joe 6-pack
A FRiend of mine and a fellow supervisor at a major Utility in the Boston Area, before I retired, made one out of PVC that did nearly the length of the Reserve Channel.

My lunatics not to be undone with some technical direction from me and some help from out Boiler makers , made one from P-22, CRMO. We fabricated an accumulator with a high pressure quick release solenoid valve.

The tube was 3" and we pumped up the accumulator to 3600 PSI from the starting air compressor on our Gas Turbine. I think we might have put one out as far as Deer Island.

55 posted on 05/02/2008 12:14:18 PM PDT by Little Bill (Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire)
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To: Little Bill
"I think we might have put one out as far as Deer Island."

It's all fun and games until somebody loses an Island! These days I often stop and think about how many times I was within mere inches or seconds of a Darwin award...mostly because I never stopped to think about anything in those days.

57 posted on 05/02/2008 12:20:27 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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