Re: Van Norman #12 Milling Machine

Adding the accumulator is a clever idea to make an equivalent "long" cylinder to keep the pressure relatively constant.
Bertho Boman
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> From: "Harrison, Doug" <dharrison@...>
>
> You can use a regular air cylinder (with adequate stroke) and get nearly
> linear force by attaching an accumulator bottle to the inlet. The bottle
> can be an old 2lb fire extinguisher bottle or home made from one foot of
> three inch pipe. A two inch air cylinder will give 314 pounds of lift at
> 100 psi. Another solution is to use a regulator on the cylinder and no
> accumulator.
>
> Doug