[SML] Pnuematic/Air Brake System

Fri Apr 20 02:31:52 UTC 2018

Adding to the other guys, here's a photo album of some systems I built
using eBay cylinders.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/AVM0GBs4j659s5Wm2

On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 9:48 PM, Dougherty, Jim via Stagecraft <
stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> To piggyback on Jon Lagerquist’s suggestions, you can get pneumatic
> cylinders pretty inexpensively (compared to new) on eBay.  There are often
> mixed lots available that may let you meet present and future needs – the
> don’t go bad, after all.  We’ve used a small portable tank (from an auto
> supply place) and a regulator to supply the air and a couple
> valves/pneumatic switches to operate the brakes.  The spring return
> suggestion is a valuable one – with a portable tank, you only have so much
> air to work with.  So is the one to press down a friction plate rather than
> try to lift the entire wagon up.
>
> - Jim Dougherty
> Middlebury College Theatre Dept.
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Scott

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