Huben Handpumping PCPs to 5.000 psi
- Thread starter Nomadic Pirate 66
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Have any of you thought of putting some gears between a stationary bicycle and the main piston of a Hong Heng, i.e. a stationary-bicycle air compressor?
I imagine something like that, or maybe a rowing machine, would be a great way to go.
I imagine something like that, or maybe a rowing machine, would be a great way to go.
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Been saying it for years now, if a company would come out with a rowing machine with dual pumps I would be all over it in a millisecond.
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I'm imaging it now, a home-gym repurposed for refilling your pcp's, each day you can work out a different muscle group.
Stationary bike. Row machine. Elliptical. Treadmill. Make refilling pcp's fun.
Also I think pcp pumps are better suited for shorter people with very healthy backs, being tall with a bad back is just not ideal for hand pumping!
-Matt
Stationary bike. Row machine. Elliptical. Treadmill. Make refilling pcp's fun.
Also I think pcp pumps are better suited for shorter people with very healthy backs, being tall with a bad back is just not ideal for hand pumping!
-Matt
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Lol.. this manga Dr stone there a part that there trying to fill a tank and the leverage needed to do it .. like 3 guys hanging off a 100' pole pump handle ..lol
About 1/2 way down the page of the comic
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About 1/2 way down the page of the comic
DR. STONE
A brief description of the manga DR. STONE: Dr. Stone tells an unprecedented story of a world in which all living creatures suddenly turn to stone one
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I have a Hill mk5 and it's a struggle past 250 bar. I'm thinking about designing and making a better pump myself.
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To make it economically viable you'd want a home gym where the output of each exercise device could be input into a few different machines. Battery charger, compressor, etc. Call it something like the Apocalypse Gym.
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Something like this would be nifty where the output is transferred into energy stored for a compressor! Lol. Tonal home gym:
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Well hopefully it would at least turn out to be as unbreakable as people say Hill pumps are.
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Not even close,
I had 8 HILLs in my Airgunning time and all developed severe pitting on the main tube farely quickly, all needed rebuilds within 6 months or so and continually after that. ( and a rebuild kit cost as much as a China pump )
My 5-6 year old China wander looks a shiny and clean as it did on day one and all I had to do to it was to change the check valve ( literally a 2 minutes job ) 2 or maybe 3 times.
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I have a cheap Umarex handpump that can go up to 300 bar, but I've never gone past 250 since I stopped using it after I got my compressor. I might try it on my GK1 some time.
I only weigh about 66kg (143 pounds) so I really have to put my entire weight on that handle when I get into that 200-250 bar range. Not sure If 300 is physically possible for a tiny dude like me. Not with a pump like this one anyway.
I only weigh about 66kg (143 pounds) so I really have to put my entire weight on that handle when I get into that 200-250 bar range. Not sure If 300 is physically possible for a tiny dude like me. Not with a pump like this one anyway.
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@Nomadic Pirate 66 - I hope you are right! My Huben pump should arrive today. It will definitely be on the "high end" of Chinese pumps! I intend to use it for the GK1 and over 300 bar on the K1 as neither of my compressors will go that high. Plus I'm hoping the exercise will help my slowing golf swing!
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Yeah, maybe something like that.
I wonder if anyone would like to brainstorm a little on this. I doubt such an item would be a fantastic money maker, but perhaps we could make something we'd all like to have.
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If the system were really efficient, supposedly an hour on a exercise bike generates around .11 kwh. Definitely a noteworthy amount of energy. I bet it would be a fun project.
Even if you arranged the system to cycle a manual compressor/hand pump, it would sure beat the heck out of hand pumping the traditional way!
I'd could even see a system that uses nothing more than leverage, no different than comparing bolt action (traditional hand pumping motion) vs a side lever.
-Matt
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Ho no, ........not spending that kind of money on a pump when 50 Bucks Amazon pumps work perfectly ( unless they give me one for free to review
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