Co2 Cartridges

[SteamshyParticipant @steamshy]

Ive got heaps of the small Co2 cartridges left over and for the life of me I cant think of a use for them, I hate throwing anything away that might come in handy one day. So any ideas what they could be used for would be appreciated. Andy

[SteamshyParticipant @steamshy]

[Hi Speed ScrapParticipant @hispeedscrap]

Steamshy, Whaaaat? cant think of a use for them?

Try this, it will give u great enjoyment! (or a headache!)

Step 1: Buy a soda syphon

step 2: use cartridges to make soda water, chill in fridge.

step3: make ice cubes

step 4: mix the ice and soda with your favourite whisky, at a suitable ratio of course!

step 4: at drink O'clock, consume at your leisure!

Then again you probably already did that, and these ones are empty!

Oh well, in that case I'm like you, cant think of a use for them!!

Dave.

[SteamshyParticipant @steamshy]

Thanks Speedy, Have tried all the above, The old grey matter is still frozen…as usual Andy

[Bob LambParticipant @boblamb44747]

If they are "sparklets" bulbs I used to use them at school to make small self propelled projectiles. I'm sure the health and safety brigade would not approve but a length of tube (samish bore as the bulb) with a firing pin (from a flare I dismantled that my dad had brought back from WW2 and hidden in the loft) made quite a good rocket system! You had to carefully file down the lead end first to make it thin enough so the firing pin would make a good hole and if you took too much off it was a bit of a disaster.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS IRRRESPONSIBLE SORT OF ACTIVITY! It was in a slightly different era when teachers encouraged an enquiring mind……………………. I won't go into other "rocket" experiments which I gave up after one of them blew up on the launching pad – and I discovered a one inch "Jetex" fuse was not quite long enough!

Bob

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Hi bob, nice to see a like minded type. Great the bang you can make with match heads, Theold wax Vestas were the best. When I was about 12 I discovered how to make gun powder, and rockets.

Ian S C

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

You could send one to Mike Suffolk, he'll need it for the Matador "silencer".

Rod

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

Assuming the cyls are empty, you could cut the ends off, deburr, mount in a suitable wood box, and use to store small hardware or taps or drills or files etc.

If they are still full, I would put them on ebay or Craigslist, someone is bound to want them and will probably pay money for them.

JD

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Tsk! Tsk!

If the kids of today did what we did in our schooldays – they'd end up in Guantanamo Bay wearing zip-ties for bracelets.

Neil.

[Clive FarrarParticipant @clivefarrar90441]

Sell them on e bay they are used extensivley in gas BB guns by the gaming fraternity.

Regards Clive

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

My air rifle takes CO2 cartridges that appear to be a slightly different size to sparklets bulbs.

Neil

[_Paul_Participant @_paul_]

Part of my motorcycle puncture outfit uses these type of cartidges as a "one shot" inflator

Once I've plugged the tyre hole I put the catridge in the adaptor/inlator blow up the tyre check pressure and adjust, means a ride home rather than the recovery truck.

All you need now is a motorcycle with a puncture….

[RJWParticipant @rjw]

Are the cartridges similar to these by any chance?

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If selling on eBay beware of their prohibited items categories, otherwise you could end up with the listing being pulled and a policy violation recorded, I got done recently for a similar misdemeanour!!
Also check the courier's prohibited items, because any pressurised container with the potential to explode in an aircraft is likely to be banned!
Although some carriers will take them, I haven't found one with sane carriage costs!

I've got a couple of similar unused Butane cart's here, they're like rocking horse crap to find, but I can't sell them because I can't post them!

[SteamshyParticipant @steamshy]

I think Jeffs idea comes to mind as a good storage device for small drills etc, so will try out your idea Jeff as I am always drpooing those small drills. Yes the same size sparklet bulbs RJW but contained Co2, Postage would be a problem I guess so have ruled it out. My missus said they might make good fenders in one of my model boats….drrrrrr ! I wouldnt have thought they would contain enought gas Paul to blow up a tyre, but you learn something new every day. Thanks for all your ideas . Andy

 

Edited By Steamshy on 15/01/2013 19:21:33

[Ex contributorParticipant @mgnbuk]

but contained Co2, Postage would be a problem I guess so have ruled it out

My air rifle Co2 bulbs were supplied mail order from an Ebay vendor – 50 off sent in a Jiffy bag via Royal Mail. Also had a 2kg Co2 fire extinguisher supplied mail order via courier.

There appear to be several sizes for these – I use the plain neck "Crosman" type in the air rifle (14g Co2 IIRC), but used a smaller plain neck type (8g IIRC) for pressurising barrels when I used to home brew (they also fit the "charger" for a Humbrol C02 model aircraft motor). The tyre inflation bulbs in the motorcycle repair kit are bigger than either of the previous two & have a threaded neck for the tyre adapter to screw on to.

Regards,

Nigel B.

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Ditto Nigel.

My Crosman takes the larger ones and the sparklet adaptor for my Gasparin CO32 motor teh small one. I also have an adapator for the great big sparklet cylinders.

Neil

[Will RobertsonParticipant @willrobertson16447]

Could machine a small cylindrical holder for them with a point to burst them as you screw the top on and a small valve to let the CO2 out as required – a handy source of small amounts of compressed gas when a compressor isn't nearby. Could also be used to power a steam engine for short periods of time for quick, highly portable demonstrations.

Handy as a cryogenic agent but in these tiny quantities may not be much use for anything.

>If the kids of today did what we did in our schooldays – they'd end up in Guantanamo Bay wearing zip-ties for bracelets.

I think they're planning to ban breathing soon because of the potential health risks…

[Clive HartlandParticipant @clivehartland94829]

The inflating cartridge on a lifebelt is also banned in flights, you have to remove them before boarding.

If you let the pressure out of these Co2 cartridges then there is the risk of condensation occuring!

Clive

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

I assume they are pretty strong so how about minirollers for moving machines.

Meanwhile I keep wondering about a use for plastic milk bottle tops. (Bottle part cut off is a handy container)

[I.M. OUTAHEREParticipant @i-m-outahere]

I would guess the cylinders are made of aluminium which would make it difficult to do much with other than drill storage . If they're steel ýou could solder on fittings and make small fuel tanks or exhausts for model i/c engines . Plastic milk bottle tops i have – I have read somewhere about melting these in wax to make a machinable wax that can be cast into what ever shape nedeed then machined to make patterns for casting etc. May have been in my local model engineering mag here in australia .

[Ex contributorParticipant @mgnbuk]

I would guess the cylinders are made of aluminium

All the small cylinders I have used are steel. See how Crosman make theirs here :

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Neil, I just have one of the Chinese Crosman rifle clones – a QB78. The fire extinguisher is intended to be a bulk refill station, when I get all the parts together.

[SkarvenParticipant @skarven]

How about an accumulator for a small hydraulic model?

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

The casing of these little cylinders is (at a guese is somewhere about .025"/.0390", have not actually measured one. Saw one use in a shop in town that sells some doubtful items, about 10 mm of the base of one brazed on the side of a second one, and a hole communicating between the two parts, looks like a little smokers pipe, yep, a bong, and all nicely chromed.

  Used one as a pressure vessel on a little water pump.  Also used a CO2, and a slightly larger niros oxide one to make an oxy ascetylene(?spelling) set for a model workshop.   Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 16/01/2013 11:16:14

[Rod AshtonParticipant @rodashton53132]

Scallop a piece off the fat end. Add a handle and you have a superb ladle for hot lead or hot most things? Works beutifully!!!

[Axel BentellParticipant @axelbentell]

Posted by Rod Ashton on 16/01/2013 11:27:35:

Scallop a piece off the fat end. Add a handle and you have a superb ladle for hot lead or hot most things? Works beutifully!!!

spent bulbs make decent handles for files

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