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does anyone know where to get cheap flow controls. i found a place on ebay that has them for 3.20 but i have to order a minimum of ten

Do you have a Harbor Freights around your neck of the woods? Maybe check with a local hardware store.

I got mine at a local place called Danes deals...kinda like a Big Lots here.

lol i was just in harbor freight, the have one kind of flow control but it's $3 and would require adapters to fit my cylinders which would add to the cost.

but i think i have found a way, i will just have to use inline and not cylinder mount and use the push to connect fittings at the cylinder to adapt.

see the prob is that i need around 10 but of different sizes, so i will get a 10 pack of the flow controls and then get different sizes of cylinder adapters

Lowe's or home depot in the plumbing isle is where I got mine! I think the plastic ones with the push on connectors were a $2 and change

hmmm i will have to look there, i have never seen them on that isle prob right in front of me lol

yes they are in the same place as the hose and fittings for refrigerator ice makers and such.

Make sure whatever you buy only limits flow in one direction, otherwise you don't get proper control over the speed of your cylinder. Such as, you need an out metering flow control on each port, or line to control the speed of the exhaust coming out of the cylinder port, but they won't restrict the flow coming in, thus allowing a fast scare, but slow reset for example. If you use a standard flow control that restricts in both directions, you will be limited to the same speed in extention and retraction of your cylinder.

The ones I sell that are cylinder mount start at 6.17, but they work great, and it's what I use on all my animatronics. Evilusions