CO2 Chamber- Airtight?

[Peter Williams]

Finally getting around to getting pics when I realized I dont have my laptop back yet, sorry guys. Anyway, I bought a new tub to convert into the CO2 chamber, and I think it is going to work really well. It is a 2.5 Gallon Rubbermaid Easy Find lid food storage container. Size is pretty much perfect for us, and has a pretty good airtight seal already. I soldered a hole in the top to be able to barely squeeze the remote adapter (the threaded part that would go into the gun, that has the pneumatic connector on the other side) through, so I can easily attach or detach the coil/tank from the adapter for storage. I have noticed the seal is not perfectly airtight, which is to be expected, but if that is really neccessary, some silicone caulk or teflon tape would probably fix it pretty easily.

As I said before, depth is more critical than air-tightness. I think you'll find that container is going to be a huge problem, especially when it blows up, possibly injuring you, and sending little rodents flying everywhere. There has to be a place for the air that was already inside the container to go, so maybe drill an equally sized hole on the top somewhat close to the other hole. Because if not, it'll just build air pressure in there and it'll just keep compressing until the container can't take anymore.