Looking for solenoids

[Thunder Bunny]

I'm looking for a source fo solenoids, electric valves, etc. I have had ideas for different guns and I think this one may be the best one yet. Clippard maybe? anything else?

[Mistr_eX]

lets hear/ see those ideas

[personman]

Here are some helpful sites for materials and components:

http://www.smallparts.com/

http://www.solenoidcity.com/ or http://www.electromechanicsonline.com/

http://www.airsoldier.com/solenoids/index.shtml

http://www.parker.com/skinner/kspec.html

[trains are bad]

http://www.dynamco.com/dash1.html

I am in the same boat. I want to bulid a morlock marker, but don't know what solenoid I need except It needs to bet 12v, 3 way normally closed. What is with the different orfices and especially the power values here?

my physics proffessor said I'd most likely have to run a resister or else burn up my solenoid, but I've never heard of that, I suppose real markers could have resistence in the circuit board, but AFAIK the morlock just flops a switch runnig battery current to the solenoid right? It's also stardard practice to have a capacitor somewhere to keep it fed and get a fast response time out of it right?