first piston with o-rings

[spudgunnerwryyyyy]

Ok, this goes in my piston valve here http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/my-firs ... 10909.html
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and it is 1 1/2" pvc half filled with epoxy for strength, it has 1/8" nylon reinforced neoprene as a sealing face and the back is a section of a end cap drilled out with a hole saw.

It is all held together with a bolt.

Comments

Criticisms

[Killjoy]

Looks good. Might be a little on the heavy side because it is filled with epoxy, but who cares.
Howed you cut the o-ring grooves?

[spudgunnerwryyyyy]

Well its only half filled with epoxy, i used my new dremels cut on well and a half round file, took like 20 minutes to get to work but its a charm now,

again 0 air leaks from the chamber out the pilot now.

[battlemonkey]

i have just made a solid 20mm stell piston and the lube you should use is special o ring lubricant. it is realy great despite the cost!

[Killjoy]

Lithium grease also works extremely well

[battlemonkey]

just remembered the name it's silicon grese, not silicon spray

[spudgunnerwryyyyy]

Yeah im using white lithium grease,

Its really great stuff, and the o-ring doesn't fit super tight so lube isn't as crucial as most people think,

plus you can wash white lithium off with just soap and hot water,

try that with petroleum based grease.

it pwns

go cut off wheel and half round file

silicon spray is a dry silicon powder siliconegrease is a completely different compound because silicon is way different from silicone.

[Novacastrian]

Very nice job there Gunner!
I made one today out of hot glue-basically like yours except i couldn't find a fat enough o'ring and it is 21mm not 1 1/2 " like yours.
I really like the way you made it

[spudgunnerwryyyyy]

Well i was lucking that my dad just randomly said wanna go to ace, and i'm just like duh and they have a great o-ring section there and i happened to take the piston so i was there for like 20minutes just trying on o-rings(god that sounds dirty) and i found a perfect one.

and like you said epoxy is liquid gold im about to order over a quart of the stuff jsr uses from ebay.

[jackssmirkingrevenge]

The epoxy gospel, it's spreading nice work

[Killjoy]

^^Heresy I tell you!! of what I do not know, but heresy all the same...Just kidding, I'm kind of suprised the "epoxy gospel" didn't spread earlier on.
Nice work on the o-ring grooves especially with a dremel and file.

[spudgunnerwryyyyy]

The dremel got it started and i used the file to make them wider, to fit the fatty o-ring

[Killjoy]

You have way more patience then I do when it comes to patience, 5 minutes in I always slip or cut wrong and mess up the groove. Oh well

[spudgunnerwryyyyy]

I did this at 11 at night so i was tired which steadied my nerves, i usually have the same problem you do,

but if you have a fence on your bench you can maneuver the rotary tool up to the pipe and start cutting and then just twist the pipe. This creates a even mostly straight groove.

It doesn't compare to a lathe cut groove but its great for stuff like this with relatively low pressure.

[Killjoy]

Yeah I like working late because I can stay steady with my work, except when it comes to pistons...
By the way I'm in that 8% of those who still stick with the good stuff.