SpudFiles

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:27 pm**

What would be the best material to make a piston out of for a spring-piston air rifle? Or can I buy something? Thanks in advance!

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:43 pm**

What size are we talking bout?

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:44 pm**

3/4" or so (message toooooooooooooo short...there we go)

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:47 pm**

alluminium light and very strong

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:48 pm**

1) I dont have a lathe, 2) how would it seal?

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:59 pm**

cant fix the lathe part, but use O rings to seal it

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:00 pm**

I would need a lathe to cut the grooves for the o-rings

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:31 pm**

some people used a drill press, and chucked the part in the drill

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:32 pm**

Put the stock in the chuck and spin it against a exacto knife...

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:34 pm**

maverik94 wrote:3/4" or so

shotgun wad

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:37 pm**

Try hard rubber door stopper. These things you screw onto the floor.

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:08 pm**

Parts with rings can be made on a drill press.

The two pictures are two different valves. One is a piston for a coaxial called the Mouse Musket and the other is a QDV style for the Marshmallow Cannon.

The rings are floating and do seal well.

The materials are HDPE and UMHWHDPE.

Posted: **Wed Jun 24, 2009 2:11 pm**

ok, I will try that, thanks!

SpudFiles

What should I make the piston out of?

What should I make the piston out of?

Made on a drill press