Heated wheelie bins? How the other half live eh.
I'm looking forward to seeing this one
Now Folks, following on from my post on the "HW35, A Few Questions" thread :-
http://www.airgunbbs.com/showthread....07#post7588907
I've been having a dabble but stalled through lack of essential parts.
With thanks to CraigP, Spartan and Tinbum I now have enough parts to continue.
The old HW piston :-
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The new rotary piston :-
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Now unfortunately I'd taken the cylinder I'm using for the gun back to bare metal, so I've spent the last few days building a heated fume bluing cabinet so that I can reblue the action before assembly. :-
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Yes, it's a wheely bin with a heater in the bottom, so I won't be assembling the gun for a couple of weeks now until it's blued.
All the best Mick
Heated wheelie bins? How the other half live eh.
I'm looking forward to seeing this one
Better to admit you walked through the wrong door than spend your life in the wrong room
Melted plastic, fire, chemicals, kerboom!!!
Plinkerer and Tinkerer
The heated wheely bin is working a little bit too well, Nick.
After only two hours rusting in acid fumes I'd got a healthy coating of red velvet rust which I've just boiled in water to convert to blacking.
I'm off out now to buy an immersion heater element to build an electric boiling tank as I'm already fed up of messing around with Calor gas bottles.
Hi Mick
Was a TX piston with a 30mm head ever an option?
There is probably a fundamental reason why not but...
Cheers
Matty
Opportunity is missed by most people, because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Just Hammerite it and get on with the build...
Nicely done - looking forward to the end result, mate.
Put on heading 270, assume attack formation
Good question, Matty, but the answer is no, it was never an option?
To use a TX piston I'd have had to machine the front off the TX piston and then rough machine a new 30mm piston head for it, then weld the two halves together, and then machine the piston head to final size.
Machining a one piece piston body is a piece of piss when compared with the above.
All the best Mick
Looking good, Mick, and looking forward to the finished articles from you and CraigyBoy breathing new life into the lovely old '35.
At this rate, even TinnyBum's going to gate crash the party!
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Have you considered a piston without bearing by the piston seal?
What are the advantages to having a fully rotating piston?
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