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| Atlantis |
 Posted: 10/23/2006 20:01 PM Post subject: Easy Piston |
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I found a way to make a piston that will work for any size pipe.
Push a grocery bag into the pipe, try and get the bag against the walls.
Fasten the bag into place.
Fill the bag with Silicone Rubber (Any filler should do, I just liked that it made it's own rubber face.)
Before it hardened I put a golfball inside it for no reason, later turned out to be useful, the rubber does not stick to the golfball and I was able to peel the piston off of around the ball, this made the piston hollow, the outside fits inside the pipe and the inside makes a sealing face.
The golf ball was not sunk all the way into the rubber, part of it was sticking out. You'd have to find a differnt ball for different size.
Basically a really simple molded piston that can be made to any size. |
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| judgment_arms |
| Posted: 10/23/2006 20:04 PM Post subject: |
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| Posted: 10/23/2006 20:56 PM Post subject: |
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Hmmmm.......sounds like a plan.
Have you tried it out yet? I'd be concerned about it being a bit soft and getting blown/sucked through the barrel. Is there a harder setting silicon stuff?
 Just a thought.......It occurs to me that one of those hard rubber "bouncy balls" of the right size with a spring behind it to push it up against the outlet port/barrel may make a good piston. Has anyone here tried this? |
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| Velocity |
| Posted: 10/23/2006 20:58 PM Post subject: |
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That is an ok idea for a piston, but it will not have a perfect size fitting, and rubber pistons generally have a lot of friction. But a bit of vaseline should solve the friction issue.
A similar way to do this is to cut a small length of the pipe, and stick a piece of paper under it. Cover the sides in cooking spray. Fill with something (hot glue, silicone rubber, etc). Take out, and there you go: piston |
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| SpudStuff |
| Posted: 10/23/2006 22:23 PM Post subject: |
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| Yah I atempted to make a 2" one. I used expanding foam. It cracked the pipe? |
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| Atlantis |
| Posted: 10/24/2006 12:45 PM Post subject: |
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| I never removed the plastic bag, it is stuck to the rubber, the sides and one end are covered in grocery bag plastic, the other end is hollow, the sealing face is IN the piston in the back of it. It slides pretty easily. |
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| Slugfoot |
| Posted: 10/24/2006 15:23 PM Post subject: |
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| So in effect the piston sits around the barrel?.......ingenious. |
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| Atlantis |
| Posted: 10/24/2006 16:17 PM Post subject: |
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| Yep, even though that happened completely by fluke chance. I had intended the golf ball to be for weight, then I noticed I could'nt get the bag off and the golf ball came out, did'nt really have a choice, worked out nicely though. This helps too, you don't need any extra space for the piston to move. |
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| Benny |
| Posted: 10/24/2006 16:27 PM Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | Could you use Duck tape? | you could use anything that makes the pipe leakproof temporarily.
| Quote: | Just a thought.......It occurs to me that one of those hard rubber "bouncy balls" of the right size with a spring behind it to push it up against the outlet port/barrel may make a good piston. Has anyone here tried this?
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Demon Did.
Atlantis: i like that idea, because i have like a 5 kg container of it.  |
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| Atlantis |
| Posted: 10/24/2006 19:50 PM Post subject: |
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| Cool, how much did that big of a bucket cost? I'll probably stick to tubes but all...corection...A LOT of power to ya, that much rubber, wow. Is somebody in your house a plumber? |
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