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Zeus · Sat May 14, 2011 7:06 pm

Wear dish washing gloves, it stops up to 2kV, but don't use them for lethal currents.

Chemical gloves are better, as the electrodes are copper just tap them with an insulated screwdriver.

saefroch · Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:36 pm

PROGRESS!!!!

It was a nice and shiny virgin piston... then I had to vise it to thread the back end...
Then I oiled it. To prevent rust, of course

Davidvaini · Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:21 pm

get one of those rubber jar openers and put it around anything you are putting in the vice, that way it wont damage it.

saefroch · Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:36 am

I tried that

Incrementally tightened the vise until it could hold the part, but my vise put holes in the rubber when I got it there.

Crna Legija · Mon Jun 06, 2011 5:41 am

get some soft jaws

Labtecpower · Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:23 am

...or ben two copper plates to fit in the vice. The soft metal won't damage stainless steel.

saefroch · Sun Jun 19, 2011 11:40 pm

Just an idea I'm throwing together in the hopes that it works. Some progress below:

saefroch · Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:18 am

Progress has been made, but camera battery is dead. Will post pictures when battery is charged and epoxy is cured

EDIT: Gaaaaa went overboard with the curing temperature. Curing epoxy runs like crazy at 400F

jackssmirkingrevenge · Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:07 am

saefroch wrote:Gaaaaa went overboard with the curing temperature. Curing epoxy runs like crazy at 400F

Patience is a virtue, stcik to 50 degrees celcius max and wait

remember that heating is also causing your components to expand, meaning they will contract when you return to ambient temperature, in some cases this is enough to make a joint leak.

saefroch · Mon Jun 20, 2011 1:16 pm

Yeah... at least this component will be entirely within the chamber, so no worries about leaks.

Sanding glass is a female dog. Taking a break now, but I'll probably have something this evening.

saefroch · Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:50 pm

I have 133t ski11z. I made type 304 SS rust.

Epoxy adhesion to polyolefin heat-shrink tubing is being tested.

saefroch · Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:22 pm

Epoxy adhesion to polyolefin heat-shrink tubing is indeed poor, but I'm not sure if I can cause a shear failure, because I was only able to evaluate the tensile adhesive strength in preliminary testing.

More practical test setup is curing right now.

saefroch · Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:35 pm

QUADRUPLE POST. Is anyone reading these?

I've lost a nipple

, but the McMaster order including the replacement and parts for a stock should be here in about three days.

Gun Freak · Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:38 pm

I'm watching... just waiting for something exciting

POLAND_SPUD · Mon Jun 27, 2011 4:31 pm

Is anyone reading these?

Are you surprised ??

the only person interested in epoxy just stated that

epoxy is for noobs

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