Last ditch effort at saving a bushmaster valve seal

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  • XEMON
    Frenchy is here!
    • Jul 2020
    • 3029
    • Nor Cal
    #1

    Last ditch effort at saving a bushmaster valve seal

    Hello MCB,

    Here is my very dead and leaky seal.
    I tried o-ring in there with no success ... Tried some experiment glue I've been wanting to try for a while ... Still leak ...
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    so here we go ...

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    And here is the last ditch effort:
    A 3D printed seal ... It's been under pressure with a 12g for over 24h and still seal and shoot ... So I feel good about it lasting ...

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    Last edited by XEMON; 03-28-2021, 09:30 PM.
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    • DocsMachine
      MCB Member
      • Jul 2020
      • 2699
      • Alaska
      #2
      Nice, though the first two pics are missing.

      Curious, though- you clearly have a lathe, why didn't you just turn a solid Delrin ring rather than 3D printing one?

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        • XEMON
          #2.1
          XEMON commented
          03-28-2021, 05:46 PM
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          That is a really good question!

          Here are a few things (not necessarily in order ... But kinda?)
          1) I had the right filament already loaded in the printer
          2) I didn't thought of it
          3) it's quicker?

          PS about #2: I don't have much delrin ... So I try to save it ... So I never use it ...
          Now I'm thinking about it, I need to pick up a few rod of different sizes so I can actually use them 😅

          PS #2 about #2: would delrin be soft enough? I've worked with PTFE solenoid a lot and they leak ... Always leak ... And never seal ... Ho! And did I mentioned they always leak? ...

          Ultimately I'd like to made "drop-in" seal so anyone can replace them without the need of the lathe ...

          PS#3: please Velcor, forgive the state of my lathe ... I'll make more seal and make more useless mod ... I promise!
        • Alexndl
          MCB member
          • Jul 2020
          • 3508
          • Montreal, Qc, Canada
          #3
          Nice work!
          keep us updated of the reliability of this 3d printed valve seal over time, I just bough an ender 5 and have a valve that would need one of those
          💀Team Ragnastock💀

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            • XEMON
              Frenchy is here!
              • Jul 2020
              • 3029
              • Nor Cal
              #4
              Will do 👍

              Doing quite a bit of work to this marker ... Will post a build thread when it's done or close to it ...
              Love my brass ... Love my SSR ... Hard choices ...

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                • XEMON
                  Frenchy is here!
                  • Jul 2020
                  • 3029
                  • Nor Cal
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Alexndl
                  Nice work!
                  keep us updated of the reliability of this 3d printed valve seal over time, I just bough an ender 5 and have a valve that would need one of those
                  Well, its been about a month since i put a 12g in, its still shooting ... so i call this a success.
                  When i finally drain it out, ill open it and look at the seal ...
                  Love my brass ... Love my SSR ... Hard choices ...

                  XEMON's phantom double sided feed
                  Keep your ATS going: Project rATS 2.0
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                    • The Inflicted
                      pǝʇɔᴉlɟuI ǝɥʇ
                      • Jul 2020
                      • 1510
                      #6
                      Pretty sure I just stuck a Spyder clone cupseal in mine.

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                        • Toestr
                          Certified Post Whore
                          • Jul 2020
                          • 2871
                          • Poland, Onterrible
                          #7
                          ICD should carry these. Nice job though.

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