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Title: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: oldpro on December 13, 2020, 01:57:49 AM
 I was having some issues with my Impact regulator so I wanted to upgrade it. Unfortunately no one had a Huma in stock so I made one! Scale from 1-10 on manual equipment for me a solid 9+. The pieces and orifice sizes were tiny and oring glands so small you could easily mess the whole part up in a instant. I started at 10am and had it done and tuned around 1am 😆. Like I said not easy by any stretch for me. I’ll never make another one again. That $125 huma is a bargain!!!
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: Tucobenedicto on December 13, 2020, 02:17:00 AM
Great! I love this kind of works,congratulations.
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: oldpro on December 13, 2020, 02:59:14 AM
 A tip for anyone turning plastic on a lathe, use a cut off bit  it will cut twice as smooth and uniform. Also great for oring glands.
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: KnifeMaker on December 13, 2020, 10:26:07 AM
And you have one, finish the hone on the cutter with a fine Arkansas Stone.  Cuts like butter! ;)


Knife
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: sb327 on December 13, 2020, 11:58:28 AM
Excellent!  I’ve made two regulators and you are correct, the ones for sale are a bargain. If you can find them.

One was for a victor pistol that I couldn’t find one for and the other was for a bottle and externally adjustable. I’ve learned way more than I ever wanted to know about Belleville spring rates and stacks! 😂

The hardest part for me was getting the ‘seat’ correct. I ended up cutting the shape into an endmill with a diamond wheel.

Thanks for sharing!

Dave
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: Pelletjunkie on December 13, 2020, 03:50:02 PM
A tip for anyone turning plastic on a lathe, use a cut off bit  it will cut twice as smooth and uniform. Also great for oring glands.
Do you mean a parting tool? If so I also use a parting tool to build transfer ports. It makes the job so easy.
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: triggertreat on December 13, 2020, 04:24:20 PM
WOW!  Making your own regulator...Awesome!
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: oldpro on December 13, 2020, 04:28:06 PM
A tip for anyone turning plastic on a lathe, use a cut off bit  it will cut twice as smooth and uniform. Also great for oring glands.
Do you mean a parting tool? If so I also use a parting tool to build transfer ports. It makes the job so easy.
Yes same thing
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: CableStop on December 13, 2020, 05:06:00 PM
Wow that's superb work for hand turning. I've never heard much good stuff about FX's in house regulators. The one in my Dreamline was huge too, at least 3 times bigger than the Huma's regulator. That's not including plenum just the regulator piece. Opened a few more CC of reservoir replacing it.
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: Chickenthief on December 13, 2020, 05:12:48 PM
What you show is a threading tool, not a parting tool!
Non the less it is a good profile to accomodate O-rings.
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: Dan H on December 13, 2020, 05:44:45 PM
Travis that's a pretty good Macgyver on your part ....  ;D , I wish I had excess to a mill /lathe  /cnc  , it would be fun to build my own gun from raw materials ... 
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: oldpro on December 13, 2020, 05:56:43 PM
What you show is a threading tool, not a parting tool!
Non the less it is a good profile to accomodate O-rings.
Your looking at the wrong picture but yes that’s a threading tool. The parting tool is in the other picture cutting a delrin rod. Other hint by the way is if your cutting tiny oring glands a threading tool works awesome
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: Tonycalves on December 16, 2020, 08:33:06 AM
Great job!! What were the gains for all that work?
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: oldpro on December 16, 2020, 09:29:12 AM
Great job!! What were the gains for all that work?
No creep at all and much faster refresh rate. I’ll do a short video to demonstrate how much quicker it is. Before and after
Title: Re: Built my own FX Impact Regulator
Post by: Tonycalves on December 16, 2020, 09:51:05 AM
Thats Awesome!