TUNING….WHAT TOOLS DO I NEED

[RatRacer]

Nichole just emailed me and said to stop bothering her about giving up her nail files   


Nicholson files 

[CharlieDaTuna]

You don't need to spend an arm and a leg for tools. Most of the tools at Harbor/Freight are throw away tools and won't take much abuse. Another place that you can buy good tools (different grades) at a fair price is at McMaster-Carr as well as just about anything else you can think of when it comes to hardware and various parts. I buy a lot of hardware parts through them like spring, washers, screws, nuts bolts, adhesives.... you name it. If they ain't got it, it will tough to find.

    http://www.mcmaster.com/

CDT

[MustangMike]

Hey charlie got a question about the lubes for airguns, i ve read you're info on ur site "all about lubes", I'm a little confused about where to use the dielectric grease. I have jumbo sized bottle of that stuff since I do my own tune ups on my car and my own electrical work on my car and atv..

Am I correct in my understanding that I can use enough for a thin film of it on the outter edge (not the actual face of the piston) of the piston seal that makes contact with the compression chamber ? Could it also be used as a lube for the outter wall of the piston its self ? Like if I where to put a thin film on the od of the piston would that be ok to do ? I don't have the funding to order all the lubes and would love to use what I have already in all the places its ok to use them... so far dielectric grease is the only thing I have that you talk about..

[CharlieDaTuna]

Hi Mike:

I've never heard of or seen it in a bottle, only in tubes.

The only place that I suggest the dielectric grease is on the back of the seal and beveled surface before installing it on the piston and then on the outer edge of the seal just before you install it. The reason for using it on the outer edge is to give it a slick surface as it is being pushed down through the cylinder reducing any chance of damage to the surface of the parachute seal edge.

I definitly would not use it on the outside of the piston and is not a lube designed for that type of application. That should be a moly based lube of at least 60% moly base. When I was tuning, I used a Moly that is used in the Aeorspace industry that had a cost of $164.00 for a 14 ounce container. But that was enough to last me to do 1000 plus guns and in the gun would hold up for years.

CDT

[MustangMike]

Cool thanks and I ment to say tube not bottle....

[robert w]

and go to sears for quality tools get craftsman they have a lifetime warrenty all craftsman tools are excellent hardened steel where harbor freight tools are mde to lend to others who might not return the good tools ive learned in the long run cheep isnt cheep in the end