How to make hydraulic valve?

[Jw.]

Please excuse my poor cad abilities as I'm still trying to learn. This is the manifold I quickly drew up to help explain.

[RCP57]

Looks pretty clear to me! Nice drawing.

[Jw.]

Originally Posted by RCP57

Looks pretty clear to me! Nice drawing.

Thanks! I eventually will be attempting this myself at some point. What did you end up having as a diameter for your valves? I read through your thread and you ended up making them smaller than you original planned. It looks like your manifold is steel? Whats the valve body? Aluminum? Also what did you use for seals?

I spent some more time in cad came up with this.

[thetractorfan]

Originally Posted by Jw.

Please excuse my poor cad abilities as I'm still trying to learn. This is the manifold I quickly drew up to help explain.

Thank you so much. I looked all over the Internet for cheap hydraulics and I was supprised to see how expensive hydraulic valves are. Many places charged into the hundreds in Euro's just for a 2 way valve and the models I want to build need many more valves and components which weren't getting cheaper.

[Cat966c]

Could I use plastic for the valve rotor?

This thing: