CAT 963 Full Hydraulic Build

[rockNmayhem]

Originally Posted by RCP57

They look great! If it works well you've come up with an easy way to make cylinders without a lot of tooling! What did you use for tubing and are the end caps soldered on?

Thanks, Reg

Everything on these cylinders are out of aluminum and the final product is pressed together for a tight seal. I have nothing soldered on but we will see how they hold up against the pressure that the pump is puttin out.

Thanks for the compliment.

Tyler

[pumptech]

Looking good Tyler ,awesome job on the cylinders ,hope it works out for you.

[Lil Giants]

Originally Posted by rockNmayhem

Everything on these cylinders are out of aluminum and the final product is pressed together for a tight seal. I have nothing soldered on but we will see how they hold up against the pressure that the pump is puttin out.

Tyler

It's gonna be a heck of mess, not if, but when it blows apart!

Red lock tite might hold it all together for a while.

The Leimbach cyl ends are screwed on & glued.

You might want to try the cyls in a tuppaware container to contain the fluid explosion!

[ihbuilder]

Joe is right Ty . Trust me I tried it I was lucky to do an air test of about 60 PSI 1st . otherwise they look good .

[rockNmayhem]

Originally Posted by Lil Giants

It's gonna be a heck of mess, not if, but when it blows apart!

Red lock tite might hold it all together for a while.

The Leimbach cyl ends are screwed on & glued.

You might want to try the cyls in a tuppaware container to contain the fluid explosion!

Originally Posted by ihbuilder

Joe is right Ty . Trust me I tried it I was lucky to do an air test of about 60 PSI 1st . otherwise they look good .

Ok, coming from you two I know I have a problem already. I am going to design cylinder number three now and make some ends that will thread on so I don't have to worry. I'd rather do it right the first time then clean up a mess. I'll get to cracking on some new cylinders later and make them threaded. I hooked up air to the cylinder and I was able to push it to 100lbs of pressure but my pump on a full battery is pushing 165psi.

I'll try to get some more ideas but thanks for the heads up.

Tyler