Yes, I understand that. My live center is kind of chunky, just couldn't quite make it work. Had too much stick out of the tool. Also didn't want to center drill the air input area. Had I thought of these issues BEFORE I made the probe, I wouldn't have minded since I could cut it off later. Had no spare material to work with.
Hope you’re doing this on an hourly rather than piece work basis!
It's all a labor of love, as they say. Of course with only a whopping 4 years of experience at this, I suppose it comes with the territory. I'm learning as I'm going along. Never did this in my career, no deep well to draw on, so this is pretty new for me. Been taking on these little projects to learn new skills, not to earn cash.
Modern airguns. A PCP pistol. (Pre Charged Pneumatic) Nowadays the tanks are rated to around 4500 PSI. Just bought myself a toy, a Huben GK1 semiautomatic air pistol. It's pressure tank is rated at 350 bar, or 5076 PSI. At my current settings, I shoot a 0.22 caliber 28.3 grain slug at 777 fps, which is about 38 foot lbs of energy. I can tweak up the energy at the expense of number of shots. I generally fill to 300 bar, as my pump only goes up that far. Some day, I'll get a better pump. I cast the slugs. Probe goes in the 7mm hole just above the trigger guard. That's how one fills the GK1 with air.
