3 Old Beauties
- Thread starter Wizard_Theron
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Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
I know, I may have been reading some of your postshmmm, I have some "Rich" items I care for dearly
Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
The little threaded pin which holds the trigger in place: anyone know what rhe size thread is or might be? Mine is just a piece of wire at the moment so I’d like to buy a tiny bolt online if i can find one so small and with the right thread.
DaveG
Airbush Analyst
I have a bunch of errands to attend to this morning. When I get back I will get into the studio and see if I can't measure mine. I'll post back again with anything I find.
Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
See the hole next to the red bit, my eye sight isn’t great now but I believe that’s threaded, so I assume it’s meant to have a pin with a thread and a slot to undo it with a tiny screwdriver.
Also, btw, I made a better qc air connector but it’s a bit tight so I need to resize it and hopefully then it will work well and I’ll print one for you and get it to you, probably in the next week.
Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
Dave you are a legend, not only the diameter and pitch but the name of the type of fastener too! Super helpful. Thank you very much.
Edit: and a photo. You spoil me!
Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
If i find anywhere that actually sells a shoulder pin/bolt/screw that is 1.2mm x 10mm x 0.25 pitch then I’ll get you one too. So far though, no luck finding one on sale that small.I'm feeling left out that mine only has a humble pin in it
Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
Oh no, I feel bad that your favour for me led to it shattering. Sorry about that. It’s no wonder they break being so small.
DaveG
Airbush Analyst
don't feel too bad - this is a parts brush. I will eventually repair it... same thought I had when part of the head turned to dust - "no wonder it was missing"
Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
I have yet to try it but it has a good weight to it. It doesn’t feel cheap. Does yours spray well?I have one of those Russian Airbrush. It is a single action, meaning it has constant air on you only move the needle with the trigger. The needle is very fragile especially the thread on the end. But for that price you really made a very good bargain for those three
I’ll probably sell mine even if it sprays well because I need to have funds to buy more brushes for my collection!
Wizard_Theron
Mac-Valve Maestro!
Some of you may have figured out by now that I’m an idiot. Or at least incompetent.
So i decided to take the needle packing seal out because I wondered if it would be leather or not (it is) I undid it from the front, but it then got a bit stuck and didn’t want to come out the front and i managed to get it out the side ports (for the paint cups) somehow but now I cannot manage to get it back into the brush. Anyone dumb enough (or competent enough) to take theirs out (and get it back in again)? What’s the trick?
So i decided to take the needle packing seal out because I wondered if it would be leather or not (it is) I undid it from the front, but it then got a bit stuck and didn’t want to come out the front and i managed to get it out the side ports (for the paint cups) somehow but now I cannot manage to get it back into the brush. Anyone dumb enough (or competent enough) to take theirs out (and get it back in again)? What’s the trick?
DaveG
Airbush Analyst
OK, that is what I thought. I had to poke mine out through the side much the way you did, I suppose. The seal and retaining screw gets reinstalled through the front. The screw is the same thread size and pitch as the head post. I had to clean the back of the threads (just in front of the color cup feed hole) really well before I could get the screw to pass through without getting bound, but it eventually went in without issue. I had a very difficult time getting the retaining screw to come out the front...
