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Old 26-02-2023, 04:40 PM   #39
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Originally Posted by Mark64 View Post
I've just watched the video, what a fantastic tool, I lost count of the number of times I fired a circlip across the garage, one time it bounced off the the lens of my glasses, sometimes (but not very often) being double glazed has its advantages
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Originally Posted by Dukedesmo View Post
Agreed, a revelation. I never fit the circlips under the cylinder, preferring to fit the piston to the rod before bringing the barrel down onto it and then use a ring compressor but, either way that does look to be a great solution.
Have a look at this video, which was linked to in Richard's (350TSS) build thread.

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...postcount=1066



At 1:30 & 4:40 you can see how to fashion a home-made version if you've access to a lathe.

You can see Richard's own version based on this design here (and very professional-looking it is too!)

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/s...postcount=1070
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