Hi your glad packing ends should be cut on a 45 degree angle to stop straight line blow by, and gland packing should not be spiral round the shaft, again should be single rings 45 degree cut ends and ring ends stagger to stop blow by. Sorry to say but as an engineer with lots of years under my belt if you are going to do it do it right first time if not it will leak.
All feedback is welcomed David. I understand your point on the piston packing, but for the gland are you saying that I should use thicker packing (cross section). Clearly the yarn I'm using is too thin to cut at an angle. Cheers Mark
That linkage is looking great while moving!
Nice Work! Looking forward for compressed Air test....
Never seen a Packing as a Piston Ring.... but why not.....
Stay healthy!
Evening Mark she is coming kn nicely now,
Hi your glad packing ends should be cut on a 45 degree angle to stop straight line blow by, and gland packing should not be spiral round the shaft, again should be single rings 45 degree cut ends and ring ends stagger to stop blow by. Sorry to say but as an engineer with lots of years under my belt if you are going to do it do it right first time if not it will leak.
All feedback is welcomed David.
I understand your point on the piston packing, but for the gland are you saying that I should use thicker packing (cross section). Clearly the yarn I'm using is too thin to cut at an angle.
Cheers
Mark