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    Super Bolt Update with PICS (you guys are driving me nuts)

    All of AO,

    Ok you guys are pounding me left and right about this thing so here are the pics. On the left is a bolt that went through about three tournaments, the middle is a brand new one, on the right is the bolt without the Delrin sleeve. As you can see there is a wear problem so you have to replace the sleeve periodically. We are working on this and other interelated stuff so please stand by.

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    is the wear problem atributed to the super tight bore/step bore barrels most tournament players use?
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    The one that went through the tournaments, is that a foamie on it?

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    ouch ....talk about used and abused
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    Tom when you are saying the delrin sleeve needs to be replaced. Do you mean it needs replaced because its looks chewed up, like the on it the PIC, or because of some other reason like blowback. I don't think that the bolt sleeve would need replacing as much as you are thinking it will need if its just for looks.

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    I'd guess that it gets worn out by rubbing up against the spring thousands of times. Lots of relatively sharp edges on that spring, not to mention that the spring metal is a lot harder than the delrin.

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    I would venture a guess that it has nothing to do with cosmetics, just tolerances...
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    It can get a lot more worn out before it starts really causing problems. I am just afraid some father will call me complaining his son just bought the thing with his last dollar and now it's falling apart. See what I mean?

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    wow

    how much? how many times do you have to repliace it? and can I order some with my intelliframe (when you make the matte black ones)

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    QUOTE:you guys are driving me nuts



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    Tom,

    Have you ever considered using something other than delrin?

    How about Nylatron (I think its called) it's supposed to be more durable than delrin.

    I think there are a few cocker bolts around that are made out of Nylatron now instead of delrin.

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    I think cast iron is the answer

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    The "nose" of the bolt on the right looks different. What's the reasoning? Will it be a foamie bolt also?

    Not sure if this is possible or was considered already - If it is the friction/contact between the delrin and the bolt spring, can the bolt spring be made in a tubular shape, like a...a coiled snake, so it wouldn't have the "edges" of the current bolt spring?
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    Delrin wear solution ideas

    Originally posted by AGD
    It can get a lot more worn out before it starts really causing problems. I am just afraid some father will call me complaining his son just bought the thing with his last dollar and now it's falling apart. See what I mean?

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    Dunno how feasible it'd be, but how about a thin metal jacket on the outside of the delrin sleeve? It'd serve as a 'sacrificial' wear surface while still having most of the weight advantage of the 'pure' delrin sleeve? Sort of like an aluminum honeycomb panel. Strong but light.

    Or...instead of a metal sleeve around the delrin, have a few metal rails along the length of the bolt to take the wear and tear? Same advantage of a metal sleeve, but it'd keep even more of the weight savings of the pure delrin sleeve. It'd kinda look like one of those 'Crossfire' barrels. Except with delrin inbetween the rails of course.

    Though I imagine that that either idea might have some tough manufacturing problems.

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    RiceRocket and Gunga beat me to it. I was thinking of the same thing... rounded spring and/or some kind of metal cover over the delrin sleeve. Are you guys reading my mind or what?

    Tom, would this be possible?

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    Originally posted by Zarak
    RiceRocket and Gunga beat me to it. I was thinking of the same thing... rounded spring and/or some kind of metal cover over the delrin sleeve. Are you guys reading my mind or what?

    Tom, would this be possible?
    Of course we were reading your mind. I dunno about RiceRocket, but I work for Miss Cleo!

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    The problem with a rounded spring is that it wants to coil up on itself when compressed. The square spring is able to compress so that the coils compress on one another.

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    maybe a delrin spring or something or sort of softer than deltrin material springs are cheaper than bolts
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    hey Black Vcg u have one of these bolts that i can test?

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    No. Also, using a softer spring material will result in more broken bolt springs. When the bolt spring breaks, your gun is useless. Where as, with the bolt sleeve wearing out, it's something that happens over time and even if it's very worn, the gun will still be able to fire. As for putting a wear sleeve on the outside of the delrin sleeve or wear rails, for one you'll run into manufacturing problems and the cost of the bolt will be much more because it's more difficult to produce and you'll have the problem of your wear attachments falling off and causing gun malfunction. Your metal sleeve would have to be a certain thickness to keep it from cracking under use and I should think that the thickness you'd need to make it durable would put enough weight on the bolt that there wouldn't be much difference in it and the SS bolt. See, if you're going to put a metal sleeve on it, you're going to have to turn down the delrin sleeve to keep within the diameter tolerance of the bolt casing. So now you have less delrin and metal in place of what delrin you took off, thereby the weight will go up more than just putting a really thin sleeve on the outside of the delrin sleeve.
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    How much could the sleeve be?

    I think, naively perhaps, that we should just buy the upgrade (if not made a standard option in the marker) and buy several replacement sleeves. I don't know a lot about machining delrin, but how expensive could they be? Seems that we could buy batches of 3 or 5 and replace them as needed just like the O-rings, bolt springs and foamies.

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    Instead of delrin - can you use a harder composite. What about some of those high tech ceramics?

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    Lightbulb

    How about milling away some of the excess stainless on the outside of the bolt in order to lighten it up? Mill in some wear rails. Or I maybe they could be extruded in a star pattern and fastened onto a stainless base?

    If it's milled, you might have to temper it to relieve the stresses from the machining...might even have to heat treat it to harden the wear rails too. More complicated...which means more $$.

    Here's an idea of what I was thinking of. Sorry it's so rough, but I don't have AutoCAD. You could get away with as few as 3 wear rails I'd guess.

    We could call it the 'Super Star Bolt'. Kinda cheesy, but...
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    would we have to pay for these new bolts?? are they like an upgrade or an improvement??
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    I'm sure we'll have to pay for them. Who knows, maybe Tom will use them as party favors and give a few away at the anniversary party on the 3rd?

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    Gunga's idea

    Hi,

    Gunga, your idea is along the lines of my concept. I thought about some form of ribs milled into the bolt. That would make it lighter. Also I was figuring Tom to be using some unusual material like an Al/Mg alloy with some milling. I was not expecting to see a Delin sleeve. The wear on the Sleeve looks bad after about 3 tourneys.

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    My guess for the use of a squared coil spring is that the spring must go "solid" (fully compressed) upon each firing cycle. Round stock springs just can't handle that. They will lose their "springiness" and collapse rather quickly.

    Perhaps Tom could mold the Delrin (or a more wear resistant carbon-fiber impregnated polymer) to get the cost per part down. I JUST happen to know of this little mold shop...

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    Guys,

    All good sugestions but we are way ahead of you. The stuff is the glass filled wear resistant "super delrin" but I forgot what it's called. If you mill wear rails you have no way to hold the delrin in place. You can't do a sandwitch the stainless gets too thin and a would cost a fortune.

    We were thinking about trying an aluminum sleeve, most of the weight savings with none of the wear problems. See, you guys need to think more out of the box

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    Well, what do you expect with a research budget like we've got right now? You've got us all working for pretzels and cheese!

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    What holds the delrin on the bolt as of now? You could put notches in the wear rails that connects the delrin so it's all one piece still.

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