Thanks to inspiration from Cowgirl, I picked up the parts for a fatty piston at the hardware store today. Items included: a 12" long piece of ABS 2" pipe (apparently, ABS is OK for food contact), a 12" long threaded 3/4" PVC nipple, a 3/4" slip cap, a 3/4" male pipe threaded plug, and a 1 1/4" to 3/4" bushing.
I threaded the nipple onto the bushing; this took a bit of effort as the threads were tight inside the bushing. I ended up using a hair dryer to expand the plastic a bit in order to start the threads. I threaded it about 3/4 into the bushing threads to leave room to thread the plug into the other side. Then I screwed the plug into the other end of the bushing.
I cut the unnecessary portion of the plug off with a hack saw and sanded the plunger/piston surface smooth on my belt sander.
I then glued the cap onto the other end of the nipple to make compressing fatties easier on my hand. I then cut the 2" ABS pipe to a 9" length. Here is the finished product. Total cost: $4.40. Total time: 15 min. including pix.
I figured I would wrap the plunger end with a sandwich bag to make clean up easier -- may or may not be necessary.
I'll be making fatties later this week; I'll let y'all know how it works out. Thanks for looking! And thanks Cowgirl!
James
I threaded the nipple onto the bushing; this took a bit of effort as the threads were tight inside the bushing. I ended up using a hair dryer to expand the plastic a bit in order to start the threads. I threaded it about 3/4 into the bushing threads to leave room to thread the plug into the other side. Then I screwed the plug into the other end of the bushing.
I cut the unnecessary portion of the plug off with a hack saw and sanded the plunger/piston surface smooth on my belt sander.
I then glued the cap onto the other end of the nipple to make compressing fatties easier on my hand. I then cut the 2" ABS pipe to a 9" length. Here is the finished product. Total cost: $4.40. Total time: 15 min. including pix.
I figured I would wrap the plunger end with a sandwich bag to make clean up easier -- may or may not be necessary.
I'll be making fatties later this week; I'll let y'all know how it works out. Thanks for looking! And thanks Cowgirl!
James