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Cylinders - Part 8 - Valves
Machining a slide valve in the 4 jaw. The design is to use a balance slide valve which requires a hole in the top of the valve for the balance piston to sit in. A valve and valve buckle. The O ring will be fitted to the balance piston.
Machining the holes in the buckle for the valve rods. The threaded bar was used to ensure that the centres of the holes matched up. A finished valve assembled in the valve chest.
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