Making a simple honing tool for air rifle cylinders

A cheap, simple but very useful tools for cleaning, repairing, honing or polishing the inside of air rifle tubes, cylinder & compression tubes.

[@johnfrench6144]

Years back when I tuned my HW35 .. I used a broken 12 bore cleaning rod , with a reasonable grade of wire wool and metal polish ... so far back can't remember what polish. Chrome or something... I attached the rod to an electric drill and just went for it!! .. I remember my dad laughing at what I was doing whilst ramming it backwards and forwards as he walked into the garage 😂.. I said I'm honing the piston cylinder .. he raised an eyebrow and smiling .. left me to it ... well .. all I can say is I regularly took rabbits out at 60 yards and even beyond!! Now before you comment on you shouldn't shoot beyond 40 max.. with sub 12 ... I used to stalk and hunt wide open meadows adjacent to woods .. and most times 40 to 60 was as close you got , so rifle was zeroed for 40 yard . I'm talking way back when only gunsmiths had chronos .. I doubt my 35 was much more than 11.4 ftp but boy oh boy did it shoot smooth and accurate, yes honing tools can be made or thought out OK.

[@scottkelly379]

Hey up Geoff, the Diana 460 that I picked up of you on Saturday is brilliant mate , the more pellets I put through it the smaller the groups are getting, cheers Geoff 👍

[@lsduk]

Thanks Scott. Always great to hear good feedback.

[@lordeldave3291]

Excellent, this is by fare the best way I have seen. Best regards from Germany

[@AK-ky3ou]

Great idea and video explanation. Thankmyou

[@darrencady4261]

That's a great tip. Many thanks, Geoff.

[@steventhompson3507]

Cheers Geoff.

[@simonmatthews6652]

What a legend fantastic 👍

[@douglashall9390]

Hi Geoff what’s the best way to size a piston seal?

[@falkirk8413]

Would you use this to hone a hw35 cylinder? Many thanks

[@jackiesharp957]

Cant believe you didn't make one earlier. Blue Peter lol

[@alantippett7602]

Very good idea to use the draught excluder, I've never thought about that before. Works like a cylinder glaze buster, I suppose using a drill on a slow speed and going up and down would work best.

[@neiledwards8931]

Most suggest never use wet&dry on the inside of the cylinder, the reason being, make it to smooth and the grease off piston has nothing to hold on too, been told this many times , with respect, what is your take on this smooth.

[@Mickparrysstepdad]

The 240 grit sandpaper he uses won't give a smooth finish, so should be fine. I used a brake cylinder honing tool in my gun.

[@patrickrenschler5972]

thanks for sharing! what does honing the cylinder achieve?

[@AK-ky3ou]

It’s to debut any imperfections and keep it nice and slick for the piston to move smoothly.

[@erniestoner8266]

@@AK-ky3ou which lowers vibration and noise. Both good.

[@phillipward4862]

Hi Geoff excellent vid I'm looking at polishing the comp tube on my tx200 would this method work and what grade paper would you recommend I start with and them finish with also would you recommend some sort of metal polish ? Many thanks in advance

[@lsduk]

Hi Philip. I'll be honest, I tend to aim for more of a honed or cross lapped surface inside compression tubes, to allow tiny surface scratches for holding the silicone lubricant. A finishing pass with abrasive around 600 grit is ideal.

[@phillipward4862]

@@lsduk thx geoff for the advice much appreciated as always Phill

[@crazycressy7986]

Just dont use silicone grease with metal on metal parts ​@@phillipward4862

[@1972pip]

Hi Geoff, excellent video. Will my 97K that you have get this polishing treatment? Call you tomorrow to confirm Cerakote colours mate. Philip Y.

[@lsduk]

I use a tool I've manufactured here for this, the video was just to help Folk out with a cheap & effective DIY version Buddy.

[@gazed1435]

Miss my air rifle in UK. they are illegal here in west Australia without a full firearms license up to 14 years in prison

[@Ilenenk]

Can you design an air rifle system without a hammer?

[@FlexDRG]

No need for a hammer during the design phase 😂 And in the triggers I've seen for springers it's just the seers and the catch, no hammer in sight. Hamers are more often found in firearms and PCP / CO2 systems where the hammer hits on a valve stem for a short release of gas.

[@FlexDRG]

This honing rod is not very round. No issues with the wobble in getting a nice even hone?

[@lsduk]

Hi Buddy. The aim is a honed/clean cylinder, no intention to coarsely remove material with rough abrasive. Most of the wobble is from the bar, not the head.

[@FlexDRG]

@@lsduk do you have a tip for an improved 26mm piston seal? And maybe for a new barrel seal too?

[@redauwg911]

@@FlexDRG Jim macari air rifle headquarters

[@FlexDRG]

@@redauwg911 interesting. But $25 shipping is killer.

[@redauwg911]

@@FlexDRG yeah I got the spring and guides to go along with it

[@cheshirebowman4465]

Fkin hilarious. But seriously a great tip on making a polisher. I have one but never thought of sticky backed foam. Top video bro.

[@ravenshield7823]

Funny bastard lol.

[@dominiquecoll6119]

est ben 6mn de vidéo juste pour ça ,,,,,, = tout ça pour ça ,,,,,,

[@lsduk]

Oui. Aviez-vous quelque chose de plus important à faire?

[@markadams9819]

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