Do it yourself Poppets

[Deller12]

Had a go at making a poppet valve turned out quite well My diy spring was quite good made from stainless steel welding wire lets hope it works ok.

[Deller12]

Well the good news it's works I'm going to make a couple of mods to the stainless steel pin

[Kev888]

good stuff!

Cheers
Kev

[Belter]

does this work out cheaper than buying a new one?

[Deller12]

does this work out cheaper than buying a new one?

Cost me nothing apart from a little time. This was just a prototype to see if it would work ok. I need to make a few changes but sure I can produce them a lot cheaper than then originals on the plus side once you have these fitted you only need to replace a 10 pence o ring rather than a £5 poppet assembled unit.

[Belter]

let
me know mate. I'll buy a couple for spares

[Deller12]

let
me know mate. I'll buy a couple for spares

Will let you know once I I have some produced. It will be a few weeks as I need to source the springs as I don't fancy winding them.

[boingy]

Nice work but be aware that there are several different poppet/o-ring designs. I have 7 cornies and between them they have three different types of poppet. One of mine requires a chamfer on that top edge otherwise it won't seal properly.

Hop and Grape list 4 types:

http://www.hopandgrape.co.uk/public/det ... OP20163931

And I seem to recall someone on here having a cornie that required yet another different type!

[Belter]

these are for different brands of keg though. I have Cornelius branded keg and they take a standard poppet

[Deller12]

They sell these style in the US as a universal poppet (see link below)I am not saying mine would be but may need to send some out for testing


http://www.kegkits.com/Merchant2/mercha ... ode=PVALVE

[boingy]

Wow. If that US poppet really does fit all kegs then that is a product worth, um, "testing".
If you can come up with a version at a similar price you'll probably find more than a few willing customers.

[Deller12]

Wow. If that US poppet really does fit all kegs then that is a product worth, um, "testing".
If you can come up with a version at a similar price you'll probably find more than a few willing customers.

I was more than happy to buy these at $29 dollars it seemed a good price. Then I found out that the shipping was $47 And I see a few other members have been hit with import tax I thought better of buying them

[Deller12]

Progress Update

The first tuned part worked ok but i did make a few changes to the design I have had 50 stainless poppets turned and have got the orings fitted, just need to wind the conical springs I wil perform some trials but if they work out ok will be fitting them to all my corny kegs

[Wolfy]

What you've made look almost exactly like the 'Generic Cornelius Poppets' that I use in my Cornelius brand kegs:

... so once you get the idea perfected, I don't see why they wouldn't work in most kegs.

[The Dribbler]

Good stuff,

Glad you got it sorted. Hope you can find a suitable stainless spring without having to buy a million.