Hausi Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Hey fellow dirty dudes, I have added an RWA vacuformed Shires syphon to my pack and I love it. Thought I would share some experience here, might help people still searching for an accurate and affordable syphon. What you get is the two halves, some coverstrips to glue them together and the top of the syphon. After trimming I wanted to start glueing and found out that the Syphon is actually made from HIPS, superglue sadly doesn´t work very well with it so I used plastic weld. To get rid of any gaps or seams I made some HIPS sludge. Being used to working with ABS sludge, this was a strange experience as the HIPS reacts differently to the acetone and takes a lot longer to melt... and a lot of stirring. But finally it worked and after the sludge had dried and some sanding, I spraypainted the syphon matte black mounted on my pack, and after receiving some well deserved dirt, it now looks like this: I have to say that it´s light, very robust and I´m absolutely happy with it. Also used the opportunity to mess around with the wire on my radio which looked way too tidy. Now it looks like this: cheers mates 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qui-Gon Joe Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 And from whence did you acquire this frustratingly difficult to find part...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henselmonster Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 minutes ago, Qui-Gon Joe said: And from whence did you acquire this frustratingly difficult to find part...? Contact @ross8008 or find RWA creations on Facebook. Ross will help you out, he's a great guy and quick to respond. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qui-Gon Joe Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Thank you very much for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelbrierly Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Looks awesome man!! Thanks for the pointers on this! I have my two halves sitting in the garage right now, so this is great to know going into making HIPS sludge! Quick question too, how did you attach your bottom bottle/mushroom cap to the syphon? Thanks again for the post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerGummo Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 I also got the one from rwa. I used a long screw.Here you can see the silver top of it. And this inside the bottle. A hole in the cap an then screwed it together. Gesendet von iPhone mit Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelbrierly Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 That’s awesome! Thanks for those pics, that answers all my questions. Now I just need to straight up steal your idea for mine! HahaSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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