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Tomislav, I do not think that you have to worry about the weight of those small parts. The tail cone ring is part of the restrained mass which includes the spear. A centimetre longer spear will have more mass than any changes to the stop ring or tail cone ring. In fact the longer the spear shaft then the more of a squeeze will be applied to the single sealing "O" ring. If Don Paul's longer gun does not crush his Tomba "O" ring in the short term then the system will be fine as is. Don Paul can always add that rubber pre-washer to the Tomba that you sent him. Think of an "O" ring sitting on an anvil (the rear face of the line slide) being hit by a hammer (all the metal sliding parts, the majority of the mass is in the spear). Then put a thin sheet of rubber over the "O" ring and repeat the exercise. The "O" ring will last longer as the rubber sheet absorbs and spreads the impact and reduces any nipping of the "O" ring.
It will be interesting to see how the "Train" idea works with the metal slider (line slide). Another possibility which you could try is a cone machined on the rear end of the metal slider. The idea is that it will stretch the single "O" ring radially outwards and the inner tip of the cone will then touch the flat front face of the tail cone ring behind the "O" ring. This bypasses the "O" ring from the "big squeeze", but success will very much depend on the tip of the cone on the rear of the metal slider not damaging the inner periphery of the "O" ring as the conical face spreads it. "O" rings can take a small amount of stretch without permanently distorting them.
If cone shape were on the rear of the slider, the slider could not be used to push the O-ring into the adapter. That would be the only problem, otherwise would be good.What I was thinking about was very like your diagram, but the other way around, the cone shape was on the rear of the slider and your tail cone ring was unchanged. The height of the truncated small cone was the same as the width of the "O" ring cross-section, so the "O" ring could sit in the gap created by the cone without being squeezed. That way there would be metal to metal contact right through the line slide when everything was compressed by shooting line tension. Cone shapes are used to stretch "O" rings for fitting into grooves on components, so travelling up the taper of a cone should not damage the "O" ring. These cone ended cylinders or bullet shaped tools are used to replace "O" rings and are supplied in the Mares service kits.
Yes, with cone slider tail the adapter should be different too, to ease inserting the O-ring. That would work. :fridayI haven't been making 4 degree taper in adapter entrance in recent time. Taper is only to make a slot for the cone ring.How much of a push does the "O" ring need to set it in place in the muzzle adaptor, especially as you have a 4 degree taper at the muzzle recess entrance to let the "O" ring slide into position?
hello friends
why not to use only 2 protecting o-rings (in red) and one sealing(in black)?
Yes, with cone slider tail the adapter should be different too, to ease inserting the O-ring. That would work. :fridayI haven't been making 4 degree taper in adapter entrance in recent time. Taper is only to make a slot for the cone ring.
This is according to your propose, right?
There are still a lot of other possibilities.
One problem that might happen could be wiping of the O-ring by water, when stretched on the rear cone of the slider. It is the moment when the shaft speed is max. That is why I did not make cone shape, but horizontal.I was thinking of a 0.5 mm vertical step at the shaft diameter contact, then a taper to form the cone where you have the horizontal flat section, so the "O" ring could not stay in the shifted position. Once the squeezing action was off then the "O" ring would slip back to sit on the shaft again. The top of the 0.5 mm step would be rounded off to have no sharp edge. Hence the cone on the rear of the metal slider would be flat topped, like a little volcano. The front face of the tail cone ring would be flat with no inner taper recess as it would just abut the flat face of the top of the cone on the rear of the slider when the parts were squeezed together. That flat top on the cone would push the "O" ring for seating in the muzzle adaptor, but once it had enough pressure on it the "O" ring would stretch and move up the cone, such as when a big fish was pulling on the shooting line. This "O" ring stretching action can be checked by pulling an "O" ring over the tail end of a spear shaft, it has the same 0.5 mm step at the tail stop diameter.
Another possibility:
After shooting sealing O-ring is protected by stainless steel tubing. Four O-rings acts like shock absorber, so each O-ring accepts only 1/5 of total impact energy. Max OD on the shaft is 12 mm, same as line slider. In this configuration some grease could be applied too, to make friction lower. All O-ring are 11 x 7 x 2 mm, for 7 mm shaft.