Magma issues fixed!

[JohnnyDill]

I have seen several threads regarding issues with the Magma rda, and this is my take on the subject. I addressed the issue with minor leaking out of the air holes and the weeping behind the air control ring.

If your Magma is missing the o-ring behind the air control ring, add one from your kayfun spare parts. This ends the juice getting behind the ring. I modded my Magma clone's deck with a vertical mill / small rotary table & dremel in my home machine shop. This ends the leaking through the air holes from condensation. The end result is the way it should have been made in the first place. No more annoyances. As long as I never over-squonk, all is perfect! {It's a bottom feeder now}

Machining was done with a .125" end mill. Rotary table was set at .300" off center on X axis and about .070" depth of material was removed.

 

[rhelton]

very nice I seen some people putting large diameter syringe's in the holes to raise them about 2ml above the top deck . I like what you did better with removing material and changed the drainage to the well.

 

[dchemist]

If your Magma is missing the o-ring behind the air control ring, add one from your Kayfun spare parts.

The best advice I've received to date! Thanks a million +1

 

[wa9w00d]

Sweet, Johnny!
My mill is out of commission right now ('cause I don't got one ), so had to do the syringe thing. Can I be nosy and ask if this was a clone or an original? And how was the hardness of the medal? Were you able to just use HSS bit? Again, beautiful Work!

 

[JohnnyDill]

Sweet, Johnny!
My mill is out of commission right now ('cause I don't got one ), so had to do the syringe thing. Can I be nosy and ask if this was a clone or an original? And how was the hardness of the medal? Were you able to just use HSS bit? Again, beautiful Work!

Thanks for the kind words. This is a clone from FastTech. A regular high speed steel end mill was used. Only .010" was removed on each pass with coolant spray so the hardness of stainless steel was not an issue. A .125" end mill is the perfect size to pull this off, IMO.

It would have been very possible to enlarge the air holes before doing this, but for my needs, the Magma has more than enough airflow.

 

[rhelton]

Any idea how to do this without a mill? Can you use a mill bit in a drill press and a drill vise or is that pushing the limits ive never attempted that but I do have a friend with a drill press I could use if I ask.

 

[JohnnyDill]

Any idea how to do this without a mill? Can you use a mill bit in a drill press and a drill vise or is that pushing the limits ive never attempted that but I do have a friend with a drill press I could use if I ask.

This can be done with just a dremel tool, provided you have the correct bits. It takes longer this way, but the end result is the same idea- to eliminate that flat area around the air holes for juice to build up on...........

 

[rhelton]

This can be done with just a dremel tool, provided you have the correct bits. It takes longer this way, but the end result is the same idea- to eliminate that flat area around the air holes for juice to build up on...........

Ok thats some good word there, It will be a project this weekend maybe. I have new projects besides that one always make me happy.

 

[LoveVanilla]

Wow, very nice work! Wish I had a mill like that... So where does that o-ring sit? Did you remove the AFC, slide on the o-ring and then reinstall the AFC above i.e. o-ring below and AFC? Don't have a kayfun but may try to find an o-ring to fit.

 

[JohnnyDill]

O-ring visible in last pic with airflow ring removed.

 

[LoveVanilla]

Thanks Johnny, need to look for that o-ring; especially like that your's is clear. Had already ordered needles to use as airhole inserts on the deck. But apparently they are now using jellyfish for delivery from China.

 

[T3Texas]

Very nice mill work Johnny. I just received my Magma clone last week, and have had the seepage through the air holes. I think I will give this a try. Great work! Thanks!

 

[JohnnyDill]

With just a dremel tool, you can achieve excellent results. Here is an image of someone that did just that. He must do port/polish jobs on race engines for a living.

 

[LoveVanilla]

With just a dremel tool, you can achieve excellent results. Here is an image of someone that did just that. He must do port/polish jobs on race engines for a living.
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Wow, just wow. More impressive work. I have a dremel and grinding set (plus misc). But stainless is hard stuff. Do you think a grinding set would get the job done, or will I need tungsen or diamond bits? Cutting oil?

 

[JohnnyDill]

Wow, just wow. More impressive work. I have a dremel and grinding set (plus misc). But stainless is hard stuff. Do you think a grinding set would get the job done, or will I need tungsen or diamond bits? Cutting oil?

For the parts that I dremeled on mine, I used diamond burr bits. The stainless steel is not hard. Seemed pretty easy. A cheapo Harbor Freight bit set is what I used.

 

[rhelton]

With just a dremel tool, you can achieve excellent results. Here is an image of someone that did just that. He must do port/polish jobs on race engines for a living.
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Thats some ocd happenin there I know cause I do things like that its never good enough lol

 

[69CamaroSS]

O-ring visible in last pic with airflow ring removed.

I can't help but wonder why Magmas are shipped without these in place or any replacement ones included!!

With just a dremel tool, you can achieve excellent results. Here is an image of someone that did just that. He must do port/polish jobs on race engines for a living.
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Holy crap!!! I need to send that dude the heads off my SBC 407!!! Wow!!

For the parts that I dremeled on mine, I used diamond burr bits. The stainless steel is not hard. Seemed pretty easy. A cheapo Harbor Freight bit set is what I used.

I need to send YOU my Magma (or 2 or 3!!!)!!!! Seriously beautiful work brother Johnny!!!

 

[Maurice Pudlo]

Diamond bits are great to rough out the shape you want, then hit it with craytex bits to get the final polished surface.

Just go slow, it is not so difficult to accomplish.