D400 metal orifice needed

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Spend some time in Xometry's site, there is a wealth of info regarding CNC as well as an auto quote facility that accepts native Solidworks files.
If the D series orifice is like a G250 etc then CNC is very straightforward.
Titanium would be my choice for an orifice... expensive but no post processing needed (like plating) and inert in salt water.
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Spend some time in Xometry's site, there is a wealth of info regarding CNC as well as an auto quote facility that accepts native Solidworks files.
If the D series orifice is like a G250 etc then CNC is very straightforward.
Titanium would be my choice for an orifice... expensive but no post processing needed (like plating) and inert in salt water.
CNC Machining | CNC Machine Shop | Precision CNC Services - Xometry

It's unfortunately nothing like a G250 orifice, it's uses a unique valve body which includes an in built orifice.

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Ah OK... any chance of a pic?
 
I looked, there are a few different part numbers for the valve body, which is called the "housing" in the schematics. So assuming mine is for a D300, you can't drop it in a D400, although it might be possible to use both the valve body and the lever from the D300 in a D400. You'd basically be retro-ing the D400 back to D300 internals. I really don't know if this will work. I think the case dimensions may have changed slightly and so the old valve body/lever doesn't fit in the new case. But you're welcome to try, I have lots of extra levers. Gary has the box of parts, I'm sure he'll send you a valve body/lever if you email him.
 
I looked, there are a few different part numbers for the valve body, which is called the "housing" in the schematics. So assuming mine is for a D300, you can't drop it in a D400, although it might be possible to use both the valve body and the lever from the D300 in a D400. You'd basically be retro-ing the D400 back to D300 internals. I really don't know if this will work. I think the case dimensions may have changed slightly and so the old valve body/lever doesn't fit in the new case. But you're welcome to try, I have lots of extra levers. Gary has the box of parts, I'm sure he'll send you a valve body/lever if you email him.

Thanks Matt, I'm almost positive the parts are not cross compatible, particular with the later iterations. I'll email Gary.
 
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I looked, there are a few different part numbers for the valve body, which is called the "housing" in the schematics. So assuming mine is for a D300, you can't drop it in a D400, although it might be possible to use both the valve body and the lever from the D300 in a D400. You'd basically be retro-ing the D400 back to D300 internals. I really don't know if this will work. I think the case dimensions may have changed slightly and so the old valve body/lever doesn't fit in the new case. But you're welcome to try, I have lots of extra levers. Gary has the box of parts, I'm sure he'll send you a valve body/lever if you email him.

No real problem to retro a D400 to an internal D300 (see pic).
As you can see I put a D300 housing into a D400 and vice versa, works fine.
You should just see that you get yourself either also the diaphragm of a D300/350 into your D400 or at least the lever linkage (11.011.103), otherwise you will have quite some play.
The D400 lever linkage is a bit longer and the orifice is of course bigger to fit the thicker D400 lever but has the same order number as the one of the D300/350......

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Thanks for the pics, very interesting... an ingenious design!
All could be CNC'd from Ti relatively easily once CAD files have been created... won't be cheap though :eek:

So out of the three variants, which one would be the most in demand as a reproduction part?
 
Probably the middle one........
It fits the bigger D400 lever, delivering a higher air flow.
Rob doesn't like the latest D400 lever,because it is flat on top, delivering the most air, but maybe not so perfect to be adjusted to the very lowest cracking effort, but what could be the problem with the 1st D400 Generation lever (on the pic the 2nd from the right)?
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/perdix-ai/

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