This is the broken hammer off my Edgun Lelya. 20 first generation. Can anyone here suggest someone with the machinery to duplicate this., Edgun wont make them anymore. 
Lelya hammer
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owning a similar ... bummer !!
hope you can get it sorted out !!
Perhaps find a shop that has a CNC torch cutter or water jet ? Pretty crazy shape to machine cut, tho again doable via CNC.
If you can contact ED, see if he is willing to send you the Raw CAD drawing or files ?
hope you can get it sorted out !!
Perhaps find a shop that has a CNC torch cutter or water jet ? Pretty crazy shape to machine cut, tho again doable via CNC.
If you can contact ED, see if he is willing to send you the Raw CAD drawing or files ?
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Ed's not interested in helping per Brian at Edgunest. Seems only the Leshey 2 is getting any attention.. It sucks you cant get parts for a 5 year old airgun.
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Motorhead
Proper prep, correct Flux and some high grade Silver solder
I think it would need to be tig welded. The hammer banging against the valve stem puts a lot of stress on the hammer, braising probably wont hold up. But I dont really know, I would think someone has the same type machine that made this hammer in the first place.
Proper prep, correct Flux and some high grade Silver solder
I think it would need to be tig welded. The hammer banging against the valve stem puts a lot of stress on the hammer, braising probably wont hold up. But I dont really know, I would think someone has the same type machine that made this hammer in the first place.
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I think I would get this right from the horse's mouth...................especially after the Jeopardy game................
https://www.airgunnation.com/members/edgun/
If HE says that "he's not interested in helping" then I can for sure tell you a gun brand that I would NOT be buying.
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Hi
Forget Brian. Ed is a member of this forum, contact him directly, sure fixes it and if he isn't willing to help with a weapon with a very few years old, we already know that not to buy
Regards
Enkey
Forget Brian. Ed is a member of this forum, contact him directly, sure fixes it and if he isn't willing to help with a weapon with a very few years old, we already know that not to buy
Regards
Enkey
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If you get a technical drawing from Brian or Ed I can make one for you using electroerosion (EDM). Same technique is used to make an original one. If you are interested just drop me a message.
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Okay, time for me to chime in. Stand by for rant mode.
I reached out to bckyrdsnpr52 with an offer to repair or make the part, just to help out for the heck of it. We had a great chat and next thing you know we made plans to have him send me the broken part. The next day he decided to offer me the gun and we made a deal. So now it and any issues becomes my bowl of rice.
bckyrdsnpr52 is a great guy and got the gun shipped snug and safe and is someone who was very candid about the condition of this Lelya.
And now the reason I'm posting.Every one of you indignant, offended twits that have an opinion about any manufacturers business practices regarding an obsolete design, can pound sand.
I have worked in the firearms, automotive and manufacturing world, my whole life. Be glad Ed has provided support for his current products, many manufacturers barely consider it. Inventories of spare parts once an item is out of production is not following a profitable business model and certainly nothing required. Harsh, but a reality that our current world operates on.
Consider the track record of the early Lelya, can you find any notable design weaknesses? Some minor grumbling about breech blowback which was a minor adjustment in most cases. So not much of a reason for a stock of ready service spares even during its production run, much less after being obsoleted.
So now to the "lasts longer than that" comment. This gun has had the ever-loving daylights shot out of it. Definitely not a safe queen and has got quite a few miles on it surviving daily use. It's life has seen untold thousands of rounds sent downrange, with at no less than 4000 sent by one owner alone and an untold number from its owner prior to that. As mechanical things go, I'm pretty danged impressed it's done this well.
I TIG welded the part last night. I don't expect it to survive as long as Ed's original, but for testing and tinkering, it should work and I'll machine a new one out of tool steel for a long term replacement.
I'm glad I can work on it and plan to give it a good home. By the way, it's not like a huge number of these were built. This one is only serial number 0036.
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Mark
I reached out to bckyrdsnpr52 with an offer to repair or make the part, just to help out for the heck of it. We had a great chat and next thing you know we made plans to have him send me the broken part. The next day he decided to offer me the gun and we made a deal. So now it and any issues becomes my bowl of rice.
bckyrdsnpr52 is a great guy and got the gun shipped snug and safe and is someone who was very candid about the condition of this Lelya.
And now the reason I'm posting.Every one of you indignant, offended twits that have an opinion about any manufacturers business practices regarding an obsolete design, can pound sand.
I have worked in the firearms, automotive and manufacturing world, my whole life. Be glad Ed has provided support for his current products, many manufacturers barely consider it. Inventories of spare parts once an item is out of production is not following a profitable business model and certainly nothing required. Harsh, but a reality that our current world operates on.
Consider the track record of the early Lelya, can you find any notable design weaknesses? Some minor grumbling about breech blowback which was a minor adjustment in most cases. So not much of a reason for a stock of ready service spares even during its production run, much less after being obsoleted.
So now to the "lasts longer than that" comment. This gun has had the ever-loving daylights shot out of it. Definitely not a safe queen and has got quite a few miles on it surviving daily use. It's life has seen untold thousands of rounds sent downrange, with at no less than 4000 sent by one owner alone and an untold number from its owner prior to that. As mechanical things go, I'm pretty danged impressed it's done this well.
I TIG welded the part last night. I don't expect it to survive as long as Ed's original, but for testing and tinkering, it should work and I'll machine a new one out of tool steel for a long term replacement.
I'm glad I can work on it and plan to give it a good home. By the way, it's not like a huge number of these were built. This one is only serial number 0036.
Secure from rant mode. Please return to your regularly scheduled programming.
Mark
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Update: I welded the hammer last night and spent this morning scrubbing and scraping all the nooks and crannies. It's back together and still has a few items that need attention, but it's working. The previous owner said the power was turned down and it's a bit anemic, so I'll need to get it back to bunny power levels. She may not be the belle of the ball, but she seems like she'll still dance. Compared to my Lelya 2.0 this thing is a midget. I'll end posting any other updates in this thread and start a new thread if anything of merit comes up.
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