WowWee's Elvis Alive to The Elivinator Project

Step 54 Jaw piston

At this time install the eye assembly back into the head, but do not install any boards or attach it to the bust, refer back to the eye removal section if you need to.

Now we are going to make and add the jaw piston, I know that there are two jaw pistons but with out cutting down the main face and rebuilding it up we will just install one. Plus the design I have on the skin would just cover it up anyways so not harm done.

Making the Jaw piston is quite easy the following supplies are as follows:
1. 1ea 35mm 5/32" brass or copper tube
2. 1ea 60mm 1/8" copper or brass tube
3. 1ea 10mm 5/32" brass or copper tube
4. 5ea #4 washer
5. solder and flux
6. Flame torch

First cut you tubes to length, once done solder one washer to the 35mm 5/32" tube at the end. Then take the 60mm tube and solder the 10mm tube to one of the ends. After this is soldered take a washer and at a 45 deg angle solder this to the 10mm tube. Your piston is now complete. Sand or file down any large solder bumps. Also use a vise or a third hand devise when soldering with a torch, a standard soldering iron will not solder these tubes together. Once everything is soldered insert the 1/8" tube into the 5/32" tube and trial fit the motion. If it is tight the sand down the 1/8" tube down a bit until you have a good fit. See photos below as a reference.