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#261160 Problems With Nf
Posted by nostyleguy on 08 January 2010 - 04:49 AM in Modifications
Or perhaps the barrel is too long. i tried CPVC'ing a NF and a 4" barrel with about 1" of coupler was too long (the dart never made it all the way out before being slowed down). i made a brass version and it seems to work very well.
If neither is the case, and there are honestly no leaks in the seal (hot glue isn't a very good sealant, you should also add plumbers goop or equivalent), then i'd assume there is a problem with the plunger head or tube. maybe there is a crack?
Also about the Ace spring. Unfortunately you bought the wrong one. There is no (easy) way to use an extension spring in replacement for a plunger tube spring. The #49 thing doesn't seem to apply to all ACE's, and the one by me doesn't carry handyman springs at all. i found a very nice 2 pack of C-836 (or some such number, don't have the package anymore) springs that work, but they aren't #49 or anything. You really just need to shop smart and find a spring that looks like it will fit in your tube and isn't so strong that it will break everything. Trust me there were some pretty tempting compression springs that coulda passed for bike shocks that i wanted to try, but i used better judgment and passed.
sorry for the ramble. its 4:45AM and i'm having a bout of insomnia. Hope i helped a little.
#261226 Dartsmithing Tips Archive
Posted by nostyleguy on 09 January 2010 - 12:33 AM in Darts and Barrels
I read about 6 pages into this thread before giving up. A lot of stefan making how-to's dont even mention it, but some of the (more well respected) ones do.
I assumed the advantage was increased accuracy, but with my first batch of stefans (which i didn't drill) the accuracy seemed spot on. Of course, these were my first stefans and it was just nice to not deal with streamline swirling
also, what are the advantages/disadvantages of different stefan lengths? I made a few different lengths (1", 1.5", 2") and the range and accuracy all seemed more or less the same. The one advantage i liked was i could shotgun fire more shorter darts in a single barrel.
#261786 Simple Bow N' Arrow Mod
Posted by nostyleguy on 14 January 2010 - 10:00 AM in Modifications
Do you have any other plans for it? What kinda spring would you add for such a huge plunger tube?0
I also have a non-mod-related Bow n Arrow related question that i've been wanting to ask since i saw the BnA in the internals directory, but didn't want to necro any posts: There is no catch/trigger mechanism for this gun correct? You just pull it back and let it fly? Is this tricky to use?
I sort of tested it on my NF by depressing the trigger and trying to just pull it back and let go, but my release is always too awkward and slows the plunger down a great deal.
Sorry for the slightly off topic question. Nice mod. Breech it and clip it!
#262115 Longstrike Cs-6 Revealed
Posted by nostyleguy on 17 January 2010 - 01:55 AM in General Nerf
By that i mean somebody in his late teens to mid 20's in age. Its been 100% young kids (13 and younger) and older men/woman (parents/grandparents). So, unless there are a lot of 8 year old and 40 year old modders, I'd say we make up an infinitesimally small percentage of the Nerf market.
Now another obstacle is that, even with a large enough influence in static market composition, we still would have an uphill battle. It would take a disproportionate amount of strict negative feedback to change Hasbro's ways because, currently, their infrastructure is totally devoted to N-Strike and reverse plungers. Basically, any bad media we could generate would have to be so impactful that it influenced sales enough to warrant a whole sale transition in the companies business model. That's a monumental amount of negative influence, not just a few bad reviews.
tl;dr: Even if we are able to reduce the longstrike's predicted profit by any brow-raising amount (doubtful), it would still take MORE than that to really change anything coming down the pipeline because the inverted plunger design is so cheap and portable that it can withstand smaller volume of sales due to a higher profit margin (cheaper to make) and less overhead (infrastructure already exists)
#262173 Magstrike Leaks And General Questions
Posted by nostyleguy on 17 January 2010 - 05:13 PM in Modifications
First, I bought my MS over a year ago and only did some minimal mods, AR removal, OPV removal, making room for bladder expansion, and plugging the whole on the white winged piece.
It then sat on my shelf until recently, with the bladder unscrewed from the front bladder 'collar'.
Now i saw the Assult Magstrike mod, and got really giddy about having an automatic gun with 70'+ ranges, so I pulled my dusty MS off the shelf and tried to reassemble it. Well it leaked, a lot. I did some tests by submerging it in water and i thought the leak was coming from where the air inlet/output piece (attached to the pump and then up to the trigger valve) sealed with the bladder. I hesitated to goop it because A)it would become immovable, and I'm not sure if its wise to goop a connection that will be dynamically moving (would the goop restrict the bladder inflation? would it even hold tight?).
So i decided to just smear all the fittings on the inlet/output piece in goop, and wait till i got back from work 8 hours later. Well It seemed to improve a lot. There was no longer any hissing, but depending on the orientation of the pump (I held it underwater without closing up the shell, and had to keep pumping it to keep it inflated), there would still be bubbles.
After inspecting the vinyl tubing i noticed a tiny 'scratch' that didn't even appear to penetrate the entire tube, but i slobbered it in goop anyways and went to bed.
I woke up this morning and pumped up the bladder and submerged it once again. Eureka! I didn't see any bubbles at all!
Satisfied, I left the bladder inflated and took a 10 minute shower, but when I returned, the bladder was totally deflated. I was perplexed.
Frustrated, I submerged the entire blaster, and noticed that the only place bubbles escaped were in the piston assembly. At first i presumed this was just the piston displacing the air with water, but it never stopped! It was a quite vigorous stream of bubbles compared to the previous two, so i was in disbelief that it did not hiss or anything. Also, this would mean that the trigger system was not closing all the way, because air was getting into the piston without the trigger being depressed.
Now I'm totally confused. It appears neither the first two leaks were very significant (they were much smaller compared to the piston leak, and all my work was focused on the wrong spot. I don't know what to try next. I think the problem lies in the trigger valve, but i really dont know how to begin trouble-shooting that. This is where I need your help NF!
Okay, I realize that was a long post for a simple leak question, but I have another question about the "Assult Magstrike" mod (which isn't in the mod directory, but I stumbled upon while reading the 15 pages of Magstrike search results).
Banding the piston and adding the external piston enlargement do essentially the same thing, they increase the amount (either by volume, or pressure) of air needed to actuate the piston, and fire a dart, right?
As far as I can find (and I read 15 pages of Magstrike search resulsts), nobody has posted about doing both, or even doing a larger piston enlargement than the original. My question is if anybody has done both of these, and what kinda performance he's gotten. I was wondering if there is a point where adding a bigger piston enlargement doesn't add any significant range because of weight etc.
If I'm understanding it correctly, theoretically, if you built a super large piston enlargment, you'd get a very slow RoF (because it would take a while to fill the new piston), resulting in an almost semi-auto like magstrike with (presumably) incredible ranges. I.E I'd much rather have a Magstrike that could only fire 5 or 6 shots 100' than 10 shots at 50'. These are just guesses obviously, but the original Assult Magstrike mod was getting a full clip of 10 darts to go 70'-105', surely 5 or 6 shots at 100' consistently is plausible.
I realize the above paragraph is a 'conceptual' sentiment that might be received unfavorably here, but i was just wondering if anybody has documented this, and if i'm missing something fundamental that would limit the piston enlargment's benefits.
tl;dr - 1) how do you trouble shoot a leaky trigger valve?
2) what are the limits of the "Assult Magstrike" mod?
#262528 Pump Replaced 4b With Stock Oprv
Posted by nostyleguy on 20 January 2010 - 07:03 PM in Modifications
looks very nice. how many pumps till the oprv kicks in?
#262904 The First Look At The Tetrastrike
Posted by nostyleguy on 24 January 2010 - 06:23 AM in General Nerf
Also, no vinyl tubing; its all plastic walls like a SSPB, which is sad. Not like it'd be hard to add, but certainly another step before the tanks can be used in an integration.
#263900 Nitefinder Vs. Laser Finder
Posted by nostyleguy on 31 January 2010 - 12:18 PM in General Nerf
Wow, looks like a failed foreign attempt to use an automatic translator.
#267750 The 65-b 6 Barrel Buzz Bee Big Blast
Posted by nostyleguy on 03 March 2010 - 12:37 AM in Modifications
Is the tek 6 turret piece actually stabilized in the 'end cap' of the BBBB? if not, would it be practical to move the entire turret assembly back to the very beginning of the BBBB tank and thus minimize the overall length of the gun by about 6 inches?
I don't own a BBBB so i'm not sure how narrow the actual internals are, but there seems to be a lot of unnecessary length of 'barrel' before the end of the blaster (in all BBBB's)
#268982 Nightraider
Posted by nostyleguy on 13 March 2010 - 04:17 AM in Modifications
#269093 Semi Auto At2k
Posted by nostyleguy on 14 March 2010 - 03:02 AM in Modifications
I love the idea of combining a bladder system with a hard tank gun like that at2k, but the triple part priming process seems to defeat the 'semi-auto' nature of it.
Have you thought of putting the magstrike bladder release behind the at2k trigger? With some tinkering, It seems like you could use the majority of the trigger stroke to depress the magstrike valve (untill the at2k tank is full) and then use the last bit of the trigger stroke to open the at2k tank and fire.
Put that system into an auto-advancing turret (3k?) and you'd have true semi auto (except for the whole regulator issue).
Still, what you have is very nice, and I'm not in much of a place to give criticism since I have never modded any of the ATxK guns. Wish i could find some though.
#269118 Longshot Mod Ideas
Posted by nostyleguy on 14 March 2010 - 12:00 PM in Modifications
#269121 Longshot Mod Ideas
Posted by nostyleguy on 14 March 2010 - 12:10 PM in Modifications
Not trying to sound harsh, but the ban-hammer doesn't have a lot of tolerance for 'I don't know what to do, so give me ideas' threads.
#269420 Tetra Strike Help
Posted by nostyleguy on 17 March 2010 - 12:25 AM in Modifications
Not to derail the thread, but since there isn't exactly an abundance of TetraStrike threads available, I wanted to ask a question. Have you plugged the pump? If so, and you're pluming to pretty high pressures, can you get the gun to behave normally?
My problem is that the increased force needed to pull the firing pins is so much that it warps the trigger plate enough that the tanks either (A) open slowly resulting in a crappy range, or ( the second and third barrels fire at the same time, regardless of how slowly I pull the trigger.
I tried reinforcing the trigger plate, and did a pretty good job I think. I filled in almost every possible surface (that wasn't used in sliding) with epoxy putty, and added some coat-hangar-wire across the gap between the fourth tank and the trigger (this is where most of the warping takes place).
Anyways, it still isn't enough. The tanks can take extremely high pressures, but the trigger just can't pull them reliably. Short of machining a metal trigger plate, or designing a new trigger system, I'm not sure what to do.
#270921 Nerf Mg Write-up *updated*
Posted by nostyleguy on 31 March 2010 - 10:01 PM in Homemades
The problem usually seems to be the need to re-barrel a magstrike which is a pain, or the system eats too much air to be worthwhile.
With your setup, the barreling problem is solved by having 1 stationary barrel, and the air capacity problem is solved (presumably) because you can have a huge external air source since the system will be mounted on a tripod and (presumably) non-mobile.
Speaking of which, what are your plans for an air source? I'd like to see a ridiculously over the top air tank made of like 5" PVC honestly.
I don't want to be too optimistic but with a large enough tank expansion, and a large enough reservoir, you could be laying down a constant stream of foam 100' away.
#271136 The Secretstrike Internals Revealed
Posted by nostyleguy on 02 April 2010 - 06:29 PM in Modifications
#271177 My Belt Blaster
Posted by nostyleguy on 03 April 2010 - 03:02 AM in Modifications
Still, very nice mod.
#271180 Nerf War In Mi!
Posted by nostyleguy on 03 April 2010 - 03:22 AM in Nerf Wars
#271196 Nerf War In Mi!
Posted by nostyleguy on 03 April 2010 - 12:41 PM in Nerf Wars
#271276 Snap Crossbow
Posted by nostyleguy on 04 April 2010 - 10:52 AM in Homemades
#271380 Nerf War In Mi!
Posted by nostyleguy on 05 April 2010 - 11:45 AM in Nerf Wars
As for ideas for organizing it, just be concrete. I've never been to a real 'war' yet, but I've read enough threads where events fall through because there are no definite conditions.
You have a group of attendees already, and that seems to be the hard part.
Hopefully the weather holds up, I'll be looking forward to this
#271638 Nerf War In Mi!
Posted by nostyleguy on 08 April 2010 - 08:38 AM in Nerf Wars
Also, I hope this is scheduled for Saturday. I dont see many people being able to get anywhere Friday before the work day is over, and I just got an interview scheduled for Friday afternoon.
#272102 Nitefinder Replacement O-ring
Posted by nostyleguy on 13 April 2010 - 03:57 PM in Modifications
Just take the O-ring to the store with you. Lowes has a size chart laminated on the wall that you can literally press the o-ring up against to compare sizes. I think you're looking for a #12 or #13 O-ring though.Thanks but I know that. I'm looking for the o-ring size for a upcomeing plunger head project.Wrap a bit of electrical tape around the plunger head in the slot that holds the O-ring in place. It should expand the O.D. of the O-ring, instant better seal. Just as good as a replacement.
#272157 Nitefinder Replacement O-ring
Posted by nostyleguy on 13 April 2010 - 10:39 PM in Modifications
Danco #57 is 1" OD, 13/16" ID. The #14 is 15/16"OD, 3/4 (12/16)" ID. The #57 might be better, but the #14 works just fine and is a little snugger.
Sorry for the mis-information.
#272272 War In Mi
Posted by nostyleguy on 15 April 2010 - 12:27 AM in Nerf Wars
I'm not trying to discourage you, but any real war has to have organization and structure. Find a place, set a time, make some rules.
This 'unsure' posting is sure to get no real commitments and a ton of flak from the community.
All that being said, I'd love to attend a well planned Nerf War in my home state.
#272328 War In Mi
Posted by nostyleguy on 15 April 2010 - 04:52 PM in Nerf Wars
Chill dude, All I'm trying to say is that these threads along the lines of "Im gonna have a nerfwhere, sometime, somewhere, with some ppl" aren't very useful. If you're going to have more details later, then just wait till 'later' to post the thread. You're alot more likely to get community support and interest that way.i just want to get something straight ....your a dumb ass if you could actually read you would know that i would be posting details later so you better think long and hard about what you said you dumb fuck
and yes this is to you nostyleguy
#272861 Singled Doubleshot Mod
Posted by nostyleguy on 21 April 2010 - 12:14 AM in Modifications
I think some more pictures towards the middle would have helped, but I understand what you were saying about not being able to hold it open and work a camera.
I really like the breech tab, looks so natural.
Black CPVC? I dont think my 1/2" cpvc fits in 3/4" cpvc. Pretty nifty you didn't have to sand the barrel, or bore out the outside of the breech.
I'm gonna guess that an 18" barrel is too long for this application. Springers with much higher airoutput (LS, BB, +Bow) don't even take that much. My suggestion would be to cut it off an inch or 2 at a time and see if it keeps helping. Once it stops helping, stop cutting. Of course you want to do a lot of trials at each length, and do an average. Hopefully that's not too much math for ya (Just playing around, no offense meant).
Overall looks like a pretty solid gun, and a nice write up.
#272912 Singled Doubleshot Mod
Posted by nostyleguy on 21 April 2010 - 03:57 PM in Modifications
Bah yeah. I was thinking 1/2" Cpvc in 1/2" PVC. I've used a 5/8" drill bit to bore out PVC a few times so I kinda assumed that he was using it, and I was surprised to see no boring necessary. /Fail
Black CPVC? I dont think my 1/2" cpvc fits in 3/4" cpvc. Pretty nifty you didn't have to sand the barrel, or bore out the outside of the breech.
1/2" CPVC easily fits inside 3/4 CPVC with little bit of wiggle room.
#273033 New Info On Nerf Big Blast
Posted by nostyleguy on 22 April 2010 - 08:18 PM in General Nerf
From the bits and pieces coming in, this sounds like a new automatic system from Nerf. If its got '50' in the name, that probably means its belt fed, but the fact that 18 round clips have been seen is interesting. Maybe it will be able to support both belts and clips?
Either way, I hope its not just a re-shelled vulcan.
#273347 Magstrike Air Compressor Mod
Posted by nostyleguy on 25 April 2010 - 10:18 PM in Modifications
It's purpose is not to actually fire anything, only to fill another firing mechanism with air. In the case of a MS, it is the MS piston which fills with air. The incoming air presses against the spring-loaded piston, building pressure. Once the piston is pushed back far enough, a valve is opened and all the stored air is shot out very fast, launching the dart.
Therefore, the MS Piston is analogous to an AT2k tank, or even a Titan tank in purpose, though they operate very differently.
Finally, if you want to use both a MS bladder and an AT2k/Titan tank, the MS bladder would serve as a reservoir for the AT2k/Titan tank. You could hook the MS bladder up to inlet of the firing tank (instead of where the pump usually goes in) and have the MS trigger valve between them. With this system, you would pump up the bladder to capacity, open the MS trigger valve (filling the firing tank), close MS trigger valve, open firing tank (firing the dart), and then re-open the MS trigger valve, close, fire, etc until the MS bladder was empty.
This is the basis for several Semi Auto AT2k mods on this site, and even the inspiration for some Semi-Auto titans, though I think in practice, the Titan tank is only able to get about 2 shots off with 40-50 pumps of the MS bladder. Not very useful.
#273665 Big Bad Bow Problem
Posted by nostyleguy on 29 April 2010 - 08:05 AM in Modifications
I did a similar mod with epoxy putty to hold the barrel in, and after a few shots, a crack appeared between the putty and the barrel. It was tiny, like a hair-line fracture, but it killed range. Goop it up and you should be good to go.
#273666 3k Tubing
Posted by nostyleguy on 29 April 2010 - 08:10 AM in Modifications
1. Super glue the new tubing onto/into its new destination.
2. Apply an excessive amount of goop all around the connection.
3. Fill the system with pressure via the pump until the (still mostly un-set) goop blows a bubble and starts to leak
4. Re-apply Goop, spending extra care to cover the weak spot thoroughly.
5. Let it set for at least 24 hours.
Hasn't failed me yet.
#276000 N-strike Barrel Break Ix-2
Posted by nostyleguy on 25 May 2010 - 09:59 PM in News
Anyway, Is the gray priming 'grip' on the back necessarily indicative of a reverse plunger? Unfortunately, I think it is because there wouldn't be enough internal room to have a normal plunger pulled back without it sticking out.
At least the ammo holder looks cool
#276388 Angel Breeched Longshot Help
Posted by nostyleguy on 30 May 2010 - 12:15 AM in Modifications
I also tried a hose clamp, but (a) it still slid out of place and ( it got in the way of the clip feeding.
Finally, I tried soldering a steel cube (about the size of the stock bolt nub) to the brass, and this actually held, but broke after 5 shots.
The only other idea I have is to get some 5/8" brass (1 increment larger) and maybe cut a 'tab' out of it that could be bent up, and then used as a contact point for more steel soldering, but I don't want to buy a whole foot of brass (in a size I have no other use for) for a small reinforcement if it won't work.
So what works for you guys? How do you prime your angel breeched longshots?
#276412 Angel Breeched Longshot Help
Posted by nostyleguy on 30 May 2010 - 10:15 AM in Modifications
#276763 Autobow Mk Ii
Posted by nostyleguy on 03 June 2010 - 10:59 PM in Homemades
What a ridiculously unnecessary post. There is such a thing as constructive criticism, and then there is just being a giant douche. Seriously. Just because its not a UBER MEGA HAMP doesn't mean its useless.I don't get the point of this or any the rest of your homemades. I doubt the accuracy of this thing is all that great, the ranges suck, and it looks like shit. I can't see how this would be very useful in a war.
Most guns can't fire nearly that fast. Its basically semi-auto since the priming and firing mechanisms are built into the same motion.
I'm sure the range could easily be improved simply by scaling up the strength/number of flexing arms.
Most of all, it looks reliable. A lot of breeches shave/jam darts, but this went 6 for 6 in the firing video. That alone makes it very appealing to me. I'd be drooling over a chance to use this
#277933 Ace 49 Spring Replacement In Nightfinder, Problems.
Posted by nostyleguy on 17 June 2010 - 07:30 AM in Modifications
#278294 Midwest Nerf Conglomerate
Posted by nostyleguy on 22 June 2010 - 05:06 PM in General Nerf
#278330 Splitfire/2k Turret Modification!
Posted by nostyleguy on 22 June 2010 - 10:57 PM in Modifications
I know its pointless to argue about matters of opinion, but was this 'thread-crapping' comment really needed?It seems like this was done a lot better without the rear loading a long time ago.
Split-tech 2k a la Falcon, circa 2006. But you know, thats just like, my opinion, man.
Just to defend the op's mod (which is amazing). I can easily see a bunch of areas where the splitlantern is 'a lot better' than the splittech
1) rear-loading
2) no exposed brass
3) no ugly hot-glue spacers or globs
4) not ridiculously ungainly
5) reloads in one motion vs two
as for the splittech, the only advantage i can see is:
1) 4 salvos instead of 2
#279362 Slide Action, Magazine Fed Side Arm: Sas-5
Posted by nostyleguy on 03 July 2010 - 03:25 PM in Homemades
Can you elaborate a little more on the catch mechanism? Idk if its just the pictures, but the contact rod seems long and angled, but the plunger's catch hole is a circle. I'm likely just misunderstanding.
Great work though, These always make me jealous
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