All I need is in that glass box, oh and I have read the first Zombie Survival Guide and its very funny!

In terms of aesthetics, probably this thing:

*snip*

 

Are you able to pump that thing while only holding the pump handle and pistol grip, or would that rip the tank away from the Nitefinder remnants? I think it looks great, it's a totally utilitarian blaster and I can see beauty in that! 

Nothing is wrong with that, that’s normal range for a Wookie bowcaster. Otherwise open it up and see if the tubing to the barrel has a hole in it or is damaged.

I'm a definite now, I can’t wait to see some familiar faces and meet some of the New Jersey nerfers.

Alright, so now I am giving Cheesy a ride to the war so he is a definate as well. We'll be uplate prepairing for the next few hours.

Would you guys have any problem with me bringing my Doomsayer which I plan to tone down to about 70' ranges?

You can add me as a maybe also.
Whats the playing feild like?

Skitzo, where the hell were you? You really missed out on the fun.

Highlights:
Meeting Silencer, Twitch (no not that Twitch), and the group of 11 year olds that said they were 13...
The shield game type being quite successful.
Not having my RFSG break at all
My captain slug breech not failing on me
3/15 Team Death match with pistols/stock guns on the playground
Finding at least 600 darts with Cheesy after everyone went home
Taking one of the teams of two during Shield death match
Hitting Cheesy in the elbow while he was trying to hide behind a tree from 50ft
Hand warmers and Hot Coco

Negatives:
The fucking cold...
Z80 nailing me in the head with a Nat geo gun shooting mega darts
DX nailing me in the head with an insane PAS while I was running from him
Teams were unbalanced in some rounds


I will edit more in, but I think I need to take a nap.

Back when I was 12, I used to search youtube and other video sites for hours, then one day I decided to type in nerf. I then found this http://www.metacafe....rf_gun_hack.swf I tried the mod, then continued to search for nerf mods until I found Nerfhaven

We have one of these at the shop. A friend of mine who knows my hobby has kept bugging me to use it. I've thought about it for nerf, but never really pursued it much simply because of how the plastic tends to slant over sharp edges. If you can somehow fold those down more before removing the blaster, that might make this a bit more functional. Heat gun maybe?

Next I am going to try to raise the shell above the surface of the former so that the edges are sharper.

Is your intention to use these as molds or just use the vacuformed sheet as a shell?

Well if I form with thick enough plastic, Homemade internals could easily be made for the gun, but I may just do something like fiberglass the inside of the mold I made for an exact size replica.

Trying to work with acrylic that thick will melt the actual SS2 before you ever get sharp corners.
You need those sharp corners.
Switch to styrene. And probably no more than .060" thick.
Get some practice under your belt, then you can think about thicker or higher-melt sheet goods.

Its not acrylic, but .030 Petg sheeting. I am very much aware that I need to get the corners sharper, do you think setting the toaster to 500 degrees and using a shop-vacc would solve the problem?

That is extremely neat, but how do you plan on getting the plastic back to the shape of the SS2, since right now it is slightly larger?

Well if I use a thick enough plastic, I could use it as a shell for homemade internals. Or I could fiberglass the inside of the already made mold for a shell that was to scale.


Edit: I tested the mold I made with a mix called Perma-stone-






Seems to work well, but I really need to fix the edges.

Legit Double post:

Click Here for a video of making the SS2 Shell.

This is a great video of the process of vacuum forming. Kudos to Nerfer 9 for editing it for me!

For several months I have been planning what I was going to do, in order to give back to the the NIC I benefited so much from. And in the past few weeks, I have been perfecting the process of Vacuum forming nerf guns.

Vacuum forming, commonly known as vacuforming, is a simplified version of thermoforming, whereby a sheet of plastic is heated to a forming temperature, stretched onto or into a single-surface mold, and held against the mold by applying vacuum between the mold surface and the sheet. The vacuum forming process can be used to make most product packaging, speaker casings and even car dashboards.

Vacuum formers are simple to make and not difficult to use at all. Even Shrub could do it! I won’t take the time to show you how to do it, simply because thousands of people have already done a great job that on Youtube. Go make your own and you won’t regret it.

The goal of this project is to bring back guns of the past, and my objective this whole time has been towards replicating the Crossbow in particular. While I have not fully achieved this, I have had relative success with a replicating half an SS2 shell, and Here is a link to a video that Nerfer 9 edited for me.


Although this project is nowhere near finished, and I am not about to stop until I reach my goal, I hope that the NIC will see this idea and run with it.

Hello again Nerfhaven, today I’ll be showing you how to give your Ultimator a clear plunger tube, minimize the dead-space, and get it to work with a normal compression spring.

Please refer to the write up and the Mcmaster list at the bottom of the page for a materials list.

Step one.
Get your Ultimator

And open it up


Step 2.
Take the barrel and spring

And put them aside

Step 3.
Order a 1’ section of 2.5” ID 2.75” OD Polycarbonate tubing, a pack of K14 springs, and a 2” to 1/2” PVC reducing bushing from Mcmaster


Step 4.
Slap a large metal washer in front of the priming-mech to protect the plastic (Ignore the [k26] spring)


Then go ahead and slide on a cut down K14 spring and bolt the plunger head back on

Step 5. Machining the Plunger tube.
First, cut a slot on the top and bottom of the plunger tube, using the stock one as a guide. I did this using my Band-saw.

The slots were 1.25” wide, on both sides, and went down about 1.75”

Then you will need to line up the plunger tube for the 2 holes on each side that secure the plunger tube to the gun
And drill them out with a 3/8” drill bit

I screwed this part up a bit and had to widen the holes.

I must be wrong, but from the looks of the catch mechanism, is the plunger rod held back by just friction? that can't be right.

Nothing but friction, surprisingly.

Lucian, correct me if I am wrong, but that catch looks very similar to the mechanism used on smooth rod caulk guns.

Judging by Bob's post, and our discussions in #nerfchat.it seems to be the same system

One question though, do you think the catch needs to be reinforced at all? I don't know much about friction catches, but that K14 is BEEFY!

Not at all, it is made out of metal after all.

I'm quite surprised you only get 115' (though it's still plenty of range) out of this mod. The Ultimator has a shockingly huge air cylinder. I don't know how you might test it, but how does the strength of the [k26] springs matchup to the stock spring? How does it do with fewer pumps? I'm left wondering if it's still discharging air long after the dart has left the barrel.

I'll get back to you once I test it with a longer barrel.

Very well done, now this a blaster with style. Out of curiosity, what is the approximate air volume of the plunger tube?
Edit: In the step one pic, "open it up" I can see approximately 8 different colors/textures of carpet in an area roughly 6' x 4'. I just wanted to point that out.

With the plunger head 10 inches from the front, the volume is 49.08"^3

Step 6.
Assemble the gun, tape the bushing, bolt it in, and slap a hopper on it


Alternatively, you can keep the stock spring, and just use the clear plunger tube for a striking visual effect


And for those of you that are curious, this is how the Ultimator catch system works

Issues with this mod:
The Ultimator was able to send a Slug dart 115’ in about 8-10 pumps, however I came across the issue of the plunger rod gradually slipping forward. Maybe some fine tuning will correct it, but be aware of this issue if you decide to do the mod.

Mcmaster-Carr #s:
Plunger tube- 8585K341 1 Ft. Polycarbonate Round Tube, 2-3/4" Od, 2-1/2" Id, 1' Length, Clear

Plunger Tube Bushing- 4880K172 1 Each Std-wall (schedule 40) White Pvc Pipe Fitting, 2" X 1/2", Hex Bushing, Pipe End Male X Socket F

K14 Springs- 9637K14 1 Pack Continuous-length Compression Spring, Spring-tempered Stl, 11" L, 1.093" Od, .105" Wire

Feel free to post and questions, comments, and concerns. I hope this write up was worth your time to read.

I'll put a video up of shooting and priming this beast as soon as my neighbor stops playing Online Poker; so my internet doesn't die every time I try to upload it...

And yes, Blue and Ted, it still shoots the original rocket, which I still have.

And I will try a new longer barrel, once I take off the extension spring.

It seems to be ABS plastic, and by the way, great job, but you might want to include a spacer template for rapid fire 20's.

You guys are forgetting that if you paint the inside, you can’t paint where the internal supports are, or at least it would make the gun look weird.

My parents couldn't put up our tree this year since our new kittens were climbing it.
But I might edit in some pics from last year.

Hang tight, I am assembling (sp?) mine right now, I should have pics up this week.

That gun really does have quite an impressive plunger volume.

2 questions:
How is the stock seal on the plunger head? And, how comfortable is that grip? It seems a little iffy from the pictures

Nice to see you Parkway, tell Zach I say hi!

WTF? Double post.

This could be very helpful for planning about job, but some of the templates are quite crude...

Im out I'll just host my own war.

Well thanks for fucking up this one!

The 13th still works for me, if you guys still want to do a small war.

I'm game for any date in November. Cant wait.

Well fuck.

My dad forgot about this war, scheduled some shit, and my chances of making this have been crippled.

I said it before, and just because you asked me to koree, I will be there for your war, the 13th.

I presume the war is over by now, how was it? And how many people actually showed up?

I personally don’t know how to fix it but I know someone on this site does http://www.sscentral.org/ so just search a little.
I guess I will use my 2nd post for my new couplered turret from a maverick

~Lucian

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So for this Saturday we have:

Me
balisticjoe
JATDO
alextwin007
imaseoulman
SnowFall +1-2 guests
area5100

Who else still?

Edit: List update

I say we split this into 2 wars, one the 22nd, and maybe another Bcno June 5th

Or we could just move the war to May 23 which is Sunday.

There’s enough people for this Saturday, I'll be there, and hopefully the 29th too

I am a definite for tomorrow. BTW, people mentioned weight restrictions...what is this? This is the 5th season of BCNOs and there have never been any restrictions on dart weight or guns here in the past. I've been using slingshot weights since 2006 and there's never been a problem, even when I was still using Max as a primary. I barely check NH during the spring due to track canceling out all the weekends during the spring semester, so if something has changed, let me know. Dart weight restrictions have been non-existent at these older, tri-state area wars. AKA if something has changed across the hobby, it has passed me by...

I don't think anyone said anything about weight restrictions. Just be responsible guys, and we wont have a problem.

EDIT: If anyone has a spare [k26], 2k turret spacer for petg, or titan barrel I could really use them at the war.

I got a 2k spacer for you, and perhaps even a Titan Barrel

Fuck Yea, glad to have there Silencer, dont forget the +bow, I'll have the 3k I hope.

Oh and I got a guest with me, my friend Mac, this will be his first NIC war.

Hey, long time no see! Welcome back friend! This is awesome work!

 

I'd encourage you to reconsider that priming mechanism - it looks like you'd be putting a lot of torque into the delrin rails as you prime? 

 

I'd recommend looking at how people have been priming Tornado Bows! 

So it looks like it'll be scattered thunderstorms and rain the whole time.

It'd be irresponsible to not reschedule the war. 

See you there + 1. I might need someone to spot my GF a blaster, we'll see how my Marshmellow Blaster mod goes!