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#184131 Modification and Paintjob Pictures
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on 16 October 2008 - 04:29 PM
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#136497 Lancer
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on 19 January 2008 - 05:29 PM
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Modifications
Congratulations on making Kotaku, FA. Nice mod, too.
#84561 Where To Buy Modding Materials
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on 07 July 2006 - 11:15 PM
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Modifications
McMaster-Carr no longer ships to individuals in Canada. At least, they wouldn't ship me 4 mm threaded rod, apparently due to problems with customs. Can any other Canadians verify this?
#89108 New Longshot Mod/integration
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on 05 September 2006 - 03:50 PM
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Modifications
Um, how is editing the photo of your gun considered painting? And yes it does look good in black. I'm mostly finished with the paint work on mine.
He was just doing a mock-up of what it might look like painted black.Well, I was bored.
So, I decided to see what it would look like with a paint job.
Everything that was blue, is black.
Beautiful work by the way. I wasn't planning to get a LS, but now I just might need to.
#143632 Arr!
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on 03 March 2008 - 02:18 PM
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Homemades
You put your other hand on another ARR.Also, the new design doesn't look like it will have a place to put the other hand like every bullpup assault rifle that ever existed.
Dur.
#167448 Arr!
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on 08 August 2008 - 05:37 PM
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Homemades
Have you decided which QEV and directional control valve you're going to use?
#147091 Arr!
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on 26 March 2008 - 11:50 AM
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Homemades
I hate to play the ignorant one, but I'm having trouble understanding the air circuit, could you lay it out for us? I really like the aesthetics of the design, I just want to understand how it works.
#85697 Trigger Designs
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on 25 July 2006 - 09:31 AM
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Homemades
That system looks like it would be perfect for a nested-brass breech/ open bolt assembly. It could attatch right to the output, and the action of the bolt closing would also open the valve. This really makes me want to build a semi-auto.
#84797 Boltsniper Bs-9 Nerf Tactical Sidearm
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on 11 July 2006 - 03:21 PM
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Homemades
Yes I can host the CAD files in other formats. I hosted an IGES veresion of the BS-8 mag well for a member of Boltsniper.com and I can do the same for the BS-9 parts. I am limited in what format I can save to. In addition to IGS, I can go to STL which might be useful. I cannot go to DXF or DWG straight from SW.
I have looked at that website before and I think its a great idea. I don`t think this part is going to be cheap though. I notice that they are offereing FDM and I wonder how much they are charging for that.
I`ll host the magazine in multiple formats on BS.com.
Perfect. Excellent. Wonderful.
Of course, you're probably right about the price, but you have to pay for quality, right?
Oh, and I forgot to mention how cool the Bs-9 is.
It's really cool.
#84914 Boltsniper Bs-9 Nerf Tactical Sidearm
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on 12 July 2006 - 10:59 PM
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Homemades
Do you think it would be feasible to bond the shortened plunger, spring, and spring perch into one unit? This would allow you to use the current catch, because the unit couldn't twist (much).
#84785 Boltsniper Bs-9 Nerf Tactical Sidearm
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on 11 July 2006 - 01:27 PM
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Homemades
Boltsniper, could you post some kind of CAD version of the magazine on your site, something other than a Solidworks file? I could convert this to a DXF file myself, and get one cut by eMachine Shop. This might also be something you could direct all the folks who ask you to sell them a mag/magwell to.
#193498 Maverick / Titan Integration
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on 02 December 2008 - 02:52 PM
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Modifications
That is one damn good looking mod. A scattergun would probably make this an effective secondary, because even when you panic and pull it out, you're still sending a lot of foam at the target.
#185563 Hell Before Halloween. #2
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on 25 October 2008 - 10:03 PM
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Nerf Wars
It was my first war , and a damn fine one. The weather was decent, and really excellent towards the middle of the day. My NF was even more useless than VACC had predicted, and unreliable to boot, and my Magstrike crapped out on me, but FA24 lent me a coupler modded AT2K that served admirably. I was amazed at the variety of blasters people brought along, that was nifty. I'm looking forward to seeing the pictures, but that will have to wait.
My thanks to everyone who helped make this a great war.
My thanks to everyone who helped make this a great war.
#192821 Fang Automatic Nerf Gun, Prototype 1
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on 29 November 2008 - 06:52 PM
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Homemades
This looks really excellent. It's nice to see a semi-auto homemade that's so simple, with mainly off-the-shelf parts.
#165775 Directional Control Valve Actuated Qev
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on 31 July 2008 - 11:14 PM
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Homemades
Wow, this is great. As much fun as it is trying to make a decent valve system with PVC and a dremel, I like this even more.
#156751 Favorite Video Game Weapon
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on 23 May 2008 - 06:06 PM
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Off Topic
I play Halo CE, 2, and 3 pretty exclusively. M6D Pistol from Halo CE is my favorite. As Vociferous on the Ascendant Justice blog so eloquently put it, "The piece of God's throne that was subsequently lost".
#110700 It's Clean-up Time!
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on 11 June 2007 - 02:11 PM
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News
Yes[Pineapple Hates]...ASCII rabbits in their signatures.
Yes. I concur. That is all.
#279721 Preeminent Plunger Head
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on 07 July 2010 - 08:41 PM
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Homemades
The word you're looking for is "countersink". Good tutorial, and a very clean end-product.2nd method: (...) For the second method, you'll need to create a funnel of sorts for the screw head so it doesn't get caught on the roofing nail catch.
#195710 Massacre
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on 12 December 2008 - 07:38 PM
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Nerf Wars
I'd love to pick up a few longshot/recon mags while I'm at this war, if someone has extras. Price negotiable.
#196031 Massacre
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on 14 December 2008 - 02:04 AM
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Nerf Wars
Kickass war. Not equal to HBH, but excellent considering the circumstances.
Highlights from my day include a sweet team doubles game with Crooked, coming in second to "Uncle Fester".
Some damn fine hits from across the gym with by borrowed AT3K, and some equally amazing shots scored on me.
Forsaken's collection keeps these afloat, he's really doing an incredible amount getting the Canadian nerfer thing going, especially with his wicked arsenal. A lot of high powered blasters in a pretty small room!
Excellent seeing people come up from Stateside, too!
Huge thanks to everyone who helped put this together.
Highlights from my day include a sweet team doubles game with Crooked, coming in second to "Uncle Fester".
Some damn fine hits from across the gym with by borrowed AT3K, and some equally amazing shots scored on me.
Forsaken's collection keeps these afloat, he's really doing an incredible amount getting the Canadian nerfer thing going, especially with his wicked arsenal. A lot of high powered blasters in a pretty small room!
Excellent seeing people come up from Stateside, too!
Huge thanks to everyone who helped put this together.
#175086 What Kind Of Rifle Would You Want Made Into A Nerf Rifle
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on 04 September 2008 - 11:34 PM
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Homemades
Ugh...
This shit doesn't belong in Homemades. There are no homemade guns in this thread. If this was in General Nerf or some other sub-forum, I wouldn't post, but Homemades is my haven within the Haven, and I would appreciate it if some effort was made to keep the level of quality that we see from posters like Captain Slug, Carbon, Doom, and the like. Ompa too, if he's still around.
Bugger off with the fantasy-milsim crap, alright?
This shit doesn't belong in Homemades. There are no homemade guns in this thread. If this was in General Nerf or some other sub-forum, I wouldn't post, but Homemades is my haven within the Haven, and I would appreciate it if some effort was made to keep the level of quality that we see from posters like Captain Slug, Carbon, Doom, and the like. Ompa too, if he's still around.
Bugger off with the fantasy-milsim crap, alright?
#83146 Mad Hornet Cpvc Mod
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on 11 June 2006 - 08:54 PM
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Modifications
Golly-Darn, those are some fine close-ups you have there. The focus on my camera won't get anything less than 9". Any tips on how to get 'em so good, or is it just the camera?
Nice mod too, but why do you stick with stock darts?
Nice mod too, but why do you stick with stock darts?
#116771 My First Homemade. (i Changed The Topic Name.)
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on 22 July 2007 - 09:59 AM
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Homemades
Won't the action of firing put off your aim? The point of a trigger system is to reduce the motion needed to fire the gun, and improve accuracy, isn't it?.
#85301 Rolling Mag
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on 18 July 2006 - 06:06 PM
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Homemades
If you look at the cross-section in the diagram, you can see that the magazine could rotate for more than one dart length. I really like this idea, and if you used a modified Unknown breech or nested brass breech, I don't think you would need a back+forth action to the breech, either.
#79336 Near
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on 09 April 2006 - 07:05 PM
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Homemades
Ompa, that is one inspiring weapon you have created. With the tube clip it has more than a passing resemblance to the M90 shotgun from Halo, and it's a shame that that didn't work out. I plan on doing something similiar, but possibly with an injector to help the dart into the chamber.
Again, Beautiful work.
Again, Beautiful work.
#201653 What The Fuck?
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on 07 January 2009 - 03:49 PM
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Modifications
I have to say, this looks pretty fucking clean for this kind of hackery. Perhaps to increase the trigger pull you could turn the pressure release valve around and then use a lever to operate it. The lever could both reverse and change the length the pull.
Anyways, I like how good it looks.
Anyways, I like how good it looks.
#112809 Star Wars Dart Shooters
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on 24 June 2007 - 12:27 PM
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Modifications
I blame the lack of range on the shorter barrel in that rebel/NF trooper gun.
I think this blaster would be easy to fix, in that respect. You could rip out the plunger/rod assembly, move it back a couple inches, then just add an extension onto the trigger plate. Perhaps use a coupler with a slot in it to to keep the catch-plate in place.
Kinda Like That.
#156387 Scout Paintjob
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on 20 May 2008 - 07:50 AM
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I like the paintjobs. They're subtle, and you don't see that much on nerf blasters. Excellent work.
#184302 Nightfinder W/ Magazine
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on 17 October 2008 - 12:56 PM
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It'd be great as a catch for a removable magazine, true, but then you'd need another addition to the magazine to keep all the darts from popping out of a loaded magazine. The only removable (straight feed) magazine that I recall was for Ompa's magazine-in-handle pistol, and he used a piece of thread wrapped over the top of the magazine to keep the darts in. Of course, CaptainSlug has posted some retainer ideas, and I have a few myself, but for simplicity's sake I think I'll stick with a fixed magazine. For this blaster, anyhow...
Edit: Also, I just noticed an extensive selection of rare-earth magnets in the Lee Valley hardware catalog. Spherical, hemispherical, ring, cylinder, cupped, everything you could want.
Edit: Also, I just noticed an extensive selection of rare-earth magnets in the Lee Valley hardware catalog. Spherical, hemispherical, ring, cylinder, cupped, everything you could want.
#184117 Nightfinder W/ Magazine
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on 16 October 2008 - 03:34 PM
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Modifications
Magnets are a good idea, but it is important to me for the blaster to feel solid, so I'll probably go with a different system in the long run. Glue would be fine for when the blaster is operational, but I want to be able to take it apart to fix broken parts, jams, etc.
#184101 Nightfinder W/ Magazine
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on 16 October 2008 - 02:39 PM
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Modifications
Thanks for the compliments.
It's actually a dollar-store knockoff TTG, so I had no hesitations donating it to this blaster. The magazine spring is made of a constant force spring from inside a cheap tape measure. Be careful when bending these, they're fairly brittle.
The joint between the brass and the actuator rod was difficult. I've bent a tab up from the brass through the slot. The rod was ground to have a flat face on it, and then superglued to the tab. Then I wrapped some thin wire around it, and superglued that as well. This is my third solution to this problem, hopefully it holds.
I think that with some more mods the range will improve. Later I'll re-seat the O-ring, add another spring, and see what the ranges are.
I don't want the plunger hitting home on the brass boltface, especially if I double up the springs, so I didn't make the spring oversized. In fact, I padded the plunger with an evazote foam ring because I was so afraid of it destroying itself.
It took me a while, yeah. I wasn't keeping track, but it was the finicky little things that have taken the longest; the connections, the tiny little cuts, etc.
It's actually a dollar-store knockoff TTG, so I had no hesitations donating it to this blaster. The magazine spring is made of a constant force spring from inside a cheap tape measure. Be careful when bending these, they're fairly brittle.
The joint between the brass and the actuator rod was difficult. I've bent a tab up from the brass through the slot. The rod was ground to have a flat face on it, and then superglued to the tab. Then I wrapped some thin wire around it, and superglued that as well. This is my third solution to this problem, hopefully it holds.
I think that with some more mods the range will improve. Later I'll re-seat the O-ring, add another spring, and see what the ranges are.
I don't want the plunger hitting home on the brass boltface, especially if I double up the springs, so I didn't make the spring oversized. In fact, I padded the plunger with an evazote foam ring because I was so afraid of it destroying itself.
It took me a while, yeah. I wasn't keeping track, but it was the finicky little things that have taken the longest; the connections, the tiny little cuts, etc.
#184091 Nightfinder W/ Magazine
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on 16 October 2008 - 02:03 PM
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Modifications
Breaching a secondary or sidearm is, generally speaking, incredibly impractical for use in a nerf war.
And with that in mind, this is my Nightfinder with a fixed magazine. Credit to Ompa and Boltsniper for the basics of the breech design.
It uses a 10 dart fixed magazine made of polycarbonate and a nested brass breech. The only other modification, aside from the breech, is a spring replacement, using a section of AR-15 spring. Ranges are 40'-45'
After cocking, the breech is actuated with the upper handle. The section of 17/32" brass slides into the plunger tube, allowing a dart to pop in. Close the breech, and it's ready to fire. Note: Currently the magazine is taped on. I'm going to need to add some hardpoints to attach it to the shell with.
A close up of the internals:
Questions and comments are welcome.
#184186 Nightfinder W/ Magazine
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on 16 October 2008 - 07:09 PM
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Modifications
I think (and I don't know, this is my first modification) that it would be about the same as a Nightfinder with a coupler and loaded barrel. My original intent was to attach the breech actuator to the stock cocking handle, and then put it on a spring return, so that normal operation would be exactly the same as stock, but it would autoload. As it turns out, the brass breech creates a lot of friction, so I would need a strong spring to make this work, not to mention a way to have the actuating rod detach from the cocking handle midway through the pull. Who knows, maybe I'll return to it at a later date and address these issues.
As for the magnets, if I see some, I'll pick some up if I see them, but for now I'm going to pursue a hardware solution.
As for the magnets, if I see some, I'll pick some up if I see them, but for now I'm going to pursue a hardware solution.
#184128 Nightfinder W/ Magazine
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on 16 October 2008 - 04:13 PM
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Modifications
The magazine is made out of 3mm tinted polycarbonate. Right now loading is kind of fiddly, because you need to hold down the darts that have been loaded through the loading port while you insert new ones, but I've cut a slot that runs all the way up the back of the magazine, so I'm adding a little wire handle that pulls the follower down, just like on Boltsniper's BS-9.
As for a writeup, I'm not going to do a comprehensive one. The BS-9 page goes in depth on the breech system, and other than that it's pretty straightforward. I'll be more than happy to help with any specific questions though.
As for a writeup, I'm not going to do a comprehensive one. The BS-9 page goes in depth on the breech system, and other than that it's pretty straightforward. I'll be more than happy to help with any specific questions though.
#87100 Gmail Invites
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on 10 August 2006 - 11:10 PM
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Off Topic
I know this is old, but...
If anyone has an invite they can spare, I would eagerly accept it.
address: wantgmail88@yahoo.ca
Thanks.
If anyone has an invite they can spare, I would eagerly accept it.
address: wantgmail88@yahoo.ca
Thanks.
#167444 Design For Comments/critique
Posted by
on 08 August 2008 - 05:18 PM
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Homemades
You're going to need a couple check valves before the air tanks, or else you'll dump both tanks when you fire the first shot.
#140272 The Snap-4m
Posted by
on 14 February 2008 - 06:03 PM
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Homemades
Wingardium Leviosa!I actually had an image of using it like a sword or wand, but I think that's probably going to go away.
But really, I like the idea of a hilt style grip. Keeps the whole "tiny" form factor.
#84448 Behold!
Posted by
on 06 July 2006 - 03:12 PM
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General Nerf
*Drool*
1) Can I have it?
2) # of Shots per Tank Fill?
3) Can I have It?
4) Is That a Staggered Clip?
5) Can I have it?
6) How did you get your hands on one?
Thanks. and Wow.
1) Can I have it?
2) # of Shots per Tank Fill?
3) Can I have It?
4) Is That a Staggered Clip?
5) Can I have it?
6) How did you get your hands on one?
Thanks. and Wow.
