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[Greydon]

Hello all,

I am new to the whole modding thing. Granted for years I have been removing air restrictors. That has been the extent of my modding until now, and I want your help. I want to start going to wars and want to mod one of my guns to be a gun I will use for the said war. That is why I am doing this.

The project: MY Lanard Blast Bazooka


Below are some pictures. What I am wanting to do is make it a single shot..which when moving the restiritor like I did makes it one. Shoots all Nerf darts and the couple Air zone darts I do have.


I sanded down that gray piece as well so that it was just flush with the orange. I didn't want to damage the orange piece, just in case I wanted to or needed to save it.


Now...This is work in progress I will update as I go. I have measured the distance traveled, but currently don't have it in front of me. I will post that when I get home. What I would like to do to this is make a hopper for it to in crease RoF. I have read the other mods about this, but I don;t want to cut the frame of the gun. Because in my opinion the design is cool, and I would like to keep it. Now should I mark out the hopper from the end of the orange barrel, where the dart would go? Rather should I cut it here? (The spot where the tank meets the orange barrel.)


To add the hopper, If it was at the blue tank. All it would take would be some trimming around this part, and cut off part of the top of the gun.


I have seen other peoples mods and received very different ways of modding it.

I just want to know which would be the best way to do it?

My other, and possibly final question for right now is where do I get the PVC "Y" hookup?

As of tomorrow afternoon I am off of work for a week. I can actually sit down and do this, and will update with pictures as I do.

Edited by Greydon, 16 November 2011 - 02:48 PM.

[Blue]

I don't quite understand what you are trying to do with the hopper placement... sticking it on the end of the barrel will not be very structurally secure, and if you knock your barrel against a tree accidentally or something, that motion will transfer through the orange barrel and possible rip off the entire front part of the air tank. If you are lucky it will just snap the orange barrel. Not to mention it would look terrible.

Cutting the front part is quick and easy. If you don't want to make it permanently hoppered, easy enough! Just PVC coupler it, and connect the wye to the coupler when you want to use it. Or you can just make a plug piece for the wye instead of the clip. You can also maintain the look of the gun, just make a hole in the shell for the clip to pop out of. And if you want to still use the orange barrel, cut it off the tank at the seam and wrap blue tape around the base until it fits snug in the coupler. I've found that other tapes have too much friction or unravel over time.

Wye's (1/2", the ones we use) are only available online through distributors or sellers here. Don't bother looking around your hardware store, or even a specialty plumbing store, because they will not have them. You can also try making your own wye.

[Greydon]

thanks Blue.

Cutting the front part is quick and easy. If you don't want to make it permanently hoppered, easy enough! Just PVC coupler it, and connect the wye to the coupler when you want to use it. Or you can just make a plug piece for the wye instead of the clip. You can also maintain the look of the gun, just make a hole in the shell for the clip to pop out of. And if you want to still use the orange barrel, cut it off the tank at the seam and wrap blue tape around the base until it fits snug in the coupler. I've found that other tapes have too much friction or unravel over time.

I want to get rid of the orange barrel completely with the hopper replacement.

Maybe still be able to use the stock dimensions of the shell to house the barrel from the wye. I mean by replacing the orange barrel with a smaller PVC one coming from the front hole. (See Picture #2) By using the holder, the orange barrel is in, on the gun. I plan on running the coupler through there. Then from there connect the hopper.

Wye's (1/2", the ones we use) are only available online through distributors or sellers here. Don't bother looking around your hardware store, or even a specialty plumbing store, because they will not have them. You can also try making your own wye.

Would buying a Tee..and then a 1/2" cpvc or pvc 45 degree elbow work? 45 degree fitting

What I am getting at here is cutting them to make a wye if I had too. would that be possible?

[thesaz123]

First off, I do NOT recommend making your own wyes. They are a pain to make, they need to be sanded a ton to be able to feed correctly, and if you encounter a problem after you glue the PVC tee to the cut-in-half 90 degree PVC elbow, you can't take it off easily to re-sand.

Just buy a wye and make your life a whole lot simpler! Now granted, since they are a specialty PVC fitting, they won't be cheap, you can buy them at www.flexpvc.com , and they are around a dollar a piece (which isn't bad) but the shipping is a killer! Nearly $10 for shipping. If you're going to buy a wye, buy more than 5, and re-sell them at nerf wars, or use them to hopper-ify other blasters, and it might be worthwhile for you.

[Exo]

First off, I do NOT recommend making your own wyes. They are a pain to make, they need to be sanded a ton to be able to feed correctly, and if you encounter a problem after you glue the PVC tee to the cut-in-half 90 degree PVC elbow, you can't take it off easily to re-sand.

I heartily recommend trying to make your own wyes. I made one, and while it was a bit of work, it was worth it. You just need to think about how the darts are moving, and what plastic might be in the way, and hold the two halves together, and do lots of pre-glueing feeding tests.

You may want to check out DMK hoppers on NerfRev, they require CPVC fittings, but they do the same thing as regular wyes.

I would also think about electrical conduit curves. Jerm made a wye from a 45 degree conduit curve a while back.

[TheSilentRebel]

Homemade wyes can be a pain, but to save $10, I say it's worth it. Depending on your location, someone is probably selling wyes at a War that is near you for around $2-3 each.
However, if you want a clear PVC clip (very useful) for your hopper, you can order that off of Flexpvc.com as well.

Edited by TheSilentRebel, 16 November 2011 - 06:26 PM.

[Greydon]

I heartily recommend trying to make your own wyes. I made one, and while it was a bit of work, it was worth it. You just need to think about how the darts are moving, and what plastic might be in the way, and hold the two halves together, and do lots of pre-glueing feeding tests.

You may want to check out DMK hoppers on NerfRev, they require CPVC fittings, but they do the same thing as regular wyes.

I would also think about electrical conduit curves. Jerm made a wye from a 45 degree conduit curve a while back.

I contacted him so I knew where he got the idea from and found out where it was. I went to my local ACE hardware and found all the parts I needed for a lot cheaper than Home Depot. This is my current hopper, until I get my wyes and clear tubing. The top pvc pipe...is 7 inches long. It is very air tight, and I get a little pop when the dart comes out. I a pleased with it.



It Works! i made a few stefans to see how it would work. It is smooth. I like how it works. This maybe a permanent hopper too. Now all I have to do is cut part of the gun casing so that the ball valve can stick out of the gun. Then I can actually use the hopper.