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[Bchamp22795]

Made two new Rainbow Pumps with Mahogany handles. They are shorter with 5.5" of draw, and don't pack as big of a punch as the originals with 7.5". They do have k26s instead of K45's, too. Top one is the old one, the bottom two are new. Middle one is sold. Bottom one is for sale.

[roboman]

CNC'd out of polycarb. One of two, the second will be black UHMW with translucent fluorescent red highlights.

[Pointman9]

A little something I built today because I wanted to have a better rocket launcher. It's ghetto and fugly, but certainly does its job.

Based off of a design by the mod man, but with a few additions. First is an on board battery and compressor. Secondly, I like my stock better.
Not sure what kind of pressures I'm working with right now, but I'm guessing 35 PSI or less. The rocket is going at least 100 feet flat.

[andtheherois]

Shitty cellphone pic. I'll take a better pic when it stops raining in NJ.

FPS 240-250
Range 100+

Edited by andtheherois, 09 May 2013 - 01:23 AM.

[Ryan201821]

[andtheherois]

For hoongfu. LONG overdue. It'll get tested on the 25th then return to Philly with Koree where it will finally be presented to Hoongfu.

[MAV13]

I guess this is considered old school now or something.

[Zorns Lemma]

Secured my foregrip:


Milled a catch:


It catches!


Bonus:

[Pointman9]

Made up a few homemade 45-degree PVC bends for use in choppers.


EDIT: upgraded my shingle carrier.

Edited by Pointman9, 13 May 2013 - 05:45 PM.

[DartSlinger]

I finally completed my PumpSNAP! This is the first homemade I ever made. I built it off of Nerfomania's write-up, and his SNAPbow videos helped me make a working trigger. Everything is mechanically fastened. The handle is wood cut out in the shape of a Nerf Lock 'n Load handle. It is comfortable, but I should have cut it out from a thinner piece of wood. I attached it using the snap-on handle method. The foregrip is not a Nerf Maverick slide. It is a piece of wood cut in the shape of a Maverick slide, and I attached it with three countersunk wood screws. Both the foregrip and handle have been nicely sanded and have several satin coats of varnish on them, so they feel nice to the hands. For the paint, I used Krylon Fusion spray paint, but as it is with all pumpSNAPs, the black coat on the 1.25" PVC will eventually wear off, so I advise using vinyl dye, because it is supposed to be absorbed into plastics and be fairly impossible to rub off. The clothespin trigger is also mechanically attached. This SNAP has an interesting clothespin trigger story. I didn't know any better, so I made my first one using Bondo instead of epoxy putty on the clothespin trigger and the catch ramp, and I also didn't know to round off the nail. Those are mistakes that I will not be making again! All of the parts made with Bondo quickly broke. Fortunately, Nerfomania came out with his video tutorials shortly after that; so I built another SNAP trigger and catch ramp. This second trigger was better than the first was, but it still didn't work. The catch ramp, though, was like a dream. I finally built the third trigger and it worked! I also had to redo all of the screws, the rear bushing that holds the spring in, and the plunger rod. It works well now, though, and the aesthetics are pleasing to the eye, so I'm pretty happy with it. Most importantly, though, I learned a lot during this build.

Early pictures here.
















For even more pictures, here is the Photobucket album.

And here is a YouTube video covering all of the details of this blaster. It also includes a firing and seal test!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naaLmKpM66A

Edited by DartSlinger, 18 May 2013 - 07:40 PM.

[andtheherois]

+bow for titanium2.

[DartSlinger]

I was sick of my SNAP's trigger coming out during rapid firing, so I made a trigger stop for it.



I took a small ring of 1/2" PVC and super glued it to a thin circle of rubber that I cut from this.



I used that so that the trigger stop would not scratch my handle. I then used this adhesive to apply it to the trigger. There is nothing special about this adhesive: goop would work just as well. The reason that I used it was because I needed a slow drying adhesive so that I could adjust it once I applied it.



And here is the finished product. It works very well.

[Zorns Lemma]

[cheerios]

[TheSilentRebel]

Latex Tubing Rainbowpup

[modsfornerf]

My new plusbow.

With a stained thumbhole stock.

[Ryan201821]

Still have a couple revisions I need to do before the final product. More to come this week, hopefully.

These things shoot super lasers, btw.

[KaneTheMediocre]

BullPAC 4 is a 2" bore bullpup pump action crossbow, The OAL is about 28", but without the clunky PVC T stock it's less than 24". 4" of draw, and uses one of the handle-catch-thingies that I've been working on. The catch surface is a bit more like that of a snap, but made out of 3d printed components inside a 3/4" PVC front frame. The front cross was made out of an Aabow part, and could have been a shorter T-type bow mount. It still has issues that I need to work out, including better airflow, seal, and a check valve.

As seen below, the airflow exit area is a bit crowded, and I choked it quite a bit, which I think is reducing efficiency.


The next bullPAC will an improved, larger rod-seal-mount-and-air-output-manifold-thing.

[bhajj94]

Finished up my first non-snap homemade this weekend! Here is my new +bow!

[Lucian]

I've been working on this-

I have a large box the funny wyes coming thursday if anyone wants to message me for one. They're like 10$ in shipping minimum, even to buy one directly.

[Donquixote]

Inspired by modsfornerf, I went about making some wooden stocks for my +bows.



Both hoppers hold 14 darts, and the low pressure ball valves are quite easy to open and shut. Both stocks are maple, and are secured with bolts in the handles, and three 1 1/2" wood screws in the polycarbonate at the back.

The top gun has a clear coat and a 17" barrel of Home Depot CPVC, which I think has a slightly smaller ID than McMaster CPVC.

The bottom gun has a semi-gloss polyurethane stain. It came out very light, but I like how it looks. 12" McMaster barrel.

[Lucian]

Had to wait till Thursday to get the wyes, here we go!

[archangel24]

[Noodleownz]

My SNAP Mk V has a camera mount now:

[Glory1610]

(Hooray, my first post!)
My 2nd and 3rd homemades, and my first experience painting blasters:
Thanks to _Nerfomania_ for letting me know that I could make a RainBow without a scroll saw and a drill press!
The paintjobs and some of the cuts are mediocre (god awful is more like it), but it was a learning experience.