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[Team Slaya]

Ok. First of all, the FAR is awsome, but the instructions that come with it aren't thorough enough. First of all, the 1/2" coupler over the 1/2" PVC does not slide on easy AT ALL, even after 45+ minutes of boring and sanding it down. Second, i don't get how the barrel is put together, at all. Not even a bit. Third, i need to know what the sizes of the springs are for the Main and Action springs, because giving me a model # didn't really help. Any suggestions/tips??

TS

*EDIT* Is there any way you could make me an FAR? If so, what would you price it at? *END EDIT*

Edited by Team_Slaya, 07 May 2005 - 08:29 PM.

[Renegade]

If you have questions for Boltsniper, it's be better to just PM him, or post it on this topic. There really wasn't a need to post a new topic. Anyways, good luck making a FAR.

[boltsniper]

I really don`t know how I could be more thorough. The plans detail 90% of the design. There is room for more detail but I think most of you are smart enough to interpolate whats missing. You will need a power tool....aka Dremel...to bore out the PVC. Doing it by hand will take you an eternity to sand, bore, and shape all the parts needed. With a Dremel you can bore a coupler out in about 30 seconds. If you can`t follow the plans, I really don`t think I can help you. The barrel is just 1/2" PVC. The spacer is just layers of concentric PVC. The chamber is the only tricky part, but even it is just a section of PVC. I setailed this part in the plans to help illustrate this better. Just look at the crosse section in the plans and layer the parts as shown. The main spring is an AR15 buffer spring...... Search for it and you will find a myriad of online distributors of these springs The rifle is designed around this spring and to use any other spring will require a redesign of the eniter gun. I really doubt you can find a spring with the same size and properties as and AR spring easier than just obtaining an AR spring.... The action spring is a plain tension spring that you can pick up at Lowes or Home Depot. The particular one I used is 4" unstretched. You could use slightly longer or shorter ones and it would work fine.


I do not have the time to make these and sell them.... Make your own version. You will be much more satisfied using something you created than something someone else made.....

Good luck

[nerfspecialforces]

Maybe I should make and sell them...

Prices for one would be...(just wondering what you would pay)

[MattPaintballer]

Prices for one would be...(just wondering what you would pay)

$-64

Then I could buy a Crossbow. Currently I don't have enough money for one, because of a certain asshole.

Oh, and I doubt you would be able to make one. The only thing you're good at is getting a bunch of people pissed off at you.

[Team Slaya]

Yeah, thanks matt, that really helps morale. If you're not going to say anything constructive about what i'm trying to do, whether you think i can do it or not, then don't say anything. I don't care about your opinion. Anyway, i think i have a pretty slim chance of actually building it, but i don't, personally, care. I'd rather know that I did it, and failed, than not doing it at all because some asshole told me to.

Anyway Bolt, i have a dremel, and i bored out a coupler, as advertised. But when i tried to slip it on the 1/2" PVC, it's a bitch to get on, and i could only get it about an inch or so up the coupler before it stuck. Thats what's really gotten me so far. Other parts i need have stopped me from going further on with it.

[boltsniper]

Anyway Bolt, i have a dremel, and i bored out a coupler, as advertised. But when i tried to slip it on the 1/2" PVC, it's a bitch to get on, and i could only get it about an inch or so up the coupler before it stuck. Thats what's really gotten me so far. Other parts i need have stopped me from going further on with it.

Just keep boring until it does slip over completely. I find using the sanding drums is the quickest for doing this.

[MattPaintballer]

Team_Slaya, sorry, that post was directed at NSF. I am extremely mad at him and will most likely stay that way for a long, long time.

Good luck, I hope you complete it. Again, sorry.

[Team Slaya]

oh ok, no hard feelings Matt. Oh, and i FINALLY got one over a 1/2 pvc. Thanks for the help guys.

[Team Slaya]

heh, now there's another question. Whats the difference between CPVC and PVC? In your intructions you call for CPVC to go inside a piece of PVC, so i can guess that it's smaller, but i'm just making sure.

TS

[nickynine]

CPVC is Chlorinated Poly-Vinyl Chloride and PVC is Poly-Vinyl Chloride. CPVC is measured by the outside diameter and PVC is measured by the inner diameter

[MattPaintballer]

CPVC is Chlorinated Poly-Vinyl Chloride and PVC is Poly-Vinyl Chloride. CPVC is measured by the outside diameter and PVC is measured by the inner diameter

PVC is usually measured incorrectly, too.

[SKIZ]

I may as well continue on this topic as i am not getting to many hits on the other topic posted. I am also building the far and i was woundering if you could tell me how the hell you makr the 1 1/4" pvc t-joints how they are. ie. They are at an angle so that the magazine also angles.

I would also like to know what the Far is capable of PSI wise.

OFF TOPIC

Boltsniper i do not mean to sound like an asshole as i think what your constructing kicks ass but in past post you have said that (

You will be much more satisfied using something you created than something someone else made.....)

but trust me i would love to make this thing because it looks cool and i do not have the skills to make such an awsome contraption. I admit after looking at the plans for a while you can figure most of it out but unfortuantlly the lack of writting makes it hard to figure out what to do with custom made pieces of material. (t-pieces)

[boltsniper]

I may as well continue on this topic as i am not getting to many hits on the other topic posted. I am also building the far and i was woundering if you could tell me how the hell you makr the 1 1/4" pvc t-joints how they are. ie. They are at an angle so that the magazine also angles.

I would also like to know what the Far is capable of PSI wise.

OFF TOPIC

Boltsniper i do not mean to sound like an asshole as i think what your constructing kicks ass but in past post you have said that (

You will be much more satisfied using something you created than something someone else made.....)

but trust me i would love to make this thing because it looks cool and i do not have the skills to make such an awsome contraption. I admit after looking at the plans for a while you can figure most of it out but unfortuantlly the lack of writting makes it hard to figure out what to do with custom made pieces of material. (t-pieces)

I realize some points aren`t addressed 100% in the plans. But I don`t see the fun in building an exact copy from step by step plans either.

Anyway, the mag well pieces are fabricated from 2 1/1/4" T-joints each. Cut the "T" part oif the fitting off with a dremel. Cut on the line where the corner is made....ie 45 degree angle to the pipe directions. The actual leg that forms the mag well is cut from the second T-joint only because it needs to be longer than the portion initially cut off the first peice. Miter both pieces to create the appropriate angles and bond them together. thsi is one of those things that you can`t really describe in words. Look at the second image on the Upper receiver page of the plans. It shows both mag well pieces as they would be placed on the 1/1/4" PVC. The inside of the entire resulting pieces has to be ground down so it will slip on 1/1/4" PVC. This takes a lot of material removal. If you had troube with a 1/2" coupler you are gonna hate this....

You can`t really give the power of a spring gun in psi. The mechanisms of a spring gun and air gun are very different. The range of a spring gun is dependant on the plunger acceleration which is governed by the spring. There is a increase in pressure behind the dart before the friction of the dart is overcome. Once the dart starts moving though the pressure will remain constant.

[benjyheins]

Boltsniper,
I have just started my own FAR. I am very impressed with your plans. Just to clarify, even though you probably have already, the 1/2" PVC pipe is SCH 40 also, right? I know the 1" is 200 PSI and 1 1/4" is SCH 40 and want to check about the 1/2" pipe. Thanks alot for the idea and guide.

[boltsniper]

Boltsniper,
I have just started my own FAR. I am very impressed with your plans. Just to clarify, even though you probably have already, the 1/2" PVC pipe is SCH 40 also, right? I know the 1" is 200 PSI and 1 1/4" is SCH 40 and want to check about the 1/2" pipe. Thanks alot for the idea and guide.

Yup, just plain old run-of-the-mill SCH40 1/2" PVC rated at 600 psi with a 5/8" ID.

[notorious oxide]

i have discovered that cows are an excellent source of protien,
and im not sure if it has been clarified yet but if you are having trouble finding the coil for the magazine you can get them from a good ol tape measure. you jusl open the thing inside that says do not open:D