I've been thinking about stefan-making lately.
I can never seem to get the ends very square, which is annoying, and can often keep darts from firing at all in the KISS guns.
I also have trouble getting darts to be a uniform length, which is a problem with clips.
So, I made the Bowie Knife. It cuts square ends on the darts, and makes them all the same length, which can be adjusted in 1/4" or so increments. In keeping with my usual design requirements, any idiot can build one in about 20 minutes with normal modding tools and household materials.
The main body of it is a piece of 3/4" PVC with a slit cut in it as you can see in the pic. It has notches on either side of it like a gear shift for the adjusting pin to rest in.
The cutting element is a pair of scissors, which is glued to the PVC.
The stopper is a section of a SSPB barrel, which happens to fit nicely in 3/4" PVC. It also happens to be the section which has a kind of donut in it which reduces down to a small opening, which is a good size for a metal BBQ skewer, which I used for the knockout rod. I drilled a hole slightly smaller than a nail, then pounded and glued it in, completing the stopper.
I think that's about it. It's simple and nothing much, but it gets the job done.
