- December 1st, 2011, 5:28 pm#363533
Very clean, indeed. Have you given any thought to keeping the wring away from the moving bits once you start packing them in?
ChapterMasterTu'Shan wrote:Very clean, indeed. Have you given any thought to keeping the wring away from the moving bits once you start packing them in?Maybe this will be not too much complicated (at least I hope), by shortening the wires unnecessarily too long, fixing and protecting them with zip ties, tape, heat shrink, separators, hooks or something, and overall keeping the room very tidy. I'm doing many attempts and test to avoid mistakes before every progress. My biggest concern now is that @#][]@$£"! single pole pushbutton.
c.fago wrote:You make me blush! I only hope to find the time and the calm to complete this project I've been chasing for nearly 20 years.ChapterMasterTu'Shan wrote:Very clean, indeed. Have you given any thought to keeping the wring away from the moving bits once you start packing them in?Maybe this will be not too much complicated (at least I hope), by shortening the wires unnecessarily too long, fixing and protecting them with zip ties, tape, heat shrink, separators, hooks or something, and overall keeping the room very tidy. I'm doing many attempts and test to avoid mistakes before every progress. My biggest concern now is that @#][]@$£"! single pole pushbutton.
julz wrote:Do you think you could take some more pictures of your set up..I would love the bit of metal that's attached near the side disks and how you secured it, how you secured the bit of metal to the copper lever and lastly how it attaches to the acrylic tube itself...That's for you:
julz wrote:Given how smoothly it pops out...if the lever is pulled down fast enough it looks like it comes out spring loaded anyway...i'm wondering if they did indeed do something similar for the original movie. If you look at the special features there is that bit where you see the acrylic tube slowly coming out like it is being pushed...That's just what I think about. In the above video the speed of the movement was limited by the fact I had the left hand busy holding the camera instead of the front handle. I can assure you otherwise the movement is as fast as if it was spring loaded, but with the added ability to pick up the barrel by the same lever and without the risk of stressing too much the acrilyc tube I experimented in my previuos attempts. Also, if I'm not wrong, on the screen used guns the angle traced by the green lever looks as wide as you need to extend the correct lenght of the barrel by this way. A spring loaded system maybe would have required a smaller pushing action.
ChapterMasterTu'Shan wrote:Are you able to fit the wiring through to the tip of the barrel?Yes I can. The whole piece is hollow for the entire lenght.
xtrmn8r17 wrote:Awesome! Rare earth magnets?None required for what he built, looks like standard home depot cabinet hardware.
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gdonovan wrote:Absolutely correct! They are just simple cabinet door magnets from hardware store, extracted from their shell and glued in place with cyanoacrylate. This is the type I used:xtrmn8r17 wrote:Awesome! Rare earth magnets?None required for what he built, looks like standard home depot cabinet hardware.
kevinj319 wrote:This is exactly what I wanted to try -- thank you for posting this. Your pictures will surely reduce the amount of trial and error.I'm really happy to be useful to the members of this great forum after having learned so much from here through the years.
CPU64 wrote:Looking awesome sir!I'm also very glad that the maker of my gun body is proud of what I 'm doing with it! Thanks for the suggestions, sadly I'm not yet skilled about welding, above all with metals different from iron. Anyway I'm used to degrease and make the surface rough with coarse sandpaper before gluing. I hope this is enough.
I also jumped the band wagon and started a gun for myself. Only difference is I'm using a simple spring release system for the barrel.
One tip I feel I should share. Whenever you can, use solder instead of epoxy when bonding smooth metals. Mainly the green lever arm. And of course some brass instead of aluminum. Epoxy sometimes feels like not holding things together anymore. :3
Great work and I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.
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