cheapo y-grip (pictures)

[Bad_Dog]

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/4630/homemadeygrip4.jpg

:D :p

[The Action Figure]

but does it work

[slade]

dude... if that worked, id buy it... just for the hilarity of it.

[RtDaNiMaL]

nicely done... i will take one, and when do you expect tem to come out and how much is the price reange? lol just kiddin' :shooting:

[Bad_Dog]

you bet it works!

Sold to Slade for $100! ;)

yeah, its made out of MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard), and the triggers are made out of maple stock...

works fine, and since my junker mag only had a carbon fiber grip frame... this is a step in the right direction!

BTW... its definatly ULE...

[Ov3rmind]

I'd like to see a video of that thing firing.

[Duck Hunt]

That is AWESOME!!! As an avid wood worker I'm impressed! Wee need final pics and a vid!!!

Sean

[SanDiegoMag]

Perhaps you could also make the rail, the feedneck and possibly the field strip screw also wooden. ;)

[Bad_Dog]

the rail is in progress :)

and I already made a twist lock barrel on my friends lathe... but when I fired it the bolt shattered the twist lock part :(

[SanDiegoMag]

You gotta use ironwood then!

[MrHanky04]

hey if you can lower the price on it, i'll buy it.

[Bad_Dog]

Ironwood wouldnt work too well... It tends to split when it gets thin (like as in a barrel) and its waxy texture wouldnt allow the paintballs to go through it too well...

but hey, atleast it would be waterproof!

[rifleman wi]

yea.. i was there to help in its making..my y grip was the pattern.. it rules... i made the 2 triggers sitting next to it, sweet huh?.. i could kinda fan it.. but since the valves junk it froze up (co2).. cant wait till he finishes it :) :shooting: :headbang:

[SpecialBlend2786]

that looks awesome! how are tolerance issues?

[Target Practice]

Bravo! I like the trigger on the right, btw. That spike look is pretty cool. Hey, get a nice, strong piece of stock, and make a drop for it. Heck, make yourself a balsa loader! Just don't get it shot to crap, is all.

[jesseyo13]

I would love to see a wood ule body! :headbang:

[rifleman wi]

..im thinkin next time imma hook it up to my X valve and bounce it till the trigger snaps... :D :shooting:

[1stdeadeye]

Uh oh. He is infringing on Tom's Patent. Here come the lawyers! ;)

[sneakyhacker420]

i still say that tom should make lower-cost alternatives out of composite fiber like the stock single triggers - make a CF y-grip, CF intelli, etc

[Carpecerevisi]

oh :wow: ...my :wow: ...jeebus :wow: ...I WANNA VIDEO! Seriously, thats great work! Thats gonna be my desktop image for quite awhile methinks... :headbang:

[68_Classic]

nice man

[slade]

hmm.... can you intellifeed it?

[ojhspyro89]

If i knew how the internals worked and all that stuff, i could make one from aluminum on the mill.

ID buy one.

[Bad_Dog]

it cant be intellilinked the way it is, I cut off the bracket piece...

but next to come is one made of plexiglass :D

I have some 3/4 inch plexi from the ice rink where I work :p

[sneakyhacker420]

thats gonna be pimp! plexi-intelli-frame

[slade]

try making a vert frame next

[coolcatpete]

The tiggers are hot. You should make the whole mag except the valve out of wood, That wood be hot.
Pete :rofl:

[jayloo]

Having been a cabinet maker and wood worker I must say that is pretty cool. Im sure it wiil work however not for long. Wood on metal is never a good idea. So lets see an all wood paintball marker :D

[OysterBoy]

Pleeeease bad dog, its your buddy, oyster.... gimmme a frame...

In all seriousness how much for a plexi frame? Dont say one human soul cause I'm all out :(.

[FSU_Paintball]

Wow. Now that is something else. Good job, though :)

[trevorjk]

In all seriousness how much for a plexi frame? Dont say one human soul cause I'm all out :(.

so what did you buy? :D

[OysterBoy]

A chicken wing.

[jdhogg]

i bet taht would work fine for a real long time, if there wasnt a tank hanging from it. If you had a vertical tank, or one that mounts on the rail right behind the trigger frame, it would be lovely. Im afraid though if you mount one on the grip, it might crack or somethign overtime.

[SIGSays]

i bet you can make a wood body... then carve it into something nice... i bet i could figure it out..

[frontrunner]

i would so buy a plexy y grip, that would be hot

[evan123]

You can stain it a cherry finish. I <3 cherry finished wood. lol :headbang:

[ramenjames]

make everything but the valuve out of wood...that would be ...interesting

[sneakyhacker420]

make everything but the valuve out of wood...that would be ...interestingbut its impossible to find a strong enough wood to support the spring retaining washer and the force of the spring against the body

[deputydan]

Just make the body and rail longer so that the washer can be thicker in the middle, but then the bolt would have to be longer too...

~dan

[1ofkind]

Nows thats gangster