My obligatory personal project for today involved paintball..

[zads27]

Well this takes a little more work than you might think,
but lemme know your opinions.

Be gentle.
:D

[zads27]

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[xmetal2001]

WOW!, That looks really cool!

Nice work.

[Clare]

I like it..what did you use for the clear tubing

[speedballbanks]

that is my gun.

[RT_Luver]

yo dude...thats sweet. I'm STILL TRYING to figure out how to mod my warp into a 12v warp insteada a regular 9

[zads27]

Originally posted by CaPoEiRa
I like it..what did you use for the clear tubing

ZvanutAO: what did you use for that warp hose
Zads: i used extruded acrylic tubing
Zads: 1" OD, 7/8" (iirc) ID
Zads: hm.. had to bevel the bottom/inner edge
Zads: and outer edge
Zads: then brought the OD down to like 15/16ths and brought the ID of the lower warp part to match
Zads: you gotta measure how much you need though and i'll cut pretty close to it

[Yama]

if i had a warp, i would buy that from you

[Havoc_online]

can the tubing take a direct hit?

[darklord]

VERY unique tubing, I must say. Impressive. I'm impressed with just about anyone to have the (paint)balls to customize an expensive piece of machinery like that.

[automag223]

do the balls even feed fast???it looks like they are at a very weird angle and wouldn't feed to fast.....hmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Strider]

Let us know how well it shoots when you've tested it. ;)

[mykroft]

Looks like he's running a clear elbow+straight tube. Should work just fine.

[Cypres0099]

That's awesome! I wouldn't mind using something like that. :)

[zads27]

Originally posted by automag223
do the balls even feed fast???it looks like they are at a very weird angle and wouldn't feed to fast.....hmmmmmmmmmmmm

The do look like they are at strange angles to each other, but if you look at where the balls contact each other, it's at most 1/8" off center from each other. But as long as you keep balls on the warp wheel, it will feed as fast as the normal warp tube.

Oh, and when the ballstack moves, it looks like the paintballs are kinda dancing up the tube together :D



Originally posted by Havoc_online
can the tubing take a direct hit?

Yes, the tubing is quite strong.. it's 1/16" thick (I know it doesn't sound thick, but its extruded acrylic in a tube shape, so it's still quite strong. Though, I did have to make the walls about 1/32" thick at the bottom section, to fit into the bottom warp hose adapter. The top fits perfectly.

Example: (though ballistically, I don't know how strong it will be, I am pretty sure it can take a lickin'. I don't wanna "test" it, cuz I just cleaned it for this weekend. After this weekend, I'll consider if I wanna put my babied setup to the firing squad :( )

[rjvemt1]

i called agd about clear tubing just last week! i think im gonna do that.

[Cypres0099]

8.5 lbs!? My Emag weighs 9.9 with no air, paint, or warp batteries. How is that?

[RT_Luver]

you should post instructions on how to do that and what to get to do it. If I knew how, I would do it today

[zads27]

Originally posted by Cypres0099
8.5 lbs!? My Emag weighs 9.9 with no air, paint, or warp batteries. How is that?

Hm it turns out the scale wasn't zeroed in correctly..
it actually says ~9.5lbs now..
keep in mind, this is an old scale, so probably a little off now, and it isn't the most accurate scale out there..



As for making it yourself, I would be willing to cut to length however long you guys need (don't say 3 ft or something) and send it to you, as long as you pay for shipping or whatnot.
BUT, I won't bevel the edges or drop the OD of the pipe for you guys, you have to do that on your own. (60 grit sandpaper, anyone?)
the extruded acrylic is pretty tough stuff, so you have to be patient.. it very well may take up to 30 minutes just to sand it down to fit.

[Cypres0099]

Ok, I was going to say I want an Emag like that. :) Tell me what to do to get some of that stuff and I'm in. As long as that tubings not like $20 a foot or something.:)

[zads27]

Originally posted by Cypres0099
Ok, I was going to say I want an Emag like that. :) Tell me what to do to get some of that stuff and I'm in. As long as that tubings not like $20 a foot or something.:)


Originally posted by zads27

As for making it yourself, I would be willing to cut to length however long you guys need (don't say 3 ft or something) and send it to you, as long as you pay for shipping or whatnot.


Aka it's basically free minus shipping.

[Cypres0099]

Hey, thanks. I guess I would just need however much you needed as I have the same setup.

One quick question, do you think it would be possible to instead of melting the hopper to melt the tube?

If you think it would be possible could I get one tube the size that you used and one a little bit longer? That'd be cool to have the tube melted instead of a the hopper.

Atleast I think so.

[CRiZO]

wow, that's clean yo :cool: reminds me of those tubes for hamsters for some reason...

[AllAmericanMag]

Mikey likes it...

[BTAutoMag]

put a list of exactly what you need and ill goto the hardware store and have a field day.

[alany]

You don't have to shoot at your setup to test whether the tubing can take a hit. Since you have extra tubing, you could just take a few shots at that and see if it holds up.

[paintbattler]

doies the warp hose work?

[meat]

WOW , that is the kind of custom work i spend all day thinking of, ways to make my gun unique and customized , it looks beutiful , excelent work , thats the kind of stuff i love look at when i read AO forums. (notice by my number of posts i mainly read others opinions and check out everyones setup)
thanks , i dont use warp but if i did
i would love to have that!

[pbguy888]

How do you cut the stuff? Would it be possible to get more than we need? Maybe like a foot? As I dont have a warp yet but know Im gettin one. And would really like some of this.

[Creative Mayhem]

Beauty! I gonna HAVE to DO that. Like others have said, you should post step by step intructions on how you created that work of art.

C Mayhem
AKA Purple Wang

[EnderWigginPballin]

Originally posted by automag223
do the balls even feed fast???it looks like they are at a very weird angle and wouldn't feed to fast.....hmmmmmmmmmmmm

the angle doesn't matter. it would actually be better because the tube is shorter than a hose, so less of a stack to push...

very cool, i need a warp...