micromag 2009 ACE solution thread

[dark blade]

this is just meant to have a place that people can discuss the solution to having an ACE setup on the new body that was released. Lets see what people think, i need to have working ACE i just got it for peat sake haha.

i will copy and paste all of the ones that have been presented as ideas so people can see what has already been thought up...

kind of hoping nearchos, KC or any of those other amazing mag creation wiz kids can help us out here without having to redesign the ACE and body.

[dark blade]

here is the first one... posted by mpsd

Let me do a small suggestion that would probably work well for e-Mag aces:

- What if you drill a second ball detent on the other side of the breach and a third one in it's bottom side? That hole would be large enough to let the e-Mag eye go through it and that design would allow you to have a second ball detent working when the feed is facing the upper side of the body. If you turn the feed to the left, you'd also have two working detents, one on the top, one on the oposing side and the same thing if you turn it to the right. The only possible problem would be that the eye would be a little forward of the ball in the breech. If this compromises the eye funtionality, you could do a small aluminum cap that'd be held in place by the ball detent and would allow you to place the eye a little back from it.
- This second solution (with the aluminum cap) would also allow for a wired eye to work as well.

I don't know if it's "doable" but seems to be, without many mods to the breach design and it would also preserve it's "twisting" capabilities.

[dark blade]

and my option :) (not a very good one)

ya... well the only other way to solve the problem of multiple eye holes is to make it come with 2 breeches instead of 1 rotatable breech

Essentially you would have to order either a w/l or w/r breech with the vert breech and that would allow for solving of the problem with the detent holes and the eye holes. This would just mean that the price would go up.

this would make it an xmag style though... not that i have a problem with xmags :)

[dark blade]

lets see some more options from people and see what they think about the previous 2

[Chris Nearchos]

ahh, so the bright man had a dull moment. i see Dark beat me to the thread issue.

well i have posted here of two possible solutions: http://automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=239142


either way i can solve the issue, i would just like some input before i design the final setup for the issue at hand. also, maybe i might get lucky and luke or XT might be able to help with the eye cover issuse if i cant get the required info needed.


-Chris