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  • Chrishew09
    Psalm 119:9
    • Oct 2005
    • 657

    #1

    Emag with ACE

    Okay, so I got to thinking I want to add and ACE to my Emag it should be easy to do there is already a provision for it on the main board all I need is the ACE board and have the rail/body milled for it.

    Do any or you guys have the manufacturer and part number for the "eye" that is being used on the Xmag? I am an electronics engineer, and I have access to all types of resorces at work.
  • Tao
    Registered User
    • Jan 2006
    • 834

    #2
    Originally posted by Chrishew09
    Okay, so I got to thinking I want to add and ACE to my Emag it should be easy to do there is already a provision for it on the main board all I need is the ACE board and have the rail/body milled for it.

    Do any or you guys have the manufacturer and part number for the "eye" that is being used on the Xmag? I am an electronics engineer, and I have access to all types of resorces at work.
    I think this is one to talk to Zupe or the AGD tech department about. They should have that info archived somewhere.

    However "...all i need is the ACE board..." are the famous last words of this project. You will have to look long and hard for one as they have long been discontinued and a few x mag users are without one and looking for replacements. I think you may be better off building your own.

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    • Madmarx
      Mentally Unstable

      • Jun 2006
      • 2867

      #3
      You could buy my lowers and copy them and then sell them.
      What do you think?

      http://automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=213415

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      • Chrishew09
        Psalm 119:9
        • Oct 2005
        • 657

        #4
        Originally posted by Tao
        I think this is one to talk to Zupe or the AGD tech department about. They should have that info archived somewhere.

        However "...all i need is the ACE board..." are the famous last words of this project. You will have to look long and hard for one as they have long been discontinued and a few x mag users are without one and looking for replacements. I think you may be better off building your own.
        What I ment by "... all i need is the ACE board..." was that I need to creat my own..

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        • Chrishew09
          Psalm 119:9
          • Oct 2005
          • 657

          #5
          Originally posted by Madmarx
          You could buy my lowers and copy them and then sell them.
          What do you think?

          http://automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=213415
          Do you have the ACE working in that Emag?
          Did you have the body milled for it?

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          • Madmarx
            Mentally Unstable

            • Jun 2006
            • 2867

            #6
            Pic of body milling:


            Pic of ACE thru rail:

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            • Chrishew09
              Psalm 119:9
              • Oct 2005
              • 657

              #7
              Okay, so the ACE board mounts to the grip frame and a hole goes through the rail and body?

              Can you guess I have never seen a Xmag in person...

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              • Madmarx
                Mentally Unstable

                • Jun 2006
                • 2867

                #8
                Have you looked at this?


                I can take other pics if you'd like.
                LMK

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                • MANN
                  I am in TN. GO VOLS.
                  • Apr 2006
                  • 4266

                  #9
                  If you need to borrow an ace board I have one you can use. It does not work, and the eye has came unsoldered from the board (I am assuming that is why it does not work), but you may be able to at least see what components are on it. LMK if you need it

                  Josh

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                  • Chrishew09
                    Psalm 119:9
                    • Oct 2005
                    • 657

                    #10
                    Originally posted by MANN
                    If you need to borrow an ace board I have one you can use. It does not work, and the eye has came unsoldered from the board (I am assuming that is why it does not work), but you may be able to at least see what components are on it. LMK if you need it

                    Josh
                    I might take you up on that.

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                    • Chrishew09
                      Psalm 119:9
                      • Oct 2005
                      • 657

                      #11
                      I just read through a post from last year talking about making a run of these boards, but the guys who was going to do it, didn't.

                      I know I can do this create/fix ACE boards this is not a hard task I have a lot of connections to PCB manufactures, and I design my own schematics and boards. I also have acess to ever component under the sun, to fix these.
                      I really want to do this for AO, but like other post in the past have asked, is it worth it???

                      Oh, some post mentions break beam vs. reflective and that you cant have both because of the signals being different, that is not true, I can make either work.


                      Who is going to Tunaball, I want to talk to you guys about this in person, since I have never owned an Xmag, and I want to see the mechanicals....I do appreciate the pics though

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                      • A-Tach-One
                        I'm done!!!!

                        • Mar 2005
                        • 2204

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Chrishew09
                        I just read through a post from last year talking about making a run of these boards, but the guys who was going to do it, didn't.
                        Right, because of this.
                        Originally posted by dIVEANX
                        At present this project has been put on the back burner.
                        I did talk with AGD and they did not want us to make the board but instead wanted us to make a short run for them. Not sure that is going to happen.
                        Goodluck

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                        • Chrishew09
                          Psalm 119:9
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 657

                          #13
                          OIC

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                          • Tao
                            Registered User
                            • Jan 2006
                            • 834

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Chrishew09
                            Okay, so the ACE board mounts to the grip frame and a hole goes through the rail and body?

                            Can you guess I have never seen a Xmag in person...
                            Actually an x mag has no rail...

                            It would be great to have someone producing replacement ACE boards. I guess it boils down to how much it would cost to make them. Good luck!

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                            • Chrishew09
                              Psalm 119:9
                              • Oct 2005
                              • 657

                              #15
                              I am going to go down this road again and see what AGD tells me. They might be more inclined to let me do a small run b/c I am not a business, unlike APE, but who knows.

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