I think thats how you spell it. How well would lexan hold up if milled to be a ULE body? I know its nearly indestructible. Also on that note, AutoCAD designs for the ULE?
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It should hold up alright, but I'm not sure about the bolt wearing on the body. That could get pretty nasty... Maybe a well-tuned Lvl 10 is the answer? -
Not to throw a wrench into your idea, but price out lexan?"This is bat country!"
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Turtle Cockers is offering a new halfblock/turtle/micrococker (however you call it) body made completely out of delrin, found here. There's been some debate over on AIR if they really tested it enough to see what kind of wear patterns emerge from the internals, how it holds up to drastic pressure spikes, and if the threads in the delrin hold up with metal screws being pushed in and out of them. Debate or no, he's confident enough to already be selling 'em. They're not Lexan, but at least someone out there is making bodies out of non-metallic materials already, so it'd be somewhere to start.Comment
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Actually they're not the first to make bodies out of nonmetallic materials, I'm shooting myself, for not remembering the names of this stuff, but I know a few years ago a 5 man team recieved a run of special "carbon fiber" cockers that were given a pearlescent paint job. Now I put carbon in quotes because I felt this thing and while light it was definetley the same "carbon" that level 7 grip frames were made of."This is bat country!"
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OK found name: KP customs g 10
http://firepro84.com/ go to currently owned and click on, the link it will giv a pic of the piece"This is bat country!"
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Wow, I'd never heard of those before. Goes to show you that there's always something new to discover every day in the world of paintball. Of course, I'd forgotten all those WONDERFUL Wal-Mart cheap plastic POS's for under $50 brand new. Hardly any metal in those things, but probably not the quality of marker anyone who's serious about paintball is looking for.
mobsterboy - If you're real serious about making a marker from Lexan, I'd say find somewhere that will sell a block of Lexan, and get together with a decent airsmith (Doc, WhiteWolf, Punisher, etc) and see how much they'd charge you to make a body out of it. And as they're usually the chaps with the esoteric knowledge of "how will this material hold up to being tapped for screw-holes?" and "how much pressure needs to be contained in the valve/chamber area, and will this withstand it?", they'd be a good starting place to begin.Comment
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Well I'll be jiggered, someone HAS done a Lexan body:
It showed up in my own home forum (TOG, baby!) right here. And they even talk about the carbon G10 bodies by KP Customs. The Tribe surprises me every day.Comment
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I know wgp asked the guy who was makeing the clear cocker bodies to stop as they didnt think it could hold up with the pressures required.
As for a mag body I think as long as you put in a steal ring around where the bolt sits (like the ule has) it should be able to hold up. Just make sure your standing behind something when testing it..
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