Those who know me know I'm a tinkerer and love to customize my markers (MOTM June 2009). I owe this to my childhood friend and fellow paintball buddy, who's even more of a customizing freak than me.
He recently bought a Hyperframe from Smoothice. The thing didn't have a safety so my buddy made one. Anodizing was pretty scratched up, so he stripped it. He didn't like the size of the trigger guard, so he changed it too. Grips were not to esthetically pleasing, so he made some out of wood. The battery applied too much pressure on the board and it would turn itself off when the grip pannels were put on too tight. So he decided to relocate the battery in the frontgrip, Emag style, and add a 9.6v rechargeable battery pack. The ASA and rail have been soldered and sanded to that they flow seamlessly with the grip's lines.
I must specify that all of this has been meade with hand tools. No mill, just regular hand tools, files and lots of patience. The marker is still a huge work in progress, but here are the before and after pics.
Before:
After:
He recently bought a Hyperframe from Smoothice. The thing didn't have a safety so my buddy made one. Anodizing was pretty scratched up, so he stripped it. He didn't like the size of the trigger guard, so he changed it too. Grips were not to esthetically pleasing, so he made some out of wood. The battery applied too much pressure on the board and it would turn itself off when the grip pannels were put on too tight. So he decided to relocate the battery in the frontgrip, Emag style, and add a 9.6v rechargeable battery pack. The ASA and rail have been soldered and sanded to that they flow seamlessly with the grip's lines.
I must specify that all of this has been meade with hand tools. No mill, just regular hand tools, files and lots of patience. The marker is still a huge work in progress, but here are the before and after pics.
Before:
After:
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