First strike capable automag

[bbotts77]

This is awesome. Excellent job. I bet, you could probably design a q-loader-like-pod to do this as long as the "track" is the right shape.

[Laku]

Wow!

[Freedy500]

This is awesome. Excellent job. I bet, you could probably design a q-loader-like-pod to do this as long as the "track" is the right shape.

If this was done I'm the guy you want to contact. I could see if HQ likes em, if so the might make a quick run, if the do well with little to no problems and a good deal of interest then we modify it a bit, then we might have them produced to a certain extent, maybe a little something for goat boy and I would be given as a reward

[bbotts77]

Well, the way I see it, it definitely would not be compatible with the q-loader system. I just mean a similar spiral loader concept.

[blackdeath1k]

Add a slide setup to that and you could have it and a hopper. Just slide forward or back for what you plan to fire. Now that is sweet.

And goat. My living room TV looks lime that. Your not alone.

[Xmagterror]

cool idea!!! need to make one with a huge drum....like a tommy gun.....hmm I might make myself one

[Freedy500]

I have a really, really good idea brewing. Goat boy, could you give me the dimensions of these? I have a pretty good idea that has a very, very slim chance of working but I could talk to you and the company about it.

[GoatBoy]

My first attempt was actually to re-use the end drive section of a q-pod out of laziness. It was close, but there were just too many little things wrong with the geometry for any of those parts to work reliably. It did convince me it was a viable mechanism; just wound up being easier to redraw everything and integrate the housing + body cowl in one step anyways. That and the paddle is a bit delicate for my tastes.

Also, I figured out how to make the FS/normal paint selector. Minor changes to parts, but involves some metalwork.


Freedy500: Uh, what? 6 chambers, 0.700" bore diameter... It's actually extremely similar to the q-pod's drive section, but with thicker paddles (0.08" wall thickness). The rest of the parameters are mostly calculated from these numbers.

[Spider-TW]

How was working with shapeways?

[GoatBoy]

Shapeways is the only place I've used so far so I can't offer a comparison against the competitors.

Dealing with them is generally positive; the people answering their emails seem to be pretty responsive. The best part of this process is actually the fact that I *don't* have to talk to anyone. Upload design, pay with credit card, get parts.

The parts can be hit or miss (another reason I don't want to get into the selling of these). I got some parts back after Shapeways had been hit by Sandy and had to move production, and those were all quite bad (still getting their machines recalibrated I assume). If something is not printed properly they offer a refund or something, but I've so far been able to buff most parts into shape.

Subsequent parts came back much, much better. Turnaround time is a little better than it used to be as well; 'bout a week.

The three main parts for this loader all had minor out-of-spec'ness in some areas, but I managed to buff or work around all of them. There are certain geometries that are still difficult for their tech.

Last I checked, their online system doesn't have any sort of revision control built in, so that exercise is completely up to you currently.

So overall I've been pleased.

[GoatBoy]

Test fired today:

Hah, max embedded videos per post is 1?

I need to find a better dump pouch as the current one is not good for rummaging around in.

So the thing is mostly complete.

I want a new back cover because the one from Shapeways came out somewhat deformed; a clear acrylic piece should be fine, and more importantly, actually be flat.

Need a new front cover because with enough pre-winds the spring will want to shoot out the front. I can have about 12 feet of prewinds because... the spring is actually harvested from a tape measure. So I should be able to pre-wind it like at the beginning of the day practically and not worry about winding in the field. Just load paint as I go.

And maybe I'll cobble something up to make the mount a little more secure.

But so far everything works as designed.

Oh, and the number of shots is technically a full six, however if I take that 6th shot without reloading then the 7th round goes slack, and is in danger of going in sideways (although the L10 bolt is excellent at catching it). So it's 5 shots with a 6th safety shot in the chamber.

Most of the time I'm single or double shotting people with regular paint, so I think this will suit my play style fine and defeat anyone trying to count shots against me.

[BTAutoMag]

awesome

keep us posted

[Drew_72]

This is great. I know you mentioned above you're not too interested in selling them yourself, but I'd love to see you run with the idea and somehow bring it to market. I'd buy one. Please do keep us posted

[knownothingmags]

have you seen any possibility of a bigger drum? more like a tommy gun size?

ill see if I can get our printer up and up again.

[OPBN]

Neat concept but as is seems pretty impractical. Reloading time seems to be really high. Have you considered more of a "mag" concept?