Yo dawg i herd u liek...

[knownothingmags]

Yeah I got a lot of limping ahead of me. It's a wonder I made it through the day; laced my boot up good and tight around it.

The sad part is it didn't happen in the field.

I sprained it just walking back out to my car, because I FORGOT HOW TO PARKING LOT.



So uh... back on the part. Since putting a viewing window is going to be kind of inconvenient, I think I'm going to try printing the entire back half with transparent filament. Transparent isn't really transparent, depending on how you print it, but it might just be transparent enough for me to look inside and see what's going on. I'm already splitting the part to make printing easier, so I might as well make use of that "feature".


knownothingmags: you have any advice for printing with transparent filament to get the best optical clarity? 100% infill?

I had a temperature table to get the clearest print, I had to do the math myself to create the table.
I have no idea where that table is.
temperature has a small amount to do with clarity.
and then the manufacture has a lot to do with it.

play with it, do some test prints.
try tglass maybe? ive never printed with it yet though so I have no idea on it.

[vintage]

i could get into this.

[GoatBoy]

I had a temperature table to get the clearest print, I had to do the math myself to create the table.
I have no idea where that table is.
temperature has a small amount to do with clarity.
and then the manufacture has a lot to do with it.

play with it, do some test prints.
try tglass maybe? ive never printed with it yet though so I have no idea on it.

Yeah... screw it I'm going to leave that feature off the table for the time being. I think I can get away with just a 2mm piece of acrylic as the view window somewhere later down the line.

[knownothingmags]

Yeah... screw it I'm going to leave that feature off the table for the time being. I think I can get away with just a 2mm piece of acrylic as the view window somewhere later down the line.

you can print the window into it, capture the acrylic

[GoatBoy]

Too much work for the acrylic stuff for the time being. Good idea though.

So I was testing the magmagwell this weekend and also experimenting with a brand new way to play paintball:

The thing worked great except for one thing: I chuff twice, both on the 10th shot out of the magazine. I was expecting this but hoping it wouldn't manifest. But it looks like I should address it.

It's not really the adapter's fault, as the next picture illustrates:



The follower is curved, which is usually good, but in some situations, it actually locks the last round into the curve instead of pushing it through.

It's not a huge deal; I have 3 possible solutions to this, none of which are mutually exclusive (so I could hit it with all 3 if I want), but just something to adjust in the next revision.

Otherwise everything works about as well as can be expected -- including the anti-dropout detent. I still lose 1 ball in a mid-mag change because my path geometry isn't exactly correct (fixable but I don't think I will bother), but in testing that 1 ball drops and clears completely out of the way and poses no threat. That still leaves 1 in the chamber and 1 in the pipe which will get stopped from rolling out if I do tilt the gun the other way while reloading.

Also going to make a speedloader to reduce fumbling...

[Stedspitcher]

Was able to shoot this setup this past Saturday and I must say pretty dang cool!

[going_home]

The unknown comic has made a comeback !

Wheres the gong ?

[Menace_AO]

How did I miss this?

This is stupid-cool.

[GoatBoy]

I DUNNO HOW DID U MISS THIS?!

Modifying the Mk IV feed path was pretty easy, as it was a ... circle swept over a path to begin with.



The original was a "normal" feed path that took a ball-sized radius right angle turn.

I just made the radius much larger (not unlike what the parabolic plugs do), so that the ball starts turning inward as soon as it leaves the magazine.

That seems to do just the trick. Squishy high-friction reballs still get stuck, but regular paint pops right over the pusher. No chuffs on the 10th shot out of any of my mags today.

Also found out what happens if you pull the trigger while a magazine is disengaged -- the blowback is strong enough to knock both remaining rounds right past the magwell gate. So... probably don't want to do this unless absolutely necessary.

[Spider-TW]

Goatboy, going to the triple play at Petty's next week?

[GoatBoy]

Goatboy, going to the triple play at Petty's next week?

MMmmmm... kind of on the fence right now. I'm still letting my ankle heal, so no playing in any case. But if event managers allow me to fly my quadrotor out there and get a little game footage, I might drop by.

Are you playing? (What team?) I think I know quite a few people on Red.

[Spider-TW]

MMmmmm... kind of on the fence right now. I'm still letting my ankle heal, so no playing in any case. But if event managers allow me to fly my quadrotor out there and get a little game footage, I might drop by.

Are you playing? (What team?) I think I know quite a few people on Red.

We would walk-on and I haven't talked to anyone about it. I see a team on each color I could hang out with. I need to go to Taylor, Friday, so if the weather's decent I'll make a weekend of it. If you offer them some of the footage, they ought to cooperate. I need to try out my spring feed mag pistol and just play in general. I've missed the last few months. My son has been printing some quad copter frames and such. Hopefully he will make it also.

[GoatBoy]

We would walk-on and I haven't talked to anyone about it. I see a team on each color I could hang out with. I need to go to Taylor, Friday, so if the weather's decent I'll make a weekend of it. If you offer them some of the footage, they ought to cooperate. I need to try out my spring feed mag pistol and just play in general. I've missed the last few months. My son has been printing some quad copter frames and such. Hopefully he will make it also.

OK the mobile version of this forum is awful and mistakes editing posts for deleting them.

Anyways, hadn't seen that one. Interesting idea with the feed made of angle metal. Had an idea about the plug but I don't think it would work. I like the spring mechanism.

We'll have to see about the weekend, already emailed them about the quadcopter.

[GoatBoy]

Another variant...

[knownothingmags]

I don't like it.
start over

:P