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  • bowcycle
    Registered User

    • Apr 2012
    • 733

    #1

    bow's warpless Halo build

    I originally wanted to do a boxmag, but when Loguzzzz's brackets came out, I decided to switch over. Plus, I had these great, red Halo shells and I play German side at OK D-Day, so the timing seemed perfect.

    There's a picture limit per post, so you'll just have to scroll to see the whole thing.

    Let me know what you think.

    I can talk later about the things I did wrong. One of those was trying to get too fancy with the raceway rerouting. I wanted the copper elbow to snug in there and contour to the path of the paintballs. This is unnecessary, complicated, and means I ended up chopping way more than I needed to. It only partially worked anyway. Also, I shouldn't have cut the bottom off the feed. If I had left it alone, it would have added more support in the end.

    Here's what I did cut
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    and here's what I ended up with
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    I wanted to use 45* elbows to make the upward transition smoother and I wanted the first elbow to line up with the path of the original raceway as closely as possible.
    Last edited by bowcycle; 06-09-2016, 07:10 PM.
  • bowcycle
    Registered User

    • Apr 2012
    • 733

    #2
    next comes the shells.

    Basically, I just went really slow and used the sanding bit on the dremel to try my best not to take off too much.

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    Last edited by bowcycle; 06-09-2016, 07:04 PM.

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    • bowcycle
      Registered User

      • Apr 2012
      • 733

      #3
      To get facing up, I just needed to add another 45* elbow.
      Make sure to smooth off the front edge as the one I got was rather sharp and could have shredded the paint.

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      I have a torque-tuned motor for this, but thought that I might be able to get away without it if I used a detent somewhere along the line. The easiest place seemed right after the turn.
      I found that a 3/4" PVC pipe fits pretty closely over the 3/4" copper elbow. So I decided to see if a Tippmann detent could fit between them.
      Sure enough...

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      Last edited by bowcycle; 06-09-2016, 07:08 PM.

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      • bowcycle
        Registered User

        • Apr 2012
        • 733

        #4
        And here's the final thing. I hope to get some video up next week at D-Day. If anyone is coming out, hit me up and I'll let you throw it around a bit.

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        I need to give a word of thanks to all the guys who have done this mod in the past and posted info about it. Mine may look a little different, but there's no way I could've done it with out all your work and great information.
        Peace.
        Last edited by bowcycle; 06-09-2016, 07:09 PM.

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        • BigEvil
          www.BigEvilOnline.com

          • Feb 2005
          • 9333

          #5
          Great job!

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          • 93klauss
            Klauss93
            • Aug 2010
            • 254

            #6
            Nice work...Like the detent idea... We all look a little different....

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            • barkingspider
              Registered User

              • Mar 2012
              • 415

              #7
              Thanks for showing the details, I like to learn from these projects. Looks nice and clean.

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