All the Z's Mag

[Patron God of Pirates]

I was putting together a mag yesterday from my parts bin. Decided to marry up a Z-Frame to a Galactic Z-body. By shear luck the valve I grabbed had the Galactic Z on/off (thanks to you guys on Facebook for figuring that out for me).

Unfortunately, my backspin device is not fully intact. The thumb screw fell apart on the first twist after I bought it. The skid plate is missing. So it just has a screw I put on there and the rubber/resin part that underlies the skid plate. Oddly, it works like that, but I doubt it will for long.

Pretty much every Z-Body I see for sale is "without skid plate". Does anyone have one for sale, and/or would any of our house machinists/3D print guys like to reverse engineer it? It's small market, but I'm fairly certain close to 100% of Z-Body owners need this.

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[going_home]

Wouldn't they need the actual plate in hand to do that ?

The part you are missing....

Having had one to tinker with years ago I found the Apex barrel works better and is less trouble.

[knownothingmags]

skid plate to make the ball backspin?

[Patron God of Pirates]

Wouldn't they need the actual plate in hand to do that ?

The part you are missing....

Having had one to tinker with years ago I found the Apex barrel works better and is less trouble.

Yes, they wouldn't be able to model it off of mine. I don't really think it's about which one works better so much as getting the Z-Bodies to work at all.

skid plate to make the ball backspin?

Yes

[athomas]

Yeah, the backspin on the Galactic Z bodies was created by the ball traveling under a rubber bumper that caused the top of the ball to rub on it. The body was best used with large bore barrels so that friction was minimized allowing the ball spin to continue down the length of the barrel as it accelerated. The downside of the galactic body was that it couldn't be used with brittle paint because it could easily break on the bumper.

[knownothingmags]

I could try to make you one with my soft rubber
But need the body for fitment and spec

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[going_home]

I could try to make you one with my soft rubber
But need the body for fitment and spec

I think what he's looking for is the top plate and the tension knob.

Maybe he needs the nubbin and spring also....

[Patron God of Pirates]

I could try to make you one with my soft rubber
But need the body for fitment and spec

Happy to provide it but...

I think what he's looking for is the top plate and the tension knob.

Maybe he needs the nubbin and spring also....

I'm not exactly sure what is missing. There is definitely no spring in my assembly, but I'm assuming that and the thumb screw have equivalent off the shelf components. I'm guessing that there is supposed to be something between the screw and where the rubber nubbin goes. If so, I don't have that either. Does anyone have an exploded view of this thing?

[knownothingmags]

Happy to provide it but...



I'm not exactly sure what is missing. There is definitely no spring in my assembly, but I'm assuming that and the thumb screw have equivalent off the shelf components. I'm guessing that there is supposed to be something between the screw and where the rubber nubbin goes. If so, I don't have that either. Does anyone have an exploded view of this thing?

best I can find

http://s53.photobucket.com/user/DarkBlueBlaZeR2/media/barrels%20barrels%20barrels/P1050096.jpg.html

I know what you need if you are missing it.
thumb screw , plate , setscrew and nubbin would be easy to make/print

its all about testing the nubbin I make.

[Patron God of Pirates]

best I can find

http://s53.photobucket.com/user/DarkBlueBlaZeR2/media/barrels%20barrels%20barrels/P1050096.jpg.html

I know what you need if you are missing it.
thumb screw , plate , setscrew and nubbin would be easy to make/print

its all about testing the nubbin I make.

I'm happy to send you the whole marker to test if you're interested. From what I can find online i think there is supposed to be a plate between the base of the thumb screw and the rubber "membrane". I gather there is also supposed to be a spring to act as a tensor to keep the thumb screw in place. Both of these are missing from mine. As is I can dial the screw straight into the membrane. This has the desired effect but without the plate I don't expect the rubber will last long.

[knownothingmags]

I'm happy to send you the whole marker to test if you're interested. From what I can find online i think there is supposed to be a plate between the base of the thumb screw and the rubber "membrane". I gather there is also supposed to be a spring to act as a tensor to keep the thumb screw in place. Both of these are missing from mine. As is I can dial the screw straight into the membrane. This has the desired effect but without the plate I don't expect the rubber will last long.

can you throw a picture up of everything you have?

[Patron God of Pirates]

Sure. I'll take it apart and post pics when I get home tonight

[knownothingmags]

Sure. I'll take it apart and post pics when I get home tonight

Ok cool

[Walker]

Adjustable cover:
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Spin Rubber bumper:
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