AO: We are back from the dead... again! After an 18 day outage, we are finally alive and well. Who knew how complicated updating software/databases from 2008 would be. I still have alot of tweaks to make, but my main goal was getting everything patched and updated to 2026.
Vbulletin 6 has changed alot since 2008 so we will have a ton of new features to dig into.
sneakyhacker420 - I have been "collecting" them for almost 2 years, jsut for this marker! I actually have 6! (spares and parts).
Army - I am not sure. I know the prototype had a zebco crank on it, this one is much more robust - maybe off some kind of river rod/reel combo? :) - oh, and I am not anywhere near the airsmith that could build that! I am the idea guy - heheheheee. Glenn and Craig Built it for me.
Jack & Coke - it has the basic essential parts (brass) from the PPS vertical feed typhoon(s), however, it was really built from scratch as a "RP custom" grinder.
Manike - new home - bwahahahaaaaa... Anyway, I am probably not gonne get halo's (no offence meant). Unless I can get a deal somewhere OR if they decide to come up with a 300 ball halo loader!! woot, woot! I would order mine in a heart-beat! I have an eggII that I use on my Blazer and on teh WF on my xmag, I "may" get a couple more so that I can shoot the grinder really fast. :)
I am really more concerned about less reloading than shooting faster (with less paint). I hope to be borrowing a few halo's when I make my digital recording for speed verification. The problem around here is that there aren't that many around this part of the woods, mostly revvies and egg's. That may delay my recording somewhat, since I need to feed it fast, if I want to record it for speed testing. :)
Don't suppose anyone knows someone that would donate a few halo's? After all, what else could keep up if I Grind fast?
Since there has been some discussion about weight and carry-factor (and on other threads) - thought I would toss in a couple 4th of July Poser-pictures:
I thought about it a long time ago and came to the conclusion that CPS makes no difference and those that "brag" about CPS are making claims that are meaningless. It's about balls per second, not how fast the marker will cycle with no load. and if I can crank this thing 6-7 times a second I will be nearly maxing any loader(s) that I can put on it. Check the vids, she "rips" pleanty fast with the hand-crank.
Oh and just in case - I weighed it with the empty remote tank and empty loaders - a mere 26 pounds!
RP, i'll offer to buy some of the VL 3k parts from you... shells lid, screws, and whatnot... then somehow fit my x-board stuff in there... that'll be cool
hhmmm.... how far apart are the centres for the feed stubs?
and what about a custom hopper?... would be the only one in the world and probably not that cheap... but it's very possible... with just one fill lid? to make it easier to load...
It would have to be RP'd... (rapid prototyped)... which aint so cheap... but as noted sometimes it aint about the money.
and since I wouldn't have to make it production friendly it wouldn't be an insane amount of work...
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