Introducing the Micromag 2009

[ZoomZ@PTP]

I moved the side angled cut on the front block down to meet and continue the line on the body .

It looks much better imo .







Someone mentioned that this was or looked like an after thought . I asure you guys it wasnt and i knew that when we got to this points it was going to be tricky getting things to match both the mech and emicro battery pack .

I dont see any way of getting rid of that .050 gap unless you make a new battery top .

And Bob dosent have any graham crackers ! !

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That^^^^^

Looks very nice IMO.

[OPBN]

Perhaps a stupid question, but how is it attached?

[ZoomZ@PTP]

Its machined into the front block . The front block is attached with the 4 screws in the front

[OPBN]

Ok, I see it now. Would it look better if you machined the bottom of the front part that fits over the battery to make the gap the same? Just spitballing.

[Mayvik]

I love how this thread swings wildly back and forth between "ZOMFG WHERE IS MY GUN ALREADY?!?!?!" and "wouldn't it be cool if you changed the design to do....."

[ZoomZ@PTP]

Ok, I see it now. Would it look better if you machined the bottom of the front part that fits over the battery to make the gap the same? Just spitballing.

A gap all the way around would look like butt .

[maniacmechanic]

Ok, I see it now. Would it look better if you machined the bottom of the front part that fits over the battery to make the gap the same? Just spitballing.

if your parts are black , I would think , it will hardly be noticeable , polishing the edges made a difference too

Looks good to me

[OPBN]

I agree that it looks good. A couple of others seemed to have issues with the gap over the back part of the battery being larger than the front part. If I look at my emag, it has a uniform gap, probably the width of a business card all the way around.

[p8ntbal4me]

i knew that when we got to this points it was going to be tricky getting things to match both the mech and emicro battery pack

I had a rant typed out,... Im gonna spare everyone my useless words.

[Drix]

Going with your argument about color I did a quick 10 minute job on photoshop to make these two designs comparable:

Yesterdays' Design


Today's Design


Even hough the lines don't match I think I'm a bigger fan of today's design. I do agree with you though that fixing this gap would require a rebuild of the top of the battery. Guess we'll see what other people have to say about the two designs side by side.

[Tunaman]

Too much meat on that front block assy. Mill it down just like an Xmag body....

[mpsd]

Yesterdays' Design


Today's Design

I finally got where the gap came from. It's actually on the body itself, not on the front block.

The different design on the front piece, over the battery top dooesn't really make a difference on the gap itself then, right? Its more an angle, light and color conditions instead.

Still, speaking about the design, I don't really like either of them. I think if you could make it squarer on the sides (hence following the rest of the body lines - think of a higher flat sidewall that goes up to the underbody's tray height on the part where you screw the front block with the 4 bolts - see first pic) and at the same time, make a round front part following the curvature of the battery pack, that would make it look better. It's a shame I have zero Photoshop skills... Hope you guys understand what I'm trying to say.

[p8ntbal4me]

Whatever the width of the battery pack,. thats the width the e-block must be on the bottom,.. not on the sides.

Machine the e-block to match the top of the battery pack as you did in the yesterdays design,.. only make the horizontal line that profiles the body to match up with the one on the e-block from yesterday (your line on the e-block is too short,.. make the angle cuts on the front less)

The front of the e-block should be the same width as the battery pack on the bottom,.. then taper UP to add "meat" to the sides of the e-block.

The e-block should wrap OVER the front end of the body.... and completely cover the gap.

You can make the 2 pieces meet together by using the same radii cut as you did on the top of the breech and body,.... should match perfect.

Left: What you had yesterday Right: what you need to cover the gap

[ZoomZ@PTP]

Making it wider is not an option .

The body , front block and battery pack are all the same width .

If i made the front block wider to drop down over the body's front shelf it would stick out farther than the battery pack .

Too much meat on that front block assy. Mill it down just like an Xmag body....

I do want to cut the leading edge on the front lip on the front block with a 60 degree cutter instead of a 45 to give it more of an angle .

I finally got where the gap came from. It's actually on the body itself, not on the front block.

The different design on the front piece, over the battery top dooesn't really make a difference on the gap itself then, right? Its more an angle, light and color conditions instead.

Correct . The camera is making it look bigger than it is .