I am building a machine gun!

by **unquestioned** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 6:06 pm

ZDOG123 wrote:i thought it was just paint...

It was going to be but I've decided on the hammerite hammered finish. It's hard wearing & give a metal look to it.

by **ZDOG123** » Thu Jan 27, 2011 12:35 am

i think you should wap some wheels on it and we'd have ourselves a tank!

by **unquestioned** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:08 pm

Right I finally got back to doing something with this today. The body is almost complete, there were a few things I wasn't happy with regarding strength but they are almost sorted. It won't be a masterpiece but it should hold up well. It's all ready to fire with the mechanisms in place & tested till they work, the cam may need some adjustment but nothing major.

I will have some pictures up soon when I have the outer housing & lid finished & on it. I have a few cosmetic things to put on it aswell which might be a bit fiddly. Still unsure on how to mount it, I am considering building a completely separate mount but any suggestions would be welcomed.

by **unquestioned** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:35 am

Ok so I spent 10 hours in the shed til 1am, didn't notice.

I got alot done, the mechanism housing is now made & on, changed the lid so the front cover is a part of it making it sturdier & more resistant to getting hit & a bit more weatherproof. I also made a mockup for a tri-pod, the one in the pictures is for a camera & can't support the weight but I was just testing an idea.

Thing weighs atleast 10kg now without the tripod. Hate to think of the weight when it's all fitted up with paint & air.

Glorious pictures now.

by **ZDOG123** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:09 pm

aw that looks pretty cool, are you not going to put one of those shields on it like the ww2 anti tank guns? and i thought maybe you could use something as simple as half of an axle, maybe just with the bearings in it, would that not work?

by **Daggerous** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 12:22 pm

how are the paintballs being fed into it?

by **unquestioned** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:05 pm

Daggerous wrote:how are the paintballs being fed into it?

By magic!

Nah, usual old way but with a really long feed neck. The end feed will probably be 2 speed feeds of some sort in a higher capacity box.

by **BGAdmin** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:02 pm

Gotta say this is looking mint!

Cant wait to see her in action!

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by **rossyboi** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 7:46 pm

i can imagine someone just running up to this and wapping a few flatlines on :lol:

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