welshchris77[TK] Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Well Chris u certainly did a fantastic job there! They look amazing!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thank youSent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracotrooper Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 5 hours ago, welshchris77 said: More carving out for the trigger, fabricated a trigger from 6mm acrylic, pivots on a steel pin and tension created using a spring from a pen, engages with a micro switch (used on microwave doors), very happy with the result, the trigger makes a satisfying 'click' when it engages with the switch ... Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk Man! Look at the mechanics involved here; kudos to you Chris! I can appreciate since finishing doing something similar with my trigger group Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshchris77[TK] Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 3 minutes ago, Dracotrooper said: Man! Look at the mechanics involved here; kudos to you Chris! I can appreciate since finishing doing something similar with my trigger group Thanks Jesse, the trigger would work without the spring as the micro switch itself is slightly sprung but the spring helps to relieve tension on the switch and pull the trigger back to the open position, that's the idea anyway! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracotrooper Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 4 hours ago, welshchris77 said: Hollowing out the magazine well for a battery compartment but disaster struck and it broke up Thought to myself that the mag well is not that complicated a shape so went to work on fabricating one out of plasticard, also means I don't have to do more resin carving, whatever resin doopydoos use creates an ungodly amount of dust! Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk This could have been me! What a sad picture. I see that you were going for all-the-way through when it happened. When I went about this task, I stopped shy where the opening gets wider, glad I did. Great recovery though; excellent work! I have new vocabulary now ... 2mm plasticard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracotrooper Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 4 hours ago, welshchris77 said: Allen key head screws fitted to the muzzle, made a carrier plate for the LED from abs using a 28mm hole cutter laster lightly sanded and prepped for primer ... Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk Chris - did you put a plastic lens overtop so to focus the light? Thinking you were going for a laser effect out the muzzle ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshchris77[TK] Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dracotrooper said: This could have been me! What a sad picture. I see that you were going for all-the-way through when it happened. When I went about this task, I stopped shy where the opening gets wider, glad I did. Great recovery though; excellent work! I have new vocabulary now ... 2mm plasticard Was my first time working with plasticard, its a pleasure to work with, easy to cut, sand, glue etc, worked out way better than using the original piece as was much easier to fit around the battery holder and installing the on/off button in the mag release 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshchris77[TK] Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dracotrooper said: Chris - did you put a plastic lens overtop so to focus the light? Thinking you were going for a laser effect out the muzzle ... didn't need too Jesse, its super bright and can be seen from a very wide angle and in daylight, looks great in the dark too!, these leds are so bright! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracotrooper Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 4 hours ago, welshchris77 said: Fed all the cables from the scope, couter and switches through the body and out of the ejection port, also connected up the led and speaker cables to the micro controller and everthing from the controller also out of the ejection port, here the corresponding cables were soldered and heat shrunk to their counterparts. I uploaded the micro controller with the code to 'run' everything. All the joined cables are pushed into the body of the blaster and the bolt and spring slid back to hide them. Next was inserting the 7.4v camera battery and turning on the circuit to make sure it worked, everything worked great!, happy days ... Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk 7.4V , that's double my ready-to-install BlastFX battery of choice at 3.7V I like this picture with all the wires because it shows how involved designing / configuring custom electronics can be. Great for you to figure things out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracotrooper Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Superb work Chris! - I can imagine the feel of cold steel and smelly rust from your completed Blasters - bravo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshchris77[TK] Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 1 minute ago, Dracotrooper said: 7.4V , that's double my ready-to-install BlastFX battery of choice at 3.7V I like this picture with all the wires because it shows how involved designing / configuring custom electronics can be. Great for you to figure things out! Yeah the three LED regulators and Arduino nano run directly off the battery, everything else is run from the Arduino's 5v output, looks fairly simple in a diagram but can get logistically tricky trying to fit everything in, 15 wires needed to be joined at the ejection port, that doesn't include all the ground and power cables that were spliced together at various points before the port 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshchris77[TK] Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Dracotrooper said: Superb work Chris! - I can imagine the feel of cold steel and smelly rust from your completed Blasters - bravo! Thanks!, im going to sell two of them, hopefully within my Garrison, difficult putting a price on them though Edited January 29, 2018 by welshchris77 gramatical error Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshchris77[TK] Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 Made a YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNtlV2cNaLA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracotrooper Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, welshchris77 said: Thanks!, im going to sell two of them, hopefully within my Garrison, difficult putting a price on them though Oh wow, hopefully it will go to someone in your local Garrison, this way they'll be close by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dracotrooper Posted January 29, 2018 Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 11 minutes ago, welshchris77 said: Made a YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNtlV2cNaLA Thanks for sharing a video Chris, nicely done by the way You have an impressive collection of E-11s and very happy for you. Have a terrific day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshchris77[TK] Posted January 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dracotrooper said: Thanks for sharing a video Chris, nicely done by the way You have an impressive collection of E-11s and very happy for you. Have a terrific day! Thanks bro! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayen_s[TK] Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Good job Chris. I only plan to fit my Electronic only in the Hengstler. You are right that resin body Doopy doos inside are to small for putting in Electronic.Sent from my M631Y using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshchris77[TK] Posted January 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Good job Chris. I only plan to fit my Electronic only in the Hengstler. You are right that resin body Doopy doos inside are to small for putting in Electronic.Sent from my M631Y using Tapatalk Thanks Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthcue[TK] Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Great blasters bro! i am also building my blaster with the same setup as yours.. just waiting for the wires that i ordered then hope to start with the build.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthcue[TK] Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Great blasters bro! i am also building my blaster with the same setup as yours.. just waiting for the wires that i ordered then hope to start with the build.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darthcue[TK] Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Great blasters bro! i am also building my blaster with the same setup as yours.. just waiting for the wires that i ordered then hope to start with the build.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK32945 Waynocerous[501st] Posted January 30, 2018 Report Share Posted January 30, 2018 Good video Chris! Don’t think you’ll have any trouble selling those.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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