gjw Posted May 9, 2009 Report Posted May 9, 2009 Just had to document this since it's probably all downhill from here. My hat's off to all of you who work with PVC but I went through about 8 feet of it, screwing up every time. The good thing about it is that it's soft but the bad thing about it..... is that it's soft. One slip and you've got a gouge that ruins it all. And I don't know how you debur all those holes..... long strings of melty white plastic everywhere! With the copper you've really got to work at it before you screw it up. Of course I managed that too.... this is my second try. Next step is to install some sort of barrel centered in the copper. I've got a piece of stainless already cut but the centering will be the tricky part. Then on to priming. This is my first attempt at..... well, anything so I'm trying to take it slow. Fingers crossed it'll turn out ok. Quote
synaptyx Posted May 9, 2009 Report Posted May 9, 2009 Ooooooh! Nice. It's sometimes a shame they've got to be painted. Quote
Runnriottt Posted May 9, 2009 Report Posted May 9, 2009 De burring plastic is a snap with one of these... Click me... Copper huh! That will be worth a penny huh! How much will that weigh? Good work... Quote
Tiepilot1138[TK] Posted May 9, 2009 Report Posted May 9, 2009 Awesome! I did my inner barrel with a piece of narrower tubing held in place by washers and screws. The washers are roughly the size of the inner diameter of the main tube. I ran a 3" bolt through the washer at the muzzle end, secured it with the appropriate sized nut, and slipped that into the inner barrel. At the other end I build a bolt out of PVC that was the same size as the washers, and mounted another bolt the same way, inserted into the other end of the inner barrel. Tension from the big spring at the rear holds everything in place. I'll see if I can sketch up a drawing so you can see what I mean. Quote
gjw Posted May 10, 2009 Author Report Posted May 10, 2009 De burring plastic is a snap with one of these... Click me... Copper huh! That will be worth a penny huh! How much will that weigh? Good work... I've been using one of those on the copper -- borrowed it from a coworker. Never thought about it for the PVC. I wanted to use aluminum but all I could get a hold of easily was PVC, steel, or copper. The copper is lighter than the steel but not by a whole lot but it is sure easier to drill into. It's also a much closer size to the BBC PVC template. A full machine shop would sure be nice but alas...... Except for the deburrer and a wire wheel I did the above with my drill and some files. I hope the hard part is done and all I have to worry about now is which glue to use on the painted copper. Quote
ThayNerd[TK] Posted May 10, 2009 Report Posted May 10, 2009 Very cool! I'm looking forward to watching the progress on this project. Quote
gjw Posted May 14, 2009 Author Report Posted May 14, 2009 Not much new but I got the barrel installed. It's not quite centered but it looks good enough to me. Right now it's being supported only at the back. The front end will support it at the front and hopefully straighten things up a tad. Also got the stock mount installed. I wish now that I'd used a piece with a larger O.D. but oh well. Also screwed up in that the ejector can no longer slide in from the back. I'll have to figure out some way around that but I'm not going to worry about it too much. It would have been nice to make it functional but I can live with it being static. On to some bondo work I suppose. Does my grip look positioned properly front to back? Quote
Werstrooper Posted May 14, 2009 Report Posted May 14, 2009 looks like your handle nneds to come back about 10-12mm, other than that your looking good dude! Quote
gjw Posted May 27, 2009 Author Report Posted May 27, 2009 Haven't really done much else because I've also been working on a Hasbro mod. I did find some aluminum piping though and for those that were wondering about the weight of the copper..... Aluminum: 500g Copper: 540g Steel: 660g Those are the weights of the 18-1/2" unmachined pipes. Quote
TK-2126_MD[TK] Posted May 28, 2009 Report Posted May 28, 2009 Cool not to mencion antibacterial!!! Quote
gjw Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Posted July 29, 2009 Think I'm gonna have to repaint cuz it's way too glossy but I'm a little closer to done. I took a page out of SRProps book and made the magazine detachable via magnets. Here's a comparison to a Hasbro conversion I was doing concurrently. Scope rail and scope are getting their paint but they should be dry tomorrow. Then a little more putty on the Hengstler and it'll be ready for painting. Home stretch in sight..... Quote
gjw Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Posted July 30, 2009 Thanks a lot! I work on it at work and my coworker, who's not a big Star Wars fan, kept telling me how cool it would be if I left the steel inner barrel unpainted. He was very distressed today when I showed him how the T-track will cover most of the holes. "You can't put those on there! Yours will just have to be different!" Of course he was also distressed one morning to find his desk completely covered in Bondo dust after I'd "worked" late the night before. Quote
gjw Posted August 7, 2009 Author Report Posted August 7, 2009 Well a recoat of satin black made a big difference. Only things left are the t-track and the power cyllinders. Quote
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