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Post by brownien on Mar 24, 2014 16:53:53 GMT -5
Has anyone ever done this before? I know I have been searching all over for spare 8mm clips, and havnt turned up anything. I was thinking of just using my 1 clip as a guide and make a casting of the parts in silicone, and pour resin copys. I have the springs available to put in them, but I am wondering how well they would hold up. Should I make the outer part, with the "wings" out of sheet metal, and attach the innards to that? I have a feeling that if the outer shell is made out of resin the "wings" would snap off easily in pouches
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Post by shiftysgarand on Mar 24, 2014 18:17:31 GMT -5
I believe remrat had something going about this, don't know what happened. If you can make cheap pinging clips, I'd be all over em.
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Post by brownien on Mar 24, 2014 19:29:45 GMT -5
I don't think I would make them specifically to ping, I just want more clips, and for them to be durable enough for extended use
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Post by 2nd Bat on Mar 24, 2014 20:26:41 GMT -5
I don't see conventioned poured molded plastic as being strong enough. For the kind of durability I believe you would need injected molded parts and the intial set up cost for that effort would be extremely expensive unless spread out amongst thousands of produced parts.
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Post by brownien on Mar 25, 2014 20:42:25 GMT -5
What if I used RS enblocs? I could then just attach a resin, or some other material piece that holds the BB's, as well as a follower. I'll have to talk to my Uncle about possibly making molds for pot metal, and how practical it would be for this.
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Post by shiftysgarand on Mar 26, 2014 6:16:45 GMT -5
How does the size of the marushin compare to a real en bloc? If it's pretty much the same size it should work, and make a ping too.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Mar 27, 2014 14:54:07 GMT -5
Pretty much the same size doesn't work with anything related to airsoft feed systems. EXACTLY and PRECISELY the same size is the requirement. I doubt vey much that the outer shell of the RS enblocks are the same as the Marushin but if so...it would be cool to fashion an insert.
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Post by brownien on Mar 27, 2014 17:51:29 GMT -5
Just to test it out, I ordered a set of 10 enblocs. Even if they don't fit, I'm saving up for a RS M1 anyway, so they will still get used eventually
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Post by brownien on Mar 31, 2014 23:44:51 GMT -5
Just an update. They would work perfectly, as all the tabs and such line up, but the base of the enbloc is just a hair too wide. Not going to work
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