Four Days from drawing to product!
Added 2022-11-28 04:41:27 +0000 UTCOne fun bit from my Thanksgiving week (hope yours were fun, too!)
Over on one of the paintball boards, some regulars were lamenting the fact that a certain part called a cup seal, for an antique marker called a Mega-Z, was no longer available, and without it, the gun wouldn't work anymore.
I have one of them, so on the 21st, I cracked it open, made some measurements of the offending part, ordered some appropriate O-rings, and when they came in on the 25th, sat down to program the lathe to make the brass part.
By the evening of the 25th, after a fair bit of trial-and-error, I had a finished prototype installed in my marker, which worked perfectly.
Doesn't make for the most exciting video, and sure isn't a product I'm gonna get rich on, but on the other hand, didn't cost me a lot of time or materials, and helps keep some classic old markers on the field. :)
Doc.
Comments
Just because a Marker is old doesn't mean it is obsolete.
Tiger in man's clothing
2022-12-02 02:23:56 +0000 UTCWatching the swarf get pulled in a lathe like this is always cool. It always makes me wish I could get the same gear to do this myself. One day, I suppose. One day...
RivCA
2022-11-29 18:14:16 +0000 UTCI'll have to watch it at a later date. But it SOUNDS like fun. :)
FrankHarr
2022-11-29 03:28:29 +0000 UTCThis is a nice video! I'm really glad that you tried it and you did it well! Hope your Thanksgiving was great
NakedSunFlower
2022-11-28 22:27:58 +0000 UTCNice display of the Omni, too!
Komitadjie
2022-11-28 04:47:48 +0000 UTC
