Finally Painted 3k

Yup.

How to: Immensely Reinforce Your Boltsled!

Everyone who has a Longshot all know of its weak boltsled.  I know there have been many guides on re-enforcing boltsleds, but this is just how I did mine and I felt like it was about time I gave back to the community!

Supplies:

Sheet metal

Epoxy puddy

Something to cut sheet metal

Some sort of strong Glue

Metal Wire  ( i.e. coat hanger, insulation supports....)

Clamps

Sorry, no in progress pics, as I forgot to take them.  (Oops)

So here's what it looks like all reinforced:

The first thing you're going to want to do is to metal plate the inside of your boltsled.  This can easily be done using a relatively thin piece of metal.
There are many write-ups on this, so I won't go to in-depth on this.  Rogue has a very nice write-up seen here.
Basically, what you're going to want to do is trace the inside shape of the boltsled onto your sheet metal, cut it out,  glue it on, clamp it in place, and let it cure.
After it cures, make sure to sand down the metal so that it doesn't rub up against your clips.

Now the way that I cut out the sheet metal,  it makes for sort of a triangle, which (probably) strengthens the boltsled more.  The slant looks like the Xplorer boltsled seen here.  However, the kinda tricky part about making this extra slant is you have to make sure that the bolt sled can travel all the way back and doesn't jam on the plunger tube:

Basicly, the slant shouldn't extend past this nub on the boltsled too much.  It can go past it, maybe a millimeter or two, but not too much.

And to further reinforce, get some wire and reinforce the outside part of the boltsled.  TantumBull made a good write-up seen here.  Tip!  Try to make the wire as long as possible to widen the area it reinforces.  
I reinforced mine with two wires on both sides.

This pic shows where I added epoxy puddy.  I pretty much added epoxy puddy everywhere that I thought needed reinforcement, but didn't impede the movement of the bolt-sled.

Once everything is all done, you can replace it back into your Longshot and enjoy insane ranges!  I've used this in my Longshot which has a 3b and k18 spring combo and it hasn't shown any sign of stress yet (I made this back in November '11).  Hopefully this was a helpful write-up.  :)

Homemade: Snap Carbine!

I LOVE HOMEMADES :D

 This is my homemade, Snap Carbine.  This Snap variant was originally created by a Youtuber by the name of KNDoperative or A.C.E, as he goes on the forums.  It was then improved upon by Andtheherois.  If you want to make this homemade (which I highly suggest doing) follow this writeup.  Also, I apologize for weird pics.  The lighting was bad when I took them and so I had to edit them

Off Topic: Amazon: These Looks Familiar...

While I was browsing Amazon, looking at water guns, I stumbled across this:  Link

These water guns look awfully familiar to an old-style vintage Nerf Supermaxx 1500 don't they?  :)

Modified Nerf Nitefinder: Breeched!

 So if you guys can remember my Nitefinder 2.0 post from awhile back,  You can remember that last you saw it, it looked like this:

Improved

Update: What I've Been Doing

Hey guys.  This is gonna be an update on a few projects I have in the works:

First, we have an update on my Nitefinder.  I have since permanently breeched it with pvc and cpvc, Popatachi style seen here.  More on this in a future post

Second, an update on my Mav/Titan.  I finally got bored and made a shell for it.  Still not sure how far it shoots though. : \

NOW, its done. :)

pew, pew!
Wait, no.  Its more like a KA- BOOM!

And last, a sneek peek on a new project I've been working on:

So look forward to more mods in the future! :)
Also, drop a comment below as to what you think the secret project I'm working on is!
(I'll give you a hint, its on a Longshot!)

Big Blast Update: Ranges!

Finally got off my butt and range tested my Big Blast:

Ranges are the normal Big Blast ranges, 120-130 feet.
Really happy with this blaster! :)