In the last six or something years I have seen some amazing work… and some awful things. I’ve also been part of both becayhey we all start and learn somewhere!
I have many I could dig up, but this one is just a bit of fun to start you all off.
Share some light hearted fun. We don’t need to know who and where it came from and it is best we don’t, it is for having a giggle not having a dig!
From a friend. Had a go, it sounded horrible so you fix it!
…also had a broken tappet plate from using it a lot with no anti reverse spring… And some other stuffed parts.
That diode in the first pic reminds me of when I made my first MOSFET for my famous old “Little Piggy” 430+ FPS Gen8.
I designed the whole lot on paper, purchased all the necessary electronics components, carefully soldered everything together and spent quite a lot of time getting everything to fit in the space below the motor in the pistol grip, as there was simply nowhere else to put it other than in the buffer tube.
First test fire, plugged in the battery, loaded a full mag and pulled the trigger…………
………… poor thing went full tit relentlessly until I finally managed to get the stock off and unplug the battery, which by that stage there was a definite smell in the air of burnt electronics
My whole focus was fully occupied with the MOSFET, and simply never occurred to me about having to fit a Diode in the system to prevent a loop from forming once the trigger was activated!
This might seem pretty simple and obvious these days, but this was back in 2018/2019 where MOSFETS/FCU’s/Mag Prime and any other electronics were ever released for Gelblasters.
Unfortunately the MOSFET I had only just finished making and fitting didn’t survive the 2-3 minutes of full noise with a heavy spring, high power output motor and battery
A great example of how everything must be planned out and the need to look at every single individual component when modifying Gelblasters, and take into consideration how upgrading one component can effect other components in the whole system.
This guy literally blew out every bearing in his gearbox, the other bearings that are in the gearbox look fine but when I went to take them out they just fell apart first time I’ve ever seen this
I’ve definitely seen my fair share of destroyed bearings inside gearboxes before, and it’s amazing how all of the teeth on all of those little spinning gears really don’t work to well with a handful of tiny little hardened steel balls running through them
I’ve seen many of that style bearing fail, even on stock blasters.
I recommend better bearings like SHS, but only on the bevel gear, and only for 18/16:1s. Bushes are just more reliable.
I don’t mind putting one bearing on the top of the spur gear as most of the load is in the lower part, for that bushings are far better.
Pointless getting a picture, but recently built a gearbox with SHS 18:1. Got a couple mags out of it and it got slower, inconsistent rof then just screached… like the pinion and bevel were fucked.
Opened up, everything looked perfect. No busted teeth. Re checeked bevel to pinion mesh, fine. Put the spring in and wound it manually. Bottom half of sector moved, top half would only move if there was no load. It would start to move the piston, then just spin both halves separately. Stuffed spur gear. Brand new, and legit SHS gear. 5 years of tinkering, hundreds of SHS gears. First for me, that one, is going in my bag of memories!
Oh well, mass production strikes I guess. New spur, its off and pumping.
that should be fine haha
first time I’ve ever seen this
