Paintball

[SockMonkey]

Oh so now we have to develop a small motor that mounts on the front of the feed tube and winds the string up for you when you press a button, then another button releases the string.

Make it small and compact to fit inline with the feed tube, maybe something that replaces the end plug.

If only. I kinda like the idea, but the long string from my 15rd feed tube might cause problems but maybe not, it might be worth a try. Maybe the string would be attached to a ring that slides on the outside of the feed tube. Then you pull the ring to the back of the marker, which then pulls the follower, compressing the string.

[tymcneer]

Spring loaded 10 round tubes... problem solved

Ty

[BigWoolly]

Originally Posted by tymcneer

Spring loaded 10 round tubes... problem solved

Ty

Aren't you supposed to be making these?

[tymcneer]

If I get some free time between now and the universe ending, I am planning to make up a bunch of these. Currently I am way overworked at my real job :/

Ty

[wrongbloke]

Originally Posted by SockMonkey

If only. I kinda like the idea, but the long string from my 15rd feed tube might cause problems but maybe not, it might be worth a try. Maybe the string would be attached to a ring that slides on the outside of the feed tube. Then you pull the ring to the back of the marker, which then pulls the follower, compressing the string.

I was thinking something like that myself a few months ago when I had the same question. perhaps you could mill a small slot into the top of the feed-tube plug and mount a tiny pulley wheel that would allow the string to move fairly smoothley. the only problem sould be sesigning a ring that both moved freely as the springfeed spring expanded with each shot, but shill had enough friction not to move until another ball was loaded.

[SockMonkey]

I know exactly what you are saying, I was thinking about that too. maybe a felt or something would do it? provide the rite kind of friction. To throw in crazy physics terms, you need an OK coefficient of kinetic friction, but a very low coefficient of static friction.

But I really like Ty's idea. You could remove the end of the feed tude plug and replace it with like a very extended parabolic powerfeed plug. and then have 10 round spring loaded tubes, that would like twist lock into place.

[tymcneer]

Guess I really need to steal some time from somewhere and make a few more of those 10 round springfed tubes.

Ty

[SockMonkey]

make more? can I see some pics of the ones you made?

[tymcneer]

Ty

[the_chemist]

I remember those! So want some even if they werent spring fed