Bushwood3006 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Posted November 9, 2015 mock up of everything so far Its more durable than I thought it was gonna be. Already dropped it twice and it did break anywhere. Quote
spanner Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 wow its really coming together very nicely eh! You're a master good sir! Quote
MechTech Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 That's looking great! It's big enough to put a small fire extinguisher in and hang it up on the wall in your kitchen like Max had on hand when Millia started a fire in the kitchen - MT Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted November 21, 2015 Author Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) Some updates. got most of the Rotor assembly printed out. and started a little more assembly of the body. Six separate prints to make this part, . All 3 ofthese sections were filled with urethane resin before I assembled it And since I don't have clamps big enough to handle this thing. Improvise. . Edited November 21, 2015 by Bushwood3006 Quote
spanner Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 This thing just gets better all the time! Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Posted December 13, 2015 Ok sorry been a while since I did an update, but someone had to go and release Fallout 4. So I blame Bethesda. lol. Have the entire pod body finished more or less. had to do some prints multiple time for tweaking purposes. But her she is as of now. With one of my AR's for scale. I'm pretty happy with fit , but i need to resize some of the buttstock prints. The rear end is way to long to even hipfire, let alone shoulder. Plus as I was taking the picture I realized i forgot to at the rear sling mount, so I need to mod the bottom fin for the 4th time. Oh well. Once that's fixed, on to printing out the rail sections that hold the guts together..... Thats gonna suck. Quote
spanner Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 wow!!! finally together! looks insane! So you are going to paint it after re-printing the corrected parts and internals yes? Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted December 13, 2015 Author Posted December 13, 2015 Yea its gonna be finished and painted. The bulk will just be skinned in sheet styrene, and the parts with compound curves and more detail will get a coat of epoxy to add some strength. Quote
spanner Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 Awesome! Cant wait to see the finished result! Oh and just remember to think of me if by chance you ever consider selling this lovely thing! Quote
MechTech Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 That thing IS huge! Looking awesome! - MT Quote
kajnrig Posted December 15, 2015 Posted December 15, 2015 Wow, that AR really puts things into perspective... Why not scale it down a bit to be more wieldy? Or is that sort of the point? Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Posted December 15, 2015 Wow, that AR really puts things into perspective... Why not scale it down a bit to be more wieldy? Or is that sort of the point? I wanted the barrels to look imposing so decided to use 1/2" PVC pipe. Tried to make it smaller but with 3 barrels and the bearing for it i had to make it bigger. My first post was the original design. Looked way to small. I like the bigger look, now it just how can I keep it big and still handle-able. Quote
Knight26 Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 (edited) OMG I want!! You're planning to make this an airsoft gun right? That will be beyond epic. Also what 3-D printer are you using? Edited December 17, 2015 by Knight26 Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Posted December 18, 2015 OMG I want!! You're planning to make this an airsoft gun right? That will be beyond epic. Also what 3-D printer are you using? No it's not gonna be airsoft. just lights and sound. Robo 3D R1 Quote
Nyankodevice Posted December 18, 2015 Posted December 18, 2015 how much does it weigh? killer project looks awesome Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted December 18, 2015 Author Posted December 18, 2015 how much does it weigh? killer project looks awesome Not sure. most of it isn't glued up yet. Cant exact pick it up and weigh it right now. Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted January 10, 2016 Author Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) Little update. Been a little lazy over the holidays. but got some more stuff done. I have been printing out some of the internals. There is going to be a set of parallel rails running the length of the forward body. they are going to be both to add some strength and to provide something to find all the layers together. There will be a 3rd running at the top but thats just going to be a strip of extruded aluminum. The turquoise rings are going to be the chassis the barrels and guts will mount in. And then hopefully slide inside the body along the rails as a self contained unit. The rails took forever to build up. 24 segments that i printed out on at a time so i could use up all my partial rolls of filament. Then another couple weeks to glue it all up and trim it. Edited January 10, 2016 by Bushwood3006 Quote
MechTech Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 This thing is going to weigh a ton! Still looking great so far! - MT Quote
NZEOD Posted January 10, 2016 Posted January 10, 2016 It should weigh a bit too, its a weapon, with all the heat they need to sink they arent light. Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted January 19, 2016 Author Posted January 19, 2016 More glue ups. Body and Muzzle cap assemblies. I love the smell of Bondo in the morning...... Smells like.... Prop making. Bondo'd up the sensor/ fwd light thing. Needs a lot of priming and sanding to get it ready for molding. I'm gonna cast it in a transparent red resin. Started to bondo up the pistol grip. Quote
kajnrig Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 Ooh, nice. Good luck on the casting. Will that be a solid chunk of clear resin, or will you be making a hollow cast? Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted January 19, 2016 Author Posted January 19, 2016 Ooh, nice. Good luck on the casting. Will that be a solid chunk of clear resin, or will you be making a hollow cast? Solid, I got slow cure resin. Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted February 1, 2016 Author Posted February 1, 2016 So i think i came up with a way to mount the sling and not have it look like complete crap. Key-mod QD sling swivels.... Front fling mount. Made an aluminum plate that fit in the recess for my original idea. Drilled and tapped it to fit the sling mount. And then embedded it into the recess with JB-weld The lower fin got the same thing.. glued up a block of aluminum out of strips, drilled it up, and JB-welded it into a pocket I hollowed out in the leading edge of the fin. . the fin got back filled partially with resin for more strength. Quote
NZEOD Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 (edited) More glue ups. Body and Muzzle cap assemblies. P1010042a.JPGP1010043a.JPGP1010044a.JPGP1010046a.JPGP1010045a.JPGP1010049a.JPG I love the smell of Bondo in the morning...... Smells like.... Prop making. Bondo'd up the sensor/ fwd light thing. Needs a lot of priming and sanding to get it ready for molding. I'm gonna cast it in a transparent red resin. P1010047a.JPGP1010048a.JPG Started to bondo up the pistol grip. The blister will be the targetter. In other words the "where is my gun pointing" device given the weapon will be in a manipulator off bore axis. You could cast in a mini flashlight reflector to look like a camera lens assembly behind the resin. If you wanted to get techo with it you could add a laser pointer as a laser designator/rangefinder. Edited February 2, 2016 by NZEOD Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted February 2, 2016 Author Posted February 2, 2016 The blister will be the targetter. In other words the "where is my gun pointing" device given the weapon will be in a manipulator off bore axis. You could cast in a mini flashlight reflector to look like a camera lens assembly behind the resin. If you wanted to get techo with it you could add a laser pointer as a laser designator/rangefinder. I have a cavity in the rear half. Just going to wire up 2 or 3 red LEDs and mount them inside. Quote
MechTech Posted February 2, 2016 Posted February 2, 2016 The mounts look great! This is coming along REALLY great! - MT Quote
spanner Posted February 3, 2016 Posted February 3, 2016 dang I can't wait to see this thing finished!!! Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted February 16, 2016 Author Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) This post brought to you by Smooth-On XTC-3D....LOL. After 3 coats of epoxy and a lot of sanding The fins got a layer of sheet styrene and bondo. the bottom fin got mod'ed with all-thread rod, cut to length and JB-weld in. Along with a small filler for the rear cone so i can bolt and epoxy the fin on. The mating surfaces between the pieces were not as large as I was hoping for. And I didn't want to rely on just the shear strength of epoxy. Edited February 16, 2016 by Bushwood3006 Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted March 13, 2016 Author Posted March 13, 2016 Been a while since last update. Sorry, fell in to a bit of an uber-lazy kick. Did a lot of filling and priming. A lot of parts were not at strait as I had hoped. But I think that was because a software/setting thing on my part Finished gluing up the main body. When I cleaned up all the excess on the seams I notices the segments were slightly staggered. Not by much but i would be noticeable. So my solution is a layer of JB-Weld over the whole thing and that will get sanded smooth. I'm not to worried it its not perfectly circular, just need to level all the high and low spots Also got the flutes and sensor lenses molded and cast. Quote
MechTech Posted March 14, 2016 Posted March 14, 2016 Still looking great! Too bad we can't get this as a kit. I'd make mine into an Airsoft version or Max styled fire extinguisher - MT Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted April 3, 2016 Author Posted April 3, 2016 Ok soooo. After many, many, many hours of sanding( I put that JB-weld on way to thick). Finally got the point were I was ready to start skinning the main tube. I did a couple test with failed prints, and superglue worked awesome on the test pieces. Tried it in the main tube for real and not so much. Big Time Fail. Pieces are just too Big to do with super glue. Leaves too many air pockets and no bond areas. Peeled all that off, re-sanded and went with Plan B, Lock-tite brand spray Contact Cement. Sooo. fail number 2, (that crap doesn't bond to anything and it just makes a gummy mess like that crap they use to glue on address labels to magazines.) So I'm on plan C, Dap Weldwood. So far so good. i doesnt just peel off PLA or styrene when its dry. So got some test pieces glued up and gonna let them cure a while. Quote
Bushwood3006 Posted April 18, 2016 Author Posted April 18, 2016 Success!! It would appear that contact cement loves to bind to PLA. Not quite so much to styrene. But more than strong enough for my needs. I need to make a run to Walmart and pick up more. The small craft bottle did not go quite as far as I thought it would. Ignore the fact it's covered in "For Sale" signs...... Just a cheap source for large styrene sheets. Quote
MechTech Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 That's cool! Plus I'm glad to find someone else recognized those signs are styrene - MT Quote
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