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Simple K'nex Machine Gun

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This is a step-by-step, easy-to-follow, guide to building the simplest K'nex machine gun on the internet.
 
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Step 1Subassembly I

Subassembly I
you can use the single tab end pieces instead of the doubble tabs
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May 28, 2012. 12:59 PMpiratedude12345 says:
8 shot rly i made a 16 shot on my own with no pics!!!!!!!!
Nov 8, 2010. 10:11 AMkingmat says:
i have the ferris wheel motor,love that set.
Sep 4, 2010. 11:24 AMcreat0r says:
Yes, gatling was the first, but a the first gatling guns were WAY to big to use with a trigger, and a handle, it used to be a cannon/chaingun weapon-_-
Aug 2, 2009. 3:41 PMChikara says:
Okay... people that say this and other machine guns are Gatling guns... check the facts. A Gatling gun is a machine gun, and is hand operated, infact it was the first rapidfire weaponry. So, either way, this isn't and NEVER will be... a Gatling gun. Gatling guns have to be hand operated with a crank. Motor powered Gatling guns are actually called Miniguns, which yes, are real, motorized, army weaponry.
Jul 20, 2010. 5:33 AMbighead5454 says:
you are wrong a gatlinggun isnt the first rapidfire weaponary the first was an auto-loading ballista the romans designed, and used
Jul 20, 2010. 8:28 PMChikara says:
It's not really rapid fire. Rapid fire, in my definition, is something that can shoot at least 10 shots /second
Sep 29, 2009. 4:37 AMknex_mepalm says:
im tried to amke a gattling gun but i wanna attach a crank so that you can pull it back, how is it possible, i am making snowflake with green rod gears but it doesn't seem to work...
Sep 29, 2009. 3:29 PMChikara says:
a gatling gun? you are trying to make it spin? more detail plox :D
Sep 30, 2009. 12:22 AMknex_mepalm says:
So a gun in which you spin the crank and it rotates gears which pull back a ram and lets go when it is too far back and then it snaps back forward shooting the bullet, and then again and again and again
Oct 2, 2009. 8:01 PMChikara says:
oh, make one that isnt chain fed or mag fed, make tons of barrels and fill the ammunithion with them and a rubberband.. make a hole at one point in the front of the gun and spin the barrels, so whenever a berrel makes contact with the hole it fires, in other word, make every barrel into a miniature block gun
Oct 3, 2009. 5:40 AMknex_mepalm says:
"make one that isnt chain fed or mag fed" Thats what i asked, "how do i make it"
Oct 6, 2009. 9:41 PMChikara says:
lol well you can get innovation from this and put a handle on the end, or look around for "gatling guns" even though they are machine guns, they arent gatling guns rofl
Jul 18, 2010. 8:08 AMBlackonyx2234 says:
I'm actually thinking of a minigun that has barrels closer to the center to that it uses less parts (slightly). it might work but may not i just need to see some ways to spin the barrels
Jan 30, 2008. 10:29 PMsensoryhouse says:
CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN WHY EVERY TENTH INSTRUCTABLE IS A KNEX GUN i'm not hating it just seems like a seriously weird fetish. keep up the good work, if i happen upon some knex I might just have to build one. AHAHAHA!
Sep 29, 2009. 4:38 AMknex_mepalm says:
Im up to 12th 2 unposted but none of them are guns...
Feb 28, 2008. 1:24 PMcowscankill says:
because, a lot of noobs like to post knex junk, say be nice, know their stuff is bad, and leave it on instructables...
Jan 8, 2009. 3:09 PMbighead5454 says:
be quiet it isnt 'knex junk' i will bet there is at least one knex gun that can knock you literally onto the ground so plz be quiey
Apr 26, 2009. 6:50 AMgeodez says:
i am canadian heavy cannon v1 is deadly
Jan 8, 2009. 3:23 PMcowscankill says:
... Do you not get the point in my message? "because, a lot of noobs like to post knex junk, say be nice, know their stuff is bad, and leave it on instructables..." I said NOOBS post JUNK not GOOD BUILDERS building JUNK. There are very nice and intuitive guns out there, and I know some can knock you down. I have a few of my own. Please learn how to understand English before posting a comment. (I said please, so it's not an offensive comment.)
Aug 21, 2009. 3:31 AMJulzso23 says:
It's too hard!
Apr 26, 2009. 6:51 AMgeodez says:
TorBomb has the easiest in my opinion
Mar 6, 2009. 9:34 PMthe_TRUE_LINK_OWNZ! says:
my fingers hurt mmmm-hmm! but then again, i never stopped wotking on ther models today.........................................................................................................................................
Jan 23, 2008. 6:13 PMsofaking says:
nice what's the range on this thing? where did you get that moter?
Dec 28, 2008. 4:39 PMmusick_08 says:
you can get them in roller coaster or ferris wheel kits
Dec 27, 2008. 10:31 AMsarcastyx2 says:
can u plz show us how to make the stand instead of showing us pictures of it
Dec 28, 2008. 4:06 PMmusick_08 says:
It's easy you just have to go by the pictures.
Jun 6, 2008. 2:58 PMyerjoking says:
i got a knex chaingun, the actual gun is about 20 rods and connectors, except it uses someone elses bullets with like 1 or 2 pieces removed lol
Jun 11, 2008. 4:19 PMthegrandwizzard says:
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Jun 12, 2008. 7:28 AMyerjoking says:
No and no because i'm in a mood and have no camera =3
Apr 22, 2008. 12:12 PMkirdaiht says:
mine is simpler.
Mar 15, 2008. 10:23 PMIkedog1995 says:
pretty good and simple (for a machine gun) but the part that sets off the bullets is weak and just gets pushed back after 1 shot. Mabee try to fix it by using a rubber band.
Jan 25, 2008. 3:47 PMDarth Trainman says:
At least a Gatling gun.
Jan 25, 2008. 1:29 PMdeawon2 says:
ran out of k'nex got already subassembly1 ,2times connected to the white connectors that are on the grey rod with the spacers and the tan clips
Jan 23, 2008. 5:58 PMojochris says:
looks good, 1 question. why does it look like it is made of miniature pieces?
Jan 24, 2008. 6:04 AMbruce911 says:
Well it is not miniture peices because the half circles are actually red not yellow or grey. The reason it looks like that is probably from the angle he took the picture on.
Jan 24, 2008. 12:05 PMojochris says:
well I knew they weren't minis, I just wondered why they looked like it.
Jan 24, 2008. 11:55 AMarrow shot says:
actually machine guns are the least common gun on this site....well, bulk guns such as rocket launchers and shotguns are uncommon, but snipers, handguns, and rifles are very comon
Jan 24, 2008. 4:49 AMbedbugg2 says:
there are SO MANY of these on the site already! havent you seen them!? we want somthing more complicated and new not somthing simple and common
Jan 23, 2008. 6:16 PMPineapplebobTheGreat says:
Nice, but gatling gun...

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