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Step 3The Handle
Drill a pilot hole in the six-inch mark on the arm-pipe. Then widen the hole with either a drill bit as wide as your handle, or with a rotary file. Check to make sure it fits snugly.
Now then. The electronics in this are optional. On one hand, they look really awesome. A laser sight? LEDs making the barrels glow? Heck yeah! On the other hand, the electronics made the project about ten times as complicated. If you want to omit the electronics, skip to the next step.
If you are going all out, make a mark on the handle where the tip of your trigger finger is. Drill a hole on that mark big enough to fit your switch into. It’ll probably be on the side, rather than straight forward, unless you plan to make your gun ambidextrous. Straight forward is just fine.
Slide the handle into the larger pipe in the hole you drilled earlier. Glue it in place with super glue or epoxy and let set. Be sure to keep the holes and airways open for wiring.
Wire your switch with long leads and feed them into the trigger hole. Use epoxy or hot glue to hold the trigger in the hole at your preferred trigger position. The wire should be sticking out the top of the handle, through the arm-pipe hole.
Now then. The electronics in this are optional. On one hand, they look really awesome. A laser sight? LEDs making the barrels glow? Heck yeah! On the other hand, the electronics made the project about ten times as complicated. If you want to omit the electronics, skip to the next step.
If you are going all out, make a mark on the handle where the tip of your trigger finger is. Drill a hole on that mark big enough to fit your switch into. It’ll probably be on the side, rather than straight forward, unless you plan to make your gun ambidextrous. Straight forward is just fine.
Slide the handle into the larger pipe in the hole you drilled earlier. Glue it in place with super glue or epoxy and let set. Be sure to keep the holes and airways open for wiring.
Wire your switch with long leads and feed them into the trigger hole. Use epoxy or hot glue to hold the trigger in the hole at your preferred trigger position. The wire should be sticking out the top of the handle, through the arm-pipe hole.
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Nov 5, 2009. 5:23 PMsonaps
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The "putty epoxy" quite resembles a certain product that had a television infomercial narrated by the late, great, Billy Mays. Is it in fact that substance?
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Nov 5, 2009. 9:03 PMV-Man737 (author)
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I'm sorry for not showing more detail on how I used it, but it starts out looking like this. I like Billy Mays, too. But out of the millions of brands he sponsored, I'm not sure whether I used a brand with his name behind it.
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Nov 6, 2009. 1:01 PMsonaps
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He did the "mighty putty" infomercial. That stuff is awesome, I've got quite a bit of it around here somewhere. Still though, this is an amazing piece of technical sculpture.
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Jul 14, 2010. 7:55 PMmr. cool 384
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billy mays i solute you he was my favorite im still loosing sleep over the thought of that o-so-hairy face never to see the light of day again...big city sliders...oxy-clean...kaboom the list goes on rest in peace my friend rest in peace
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