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Z3 Knex Gun

Z3 Knex Gun
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So here's my big post of the year.

I've been working on this for the past 4 months. Pump once, fire 3 times semi-automatically. Gets 50 feet of range. The gun weighs about 9 pounds. I still have some work I'd like to do on it before I post instructions. One of the things I'd like to do to it is double the capacity by adding another revolver wheel and draping a longer ammo chain (about 36 rounds) over the two wheels. The second wheel would go directly under the current one.

The section that sticks out in front of the pump is to rest it on things. The white connectors on the butt prevent it from sliding up when cocking and down from the weight. It uses an alternating trigger system and three barrels. It also uses a new system for spinning a TR-18 turret.

Hope you like it. It takes a butt load of parts though.

Check out a video of it here.
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May 25, 2012. 7:47 AMKnex.X says:
Damn, how did you ever figured that out?
Oh and by the way; AWESOME PIECE OF EPICNESS
Jan 22, 2012. 7:18 PMthe_sheep_cheese_man says:
THAT THIINGS ENORMOUS!!!!!!!!!!
Feb 10, 2012. 12:31 PMJesus. says:
That;s what she said.
Sorry, I had to.
Apr 12, 2012. 2:41 PMthe_sheep_cheese_man says:
lol
Jan 11, 2012. 5:48 PMknexbuild says:
Does the pump cock all three pins, then does an alternating trigger
mech allow the three pins to fire in succesion, allowing for three shots of semi auto?
Apr 5, 2012. 3:45 AMtotoandamigo says:
it works like a revolver you pump once and it cocks all the pins then when you pull the trigger it spins the cylider and fires
Apr 5, 2012. 12:51 PMknexbuild says:
Actually, it uses a K'nex wind up motor to spin the turret, and it doesn't fire all of the pins at once.
Jan 1, 2012. 8:45 AMDrWeird117 says:
Oh my. Despite the bright colors, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't intimidated, haha. I'm not even going to attempt building this beast. Looks incredible.
Dec 29, 2011. 8:56 AMLowney says:
This is good and all but it's a bit small isn't it? :P
Dec 29, 2011. 11:38 AMprodo123 says:
Your guns are as monstrous as usual, Oblivitus.
It's a shame I don't have enough parts though, I'd love to build this!
Dec 27, 2011. 2:21 AMPotatoCoffee says:
Wow! You're going to post instructions? That'll be Awsome!
Dec 28, 2011. 2:41 AMPotatoCoffee says:
Me?
Dec 28, 2011. 6:54 AMPotatoCoffee says:
Not always.
Dec 28, 2011. 12:07 PMPotatoCoffee says:
It's just 9 pounds of awsomeness is going to take a long time.
Dec 10, 2011. 12:43 PMFootball viking boy says:
AWESOME WILL BUILD IF POSTED =D great job 5*
Dec 11, 2011. 1:15 PMsharir1701 quit knexing and ibling says:
probably more like couple dozen thousand lol. but seriously, i don't think it takes less than 5,000 parts...
Dec 22, 2011. 5:13 PMFootball viking boy says:
i have enough to make it, can't wait for posting!!!
Dec 11, 2011. 1:21 PMsharir1701 quit knexing and ibling says:
i think you're underestimating the amount of parts in your gun. it happens often.
Dec 15, 2011. 9:44 AMsharir1701 quit knexing and ibling says:
by the way, i have another question. if you pumped, fired, say, one or two shots, but NOT all three of them, can you pump again, just so that you would have 3 shots again?

and once again, great job. i especially want to see the trigger system, and the way the pump is held in place (i just want to compare it to my system of holding the pump in place). i hope you can get the 'ible out as soon as possible. even if you could just take out the outter layer of the pump area to take a few pics and post them in our SA v9 working area, i'd be happy.
Dec 21, 2011. 1:54 PMsharir1701 quit knexing and ibling says:
You know, I think I know how we can get out of our stuck position on the SA 3252. If you're available right now to do some work on it with me, actively, and pause for a week or so on the mlcad model of the Z3, i'll talk with you about it on the unpublished 'ible. My idea isn't new or anything, but it'll get us out of the stuck position we're in now for sure. So I hope you're available for it.

In the meantime, can you maybe make a sketch of the trigger mech so I will be able to understand how it works and perhaps try to utilize it on the SA 3252?

By the way, remember I promised you I'd have a lot of time in mid December because of a holiday? Well it's here ! I have a ton of free time this week. I think we should try to use as much time as we can this week to take a step forward with the project. My holiday will be over by next Thursday.
Dec 21, 2011. 11:33 PMsharir1701 quit knexing and ibling says:
Excellent
Dec 10, 2011. 6:26 AMSeleziona says:
So what you're trying to say is that it needs to be this big? Magnificent gun, by the way
Dec 11, 2011. 6:37 PMSeleziona says:
Well, I can't wait to see it then. You've always got the best stuff, and you never fail to please anyone with all of the marvellous creations you make. Good stuff!
Dec 21, 2011. 2:54 PMSeleziona says:
Yeah yeah, I know what you mean!
Dec 20, 2011. 9:38 AMTheDunkis says:
Very nice, pretty much a huge step up to the K'nexsayer. Can't say it looks pretty, but it obviously functions very nicely. Now, if you could compact the design a little, that'd be awesome.

Now here's a challenge and a request, think you could figure out how to make an RBG pump system? That is, take the average RBG mechanism with a cog or gear, and then add a pump that would load a band (maybe more than one?) per pump. Obviously, this would make semi auto slings much more popular if it was much easier to load them. I don't actually think it would be hard making a pump system to drive a band into a cog and setting it, but the trick would be somehow separating the bands at the front of the gun without them getting in the way of the bullets.
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I'm currently majoring in art at college. I paint, play guitar and keytar, and build knex guns. I operate a sound system at church and a video and sound system at a job. I have keytar videos on YouTub...
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