I for one will be looking forward to whatever you design next. Maybe a pump action shotgun? I don't know, but will be building Oblivitus's gun when it comes out.
Because you can't get as much power, there are less pieces to chose from, it is too small, and most people don't have alot on this site. And regular knex are much more sturdy.
I have always wanted to make a handgun/pistol with a removable mag that uses micro knex.(The mag being the only micro knex) This way I could uses more pieces , but keep the magazine small and make the handle more compact.
here is how u build it layer of tape around the rod add fins fold 3 pieces of tape leaving the ends so u can stick em on the rod next add tape from the tip of one fin to the tip of the other so each fin is now thicker and stronger then add a layer of tape to each fin on its leading edge to strengthen the fin further and to make it as areodynamic as possible finally cut each fin to about a 1/4 inch your done go shoot it! it should fly straight as an arrow! good luck
Hi! i was wondering if you could tell me the best way to make fins for knex ammo, i need to make them for my sr v2 which i just made, ill post a pic when i band it tomorro =D
Hey i was wondering what kind of ammo your using in your shotgun as of right now? Because i've been reading about it trying to make something similar and was wondering if your using the 2miniwheels with a green rod? or the shells still? which i made them and have been playing around with them for the past little while and like them alot although theyre a bit big but it was nice that they id say mounted? onto the front of my TR really well and shot pretty nice with 4 white rods and then 4 green rods. Also really liking the TR8 its pretty epic.
i haven't worked on shotguns for awhile now but... ive been playing around with all sorts or different shotgun variations trying to figure out what would work best... ive gotta be honest i never figured out witch one i was going to go with... as for the shells... yes they are big with is a downside but they do shoot 8 white rods 50ft with a good accurate spread the wheels require a new rail gun idea an seem to shoot well doubled up with a green rod or as individual separate shots i still have to work on it and see how it all ends up... i do feel that the wheels have potential as a shotgun or even as a semi or pump action sorta thing... they seem to shoot way better than standard rods so im going to continue to look into em... thanks for the encouragement on the TR man!... have you built my newish TR8?
Alright i think i might try the shells then cause i saw a pretty good way to make a magazine for them which should allow them to auto-load using something like the TR turret. I'll post some pics if it works well enough for me.
Yes i believe so, i built the one from the newest slide show except for a few minor things like the stock and it works really well the only problem ive had is with my pin snapping and breaking but i think my black rods are just really bad. So i might try making the sear trigger you posted on youtube.
Alright thanks for the pics I will build this soon.
Also I made a prototype of a gun that used the shells and auto loaded them only problems were the mag would have to be monstrous to be effective and i couldn't get the front of the shells to stay stable and eject correctly. So i think some thing in similar concept to this one airsoft spas where you load in one shell at a time might be more effective and i have an idea of how it could work. The first pic is just the overall gun which i used a modded TR8 And second one is how it would have looked with a shell in it if the front was stable
keep on working on it id luv to see how it turns out... ive actually just thought of an idea i wanna try out sometime if it has potential i keep u informed man... i need a good shotgun for the next war
So i finally got around to finishing my one shell at a time gun idea and it works pretty well and shoots fairly hard from what ive been able to test.The shells also lock in pretty good and don't fall out from normal use. and theres pretty much no problems with it besides a few that are more of preferences. im also going to try and make a hopper type shell so it can be a bit more useful in a war..so what are your thoughts on it so far? and in the pics the cut rods are just there cause they're easier to build with.
dude u should make a vid and post it up id love to see it in action! at first i had no idea what i was looking at an then i was like OOO wait i see! lol good stuff man you motivating me to do some work myself!
Yea heres 2 videos there not the best though and i fixed it up now so its pretty flawless and shoots good when you use 64's and not 2 strung together 32's but im glad you liked it! if you want another more in depth video ill try to get one soon.
wow! lol...ive never had that happen to me but my black rods r brand new so they r really strong...anyway i would highly recommend making a stronger stock and or reinforcing that one... ive been busy busy busy lately so i haven't had time to make any mods however making a sturdier stock was one on the mods i was hoping to work on... anyway make a stronger stock however u want the rail stock is for adding a slide and to save on parts and money but id recommend building a mod for it or a connector stock... like i said i was working on one but never had time to finish it so ill let u know if i ever do good luck i hope the gun works out for u... : ( it should work great once u fix it up
hey man its been too long bro... i haven't done much with anything recently however if you look under my TR8 slide show you can see all the latest TR8 mods near the end of the slideshow
i haven't done anything with the TR18 mostly because ive been leaning towards the TR8 b/c it is easier to build and less to go wrong for the majority of builders/users
Hey, I got the tires now, It's super comfy and the reason I have the old stock is because I wasn't liking the new one. http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs1174.snc4/154690_170054359690077_100000565415589_466750_1000637_n.jpg
Hey buddy, i finished the instructable for the grenade a bit early! go check it out, and let me know if you can help upload the vid. its one of my questions. http://www.instructables.com/id/knex-twist-grenade/
right now its just a shell you attach to the front of a NAR or TRw/out the turret or whatever i haven't actually worked on it in forever i have a vid or two up on youtube if you want to check it out
on youtube is Lock n Load K'nex shotgun shell just a shell or do u have a gun 4 it? If u have a gun please post some pics or a ibble or somthing i want 2 build it!
its is a shotgun shell at the moment... however i have made a few different prototypes and hopefully one of these days ill have a working auto loading shotgun that shoots like shown in the pics... i have most of the problems figured out its more of a matter of making it
from what i can tell it looks pretty good... i haven't worked on mine in awhile so im not for sure but here r some pics for u i noticed the front tan clips should look like mine to better support/brace themselves better ill send u some pics
oya an on the turret u should definitely use tan clips to hold the white mini pins so that way if u ever need to replace the part holding the rod it is not a pain and u won't have to take the whole turret apart
it just makes life easier for you... the shouldn't be breaking anyway however if u shoot smaller ammo with a lot of force it could shoot out the white mini pins but i can't remember the last time that has happened to me... the only reason i ever had em break is when my pin was sticking out the end of the gun too far pushing past the turret which would obviously put tons of stress on the mini pins and break the connection points... i think ill pull my TR out tonight and see how she shoots tonight
Haha yeah, I might change them but it's not too necessary, and my tr18 (which owns almost any knex gun) can't even support 5 at the most without the ram bending down to almost the pin guide.. Do you have a fix for that?
get newer black rods... lol honestly tho the firing pins will weaken over time and use so new rods will help i make sure to buy up as many new black rods as i can
i know that the rod wants to bend and snap at about 7 bands... i highly recommend using 5 or 6... i usually use 6 any more and cocking it becomes next to impossible and at the very least not very practical for wars not to mention the max range u will get with standard finammo is going to remain around 300ft regardless of the bands used after 5 bands... the rod is too light to push much further however on a straight line it would obviously shoot straighter further which is y i recommend 6 bands and u have to use the firing pin back the way i and ooda make it or else it will break lol anyway sry about the novel but i figured it would hurt to know
no it has nothing to do with that... lol anyway good stuff so how is the turret connection holding up for u? (the whole ball joint piece holding onto the rod to allow for easy turret rotation and yet a strong hold... is it loosening with multiple shots or staying strong?
Oh okay, It was just something I tried so you can put a lot more rubber bands on.
Its fine, it just occasionally falls out a little bit if I pull it, but I think I need to replace it. And if I shoot it it will push it out a wee bit but I will replace the socket and tell you if its better or not :-)
Congrats on making the best knex gun in the world :-D
hi Knex_Gun_Builder here, im wondering if you would like to join my new group, heres a link http://www.instructables.com/group/knexguncommunity/ p.s sorry for the spam
looks close but here r some of my more recent pics from your pics i noticed that the back of the barrel/body was different and from testing i found that the version u have is not nearly as strong/reliable to my latest version so id definitely change that up um it looks like ur trigger is missing the pcs to keep it from being overpulled which helps prevent the trigger from braking add a Y con an etape to the orange charging handle to make it easier/comfier to pull back u have an extra gold con on the front of the barrel on my most recent version i replaced the green cons on the barrel w/ yellow cons so that the turret stop can b placed on either side of the barrel the stock looks good but if u have black rods use em to strengthen the stock u modded ur handle a bit but that is more of a preference thing so no biggy there o and one other pretty major thing is on your turret u should use tan clips so that way if/when the mini firing rods or the pcs that holds em in place need replacing u won't have to take the entire turret apart...w/ the tan clips all u have to do is snap a new one on which is a huge time saver other than that.... lol id say it looks good o ya i put up a pic of my trigger but on my version i don't have the Y con on it
if u r going to focus on any of the mods id start w/ the back of the barrel/body area considering that will most affect the reliability/performance of the gun along w/ the trigger mod lol good luck man
i though of a good mod(i dont have enough parts to build fyi). what if you made easily quick removable turrets and make like three so in battle you can just swap them out?
k so i recently made a new grenade and have experimented w/ different shotguns i modded mepains shotgun pistol idea and better aligned the ammo so that all 4 shots r hit evenly increasing the consistency reliability and range of the weapon ive also been messing around w/ an autoloading shotgun design that is still in the works the last war should that shotguns have secured there spot on the field...it not as a stand alone weapon but as an attachment to other guns and or in unison w/ other team members w/ other longer range weapons... raining knex on people is always a plus and the more plastic in the air at once the higher the probability of getting hit anyway the last war was a lot of fun and we all learned a lot from it i have several new ideas in my head and have already begun working on a few of em...
ok i have made a type of ammunition that shoots blue spacers everywhere for about 20 feet infront of the gun. it makes you lose some but it is fun to shoot. i did the same thing but using gray one slot connectors that creates a semi-concentrated spray. now for the good one: i made ammo that explodes blue spacers random directions upon impact with a hard surface ( i have not tested it if you shoot a human becauese no freinds want to be shot by it and if i shoot my sister i get in trouble(alot like all my knex in the garbage)) you can shoot these types of ammo out of my crossbow and i think dj radios SR-L V2 longbow with some mods should i post?
Hey I have a new innovative way to make semi autos shoot by just pulling the trigger and it's going to be farther distance than all the current others. I don't have enough pieces to make the Tr18, but i think it can be modded into the Tr's.