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- TheDunkis commented on TheDunkis's instructable Barackuda
- TheDunkis commented on TheDunkis's instructable BarackudaView Instructable »
The launcher looks nice, I'm fond of the thumbhole stock. K'nex makes for a useful building tool toward other projects, but it starts getting "unfaithful" when we introduce other technologies to our projectile launchers. Still, it'd be nice to have pieces that are, y'know, actually designed for being projectiles and don't spin out after 10 feet. Actually, now that I think about it, something I'd want to try is using mini to normal transition rods with tape fins wrapped around the smaller sections such that they could fit down a normal K'nex barrel. I don't know how much difference it'd make, but it could potentially offer a way to make an easily mag-fed, repeating, finned ammo launcher.Unrelated note, I find it interesting how many builders ended up in engineering. I'm of a less…
see more » - TheDunkis commented on TheDunkis's instructable BarackudaView Instructable »
It was a bit out of the blue. Can't believe it's been just about two years since I posted it either. Time keeps moving on. It's disappointing that I didn't manage something like this earlier. I was so proud to get this sort of magazine working, even if it's just a novelty. Even Mepain brought the K'nex out again to build it (his stock looks a lot better too). Let me know if you do decide to build it, or anything really. I don't build much anymore, but I'm always excited to see what people still come up with. Hell, now I'm getting ideas of how to improve this, maybe I'll rebuild it.
- TheDunkis commented on TheDunkis's instructable BarackudaView Instructable »
Well if it ain't Mr. KI himself. What brings you round these parts again? Kinda funny how this ible served as a reunion place of sorts for the older K'nexers. Thanks! I didn't really stop to look at all the things I learned over the years and looking at this now I realize how full of nonconventional building methods it is. The drum was certainly the exciting part. Getting it to attach to a launcher, let alone in a removable fashion was certainly a challenge.
- TheDunkis commented on TheDunkis's instructable Barackuda
Yes
View Instructable »Haha sorry. I haven't given up on building exactly, but I haven't been motivated to build anything recently either. Been busy with other aspects of life, don't have the energy to keep trying to build a new community.
- TheDunkis commented on PotatoDemon's instructable Very Strong Knex Gun Ram RodView Instructable »
Very interesting, haven't seen a custom striker design like this before. Though a couple concerns. First off, if you're going to go through the effort of cutting up a metal rod, you might as work out a place to hold the bands instead of binding a K'nex piece (a modified one no less, but you could use a ball socket instead). Second, the range of a K'nex gun is typically dependent on the speed of the striker, which generally means you want as light of one as possible. There are other factors that using metal benefits, but weight certainly isn't one of them.That all said, it's certainly an interesting concept and I'd be very curious to see any further attempts you make. Like, do they make similar sized wooden dowels you could try using next?
- TheDunkis commented on TheDunkis's instructable Oodassault 3.10View Instructable »
Haha glad you built a version of it previously. I'm determined to keep K'nex launchers alive even if I do it mostly alone. I'm hoping to post proper instructions to an updated version of the Barackuda soon.
- TheDunkis commented on TheDunkis's instructable Oodassault 3.10
(not sure if the comments got out of order, 'ibles new comment system is slightly confusing)Ah, sweet, looking forward to seeing what you managed!
View Instructable »Indeed. We've all seen the value in it but it was just too large to tackle. It could literally be a book some day.Amen. Just having the willpower to build can be enough of a struggle. Did you get that idea independently too? I had the same exact idea, using a lever at the front of the semi-auto slingshot to act on the equivalent of a piston to automatically drive the trigger, making a truly fully automatic K'nex launcher. However, likewise, I could never figure out a frictionless trigger. Stacking up bands produces a lot of friction. Not to mention we'd realistically probably only get up to 10 or so bands before -something- starts failing. I imagine the thing would fire 700+ RPM so with only 10 shots or less, it'd be more like a sputter gun. Still, it'd be incredibly novel so by all means…
see more » - TheDunkis commented on TheDunkis's instructable Oodassault 3.10
Many thanks!
Heyo, thanks! Good to see you around.
View Instructable »Indeed, but it's a nice challenge in itself, so I'll get to it..someday. And thanks, it certainly was upsetting at the time, but it made me realize before putting it out there that it really wasn't prepared for the real world anyway. It could've crashed at any point and lost everyone's data had I not got backups working correctly, so it's better it happened before that. Haha yeah, we all remember our first block trigger (I've been redefining a lot of terminology to be a little more accurate/less confusing). Back when we thought our own versions were "simple but powerful" and all that. It was very nostalgic. I kept that design around for a long time, sad I couldn't even remember the video I got it from. As long as you never truly quit, that's a lot more than most builders. Haha, …
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- TheDunkis commented on TheDunkis's instructable Oodassault 3.10
Thanks, let me know what you think of the 3.10 if you build it. Honestly, it was finickier for me than I would've liked, but still better than the last version that I posted. I haven't posted anything in a long time so I wanted to finally make instructions again. The blog has done wonders for boosting my activity since I'll talk about an old gun I made and then find ways I want to improve it so I can post instructions for it. Mmm try again, long story shot, the URL gets ruined when I put it on certain sites. I'll try to fix it.
View Instructable »Thanks, though honestly I put the series on hold pretty quickly because I couldn't figure out what the next step should be. Like, you can go in many different directions after you learn the basics of power. Because of that, I wanted to make a very basic, very modular launcher that I could reuse for several lessons, like a basic block body, then a basic magazine, then a basic stock and pin guide, etc. But I haven't come up with it yet. Funny how it becomes more difficult to build something simple the more experienced you are. Yeah, I don't know why 'ibles decided to go back to its old style. Any sense of K'nex gunning community we had left died that day and I just about lost all hope. I had started working on a full website with new forums and intending to make my own instructions editor +…
see more » - TheDunkis commented on Jedi_man's instructable K'nex Whisper Pistol [Semi-auto, Unique Mech, 6 Shots]View Instructable »
Haha hey, man. Well truth be told I didn't contribute a lot and all of the guns I did make were relatively small things and unfinished concepts. Heck after asking you to help make a bolt action, I didn't come up with my own post-worthy one until just a couple years ago. Good to see you around, you planning on staying long? As you can see, activity has really died down. K'nex gun building just ain't what it used to be, so it's exciting when I see stuff like this posted.
- TheDunkis commented on Jedi_man's instructable K'nex Whisper Pistol [Unique Mech, Semi-auto, 6 Shots]View Instructable »
Not one of the best, just one of the oldest. But thanks. Keep it up!
- TheDunkis commented on Jedi_man's instructable K'nex Whisper Pistol [Unique Mech, Semi-auto, 6 Shots]View Instructable »
That's pretty cool actually! So it's like an RBG but with a linear system instead of the typical cog action. It's admirable you're trying to stir activity as well.
- TheDunkis commented on the knex gun boy's instructable Knex SMGView Instructable »
I'm sorry, what was that?
- TheDunkis commented on An Villain's instructable Weird Falling-Block RifleView Instructable »
Ah, I always wanted to see an actual working version of this concept, nice. Though perhaps add pump action to make it take care of the charging as well as the loading to greatly improve the RoF? Nice work regardless.
- TheDunkis commented on dr. richtofen's instructable K'nex Magpul PDR instructionsView Instructable »
Noice. Yours is probably my favorite. I ended up getting an airsoft version of the PDR-C because I liked it so much, so someday I might use yours as a basis for my own.
I don't believe it used any, not according to my parts list anyway.