Aluminium nerf parts

Chris, I would like to post you the plunger arm for the vulcan, these a tearing in half on a horizontal plane of movement under the weight of the 25lbs spring i am using. I have looked at other ways to try to reinforce the arm, but the first failure point cant be reinforced on this arm. Just like to know what time frame your working on currently?

At the moment, very high
First priority is to get the back log of Longshot sleds completed

I think I'm down for 2 sleds Chris but I probably could do without one or both now if you don't have enough to meet the demand. I'll still take them if you have them allocated to me cause I don't want to leave you with excess stock.

For the Deploy plunger, is it including the rod?
Cause I only want the plunger tube. How much would it be?

oxymoron wrote:I think I'm down for 2 sleds Chris but I probably could do without one or both now if you don't have enough to meet the demand. I'll still take them if you have them allocated to me cause I don't want to leave you with excess stock.

When the longshot sleds finally get made I'll have plenty

Nerph wrote:For the Deploy plunger, is it including the rod?
Cause I only want the plunger tube. How much would it be?

The deploy plunger is just the deploy plunger $50, which rod are you talking about?

Longshot sled

I finally got the sample and they work
LongShot sled

They just need to make a few changes then they can start making them
Depending what other parts were ordered with the sled I'll be sending them out soon after I finally get them

Hey, I was wondering if you can use the L-Part of an LS bolt-sled with the tail part of the stock gun? If so, how can you do it.

Thanks

You mean the aluminium L part?
It can done with some filing so it all fits together
Refer to the plastic tail part to get an idea of how it should for it to fit together

It's easier just to remove all the "safety" catches

Read this topic title as "Aluminium nerf darts". I was scared.

LOL

Any news on our sleds?

Finally, I will be getting them tomorrow
I can then start making the remaining pieces and send them out
Starting from oldest to newest

Finally got them

Lots of sleds
This is what they look like

That is a lot of sleds

Yeah 55 in total, hopefully they work as good as the sample they gave me
Would have taken me about 1yr to make that many
Now I can finally make the other associated parts people have ordered and send them out
Wont be long now

:O

Holy!

Pretty sure there will be some guys on the Nerf SG forums keen for these too mate. looks like you'll have heaps to go round.

What does it cost for you to have one of these made, mate?

Nice work chrisb.

I'm interested in longshot parts. Can you tell me what is currently available and what is expected soon. I haven't read through the whole thread and the order page has pre-order for every item. I believe you may just have the sleds at this time, are they available for purchase now?
If so can I purchase one through the website order page now?

Thanks.

They cost me a bit to make, and a lot of time to organize it all

The L part of the sled is available now, if you want other parts you'll have to wait a little bit
For the longshot I also make the remaining tail part of the sled, the trigger catch and the rear plate of the plunger

WTF I'm pissed off

I gave them measurements
I gave them the aluminum parts I made
I gave them the stock plastic sled

They made a sample which was the correct size and worked

Then I get this shit
Left stock, middle is correct, right is their incorrect stuff

How the blue hell did they manage that?

That's a good 3 or 4 mil off, absolutely appalling.

If you want something done right....

Takes a while to do it yourself

And its not fixable

Yeh, that's pretty poor quality of workmanship. Aside from the colossal dimensions fcuk up, they haven't even bothered to dress the edges or anything.

Would've lasted 2 minutes in my workshop.

Feeling sorry for you dude.

55 unusables...

Hope that at least the legs turned out right.

Yeah at least the lower parts are fine, its just the end bit thats wrong

So what's your plan of attack now Chris? Are they gonna fix it for you?

They better fix it
at least now I can make the other parts people order, catch, tail etc

Chris, any update?
Cheers

I have the L part of the sled and they work great
I'll be sending out 2 deliveries today for people who just ordered the L part
I am currently making Aluminium tail parts and they might be ready tomorrow, they should be sent out by the end of the week

Did you order anything?

yeah mate, via the website a month or so back. Just thought I'd wait patiently. Off memory there was a complete sled and a LS spring. I'll try to look for the confirmation email but i think i left it in junk too long :S

Whats the name it would be under?

Update? (ps i might need to order another set)

Wait a few more weeks
Need to first make a bunch of plastic tail parts and some other Longshot pieces