Props Finally Started This...

[spartan005]

ok well keep us updated i luv ur work i have one of ur M6G's that u did earlier this year and would luv to get my hands on one of these smexy rifles

 

[thorssoli]

UPDATES!

Again, the pics should be pretty self explanatory...

Tomorrow, bondo and sanding and a bit more primer. Somewhere in there I'll be making the fluted section of the barrel and buying the stock to make the recoil suppressor and the fat part of the barrel.

Comments and criticisms welcome.

Stay tuned...

 

[Hell Razer]

looks damn sexy...... *jaw falls off*

 

[thorssoli]

Not a lot of progress since I spent yesterday shopping for materials to make the barrel and recoil suppressor, but here's the pics all the same:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4935768419_b68559619a_o.jpg

 

[Tyvern]

Must bow down to the awesome goodness!

 

[Akademee]

These kinds of threads make me want to save up for a CNC machine!

 

[Peagis01]

You sir are a genius! You are inspiring me to get to work on my own armor and weapons!!!

 

[thorssoli]

Lopez has done all that he can for this project. Now on to the lathe...

Next up: fluting the barrel. Stay tuned.

 

[thorssoli]

Wow, no comments. I guess I needed more pics:

Tomorrow: a bit more fairing of the main body as well as turning down the recoil suppressor on the lathe.

Stay tuned...

 

[Peagis01]

very cool, wish i had access to the tools you have!

 

[Castellan Craft]

Wow, no comments. I guess I needed more pics:

All the comments that sprung to mind about the single piece in the post prior would have had the potential to get me temp banned cause, yanno... I'm a horrible no good very bad person. *Slaps self*

Still amazing work as always. It may just be my eyes deceiving me, but in that first bit of the barrel it looks like there's some shallow scallops down in the fluting? Could just be dust and fingerprints though. Much straighter and tighter then I currently have the skills to do. Did you do that on lathe too? ^_^

 

[thorssoli]

It may just be my eyes deceiving me, but in that first bit of the barrel it looks like there's some shallow scallops down in the fluting? Could just be dust and fingerprints though. Much straighter and tighter then I currently have the skills to do. Did you do that on lathe too? ^_^

The fluting was done using a router table. I made a jig to hold the piece of 3/4" PVC pipe and then made shallow cuts with a half-round router bit. The "scallops" you refer to are probably the slight changes in the depth of the cut based on how hard I was pushing from one moment to the next. PVC is not quite ideal for this application, but it served its purpose.

 

[S1l3nt V1p3r]

I want this, man! D:

 

[gingersnapples]

can i haz sniper?

 

[sonic sod]

i can feel this is gunna turn out awsome

 

[thorssoli]

Time for an update...

 

[Lemon Pledge]

haha someone looks like he is having a little to much fun with his new toy haha looks awesome man, you can really churn these projects out keep it up

 

[Peagis01]

This is coming along very nicely!

 

[n1njqch1cken]

first off, that looks great! second off, what kind of machine is this??? i would save so much time with one of those, im not sure if my wallet would love me for it though

btw, are those evil gun gnomes your targets???

 

[thorssoli]

first off, that looks great! second off, what kind of machine is this??? i would save so much time with one of those, im not sure if my wallet would love me for it though

btw, are those evil gun gnomes your targets???

The machine is a Craftsman Carvewright. You can read more about it at www.carvewright.com. It's pretty good for what it's made for, but I'm pretty much using it at the limit of its capabilities. If money were no object, I'd prefer a proper 5-axis CNC mill so I could just make the prototypes out of billet aluminum. That's a toy that's probably a few years away though.

Meanwhile, I'm trying to talk myself out of buying one of THESE.

The gnomes are another side project to help pay for things. I'll be selling them just as soon as I have a batch of them painted up. For now I'm just lining up castings and doing a bit of prep work on them:

Stay tuned...