Profs marble sniper (as seen at spudshot.com)

[ProfessorAmadeus]

This is my marble gun. It was used in the wall of doom ( http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5330& ) and for the damage and also in the accurate marble ammo how to ( http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5316& ). It has a 2 inch by 1 1/2 foot chamber and a 3 foot 1/2inch barrel. Its breech loading but the breach doesnt seal. I really need to paint it but here it is. The pictures are in no perticular order.

[schmanman]

wow, verrrrrrrrrrry nice. how did you space out and drill those holes on the barrel shroud so perfectly? I want to do that, but when I try, It turns out looking like crap.

[Bluetooth]

I love the spring loaded breach !! Thats pretty cool. It looks like a classic sprinkler valve pneumatic. Is it just me or are we like the only ones posting?

[ProfessorAmadeus]

Everyone else hates me because my guns are so much more awesomer then theirs Oh and for the barrel shoud it took me about an hour and a half of measuring and drawing strait lines. You have to start out by drawing a x on one end of the pipe.



Then look down the pipe and draw a point that lines up strait with a point on the x. Now get a ruler and a connect the 2 lines together. Measure out the distance that you wont your holes to be at and put dots there.Now do it 3 more times and your done!

[schmanman]

I love the spring loaded breach !! That's pretty cool. It looks like a classic sprinkler valve pneumatic. Is it just me or are we like the only ones posting?

yeah, it seems that way...

ok, I get it now. I am going to make a barrel shroud with 3 inch for the 20' aluminum barrel

[ProfessorAmadeus]

Well you dont make an X on the other end of the pipe. You make a mark half way down the pipe.



then you draw a strait line connecting those 2 lines. Its hard to explain without you being here.

[MrCrowley]

Ummm....Nice feet, and nice gun while im at it, How did you drill the hole for the breech so nice?did you use a dremel? When I try to do mine they always turn out like shit as I use a angle grinder its really really fast

[ProfessorAmadeus]

I just used a spaid(sp) drill bit. Wow, doing it with an ankle grinder would be scary. I would have all ready cut my whole hand off!

[schmanman]

ahh, angle grinders aren't scary! you just have to know how to use one.

[ProfessorAmadeus]

I have used one before and I touched it down to the metal and almost ripped out of my hands. That was when I was 11 though. It reminds me of the time when I was 8 and my dad let me shoot his .22 pistol. I didnt know what blow back was and put my thumb on the side that moves back and forth when you fire. I shot it and when It moves back forward it ripped my skin off with it. It hurt soo bad.

[Flying_Salt]

So is typical marble size 1/2''?

[ProfessorAmadeus]

yeah. The ones I got are. My friend gave my huge amounts of them so Im set for life.

[MrCrowley]

I just used a spaid(sp) drill bit. Wow, doing it with an ankle grinder would be scary. I would have all ready cut my whole hand off!

Oh cool i have a spade drill bit,but last time I tried it with the spade bit it ripped the pipe open Ankle grinders are scary but angle grinders arn't

[Flying_Salt]

Hey, I have all this 1/2'' pipe laying around in my garage, I think its for making a mosquito net frame or something. I wonder if I can talk my dad into letting me use that
Hey I just found out these little ball bearings from this magnetic thing my sisters have fits perfectly in it.

[ProfessorAmadeus]

Awesome find! Thats soo cool. Those are kinda like what I have but I got mine from shop class.