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Ok so i made a replica lower reciever for an M4 out of wood for a project involving a muzzle loading marble gun but i quickly scrapped that plan and was thinkin of making an inline vortex block BBMG but here is my problem what do i use for the vortex block materials? my options are wood that is coated in epoxy for longer life or bondo. here is my design let me know if it needs to revisit the drawing board.
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:04 pm

could always make a vortex block out of a peice of PVC..
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:10 pm

really? how? do you mean melting the PVC without burning it then forming it like cast? or are you thinking of some ghetto way that is posted in the how-to section that isn't worth a damn?
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 8:17 pm

im talking about 3/4" pipe cut about an inch long.. two holes drilled into it.. one for the barrel and one for the air inlet.. Then you can use epoxy to keep the barrel from wobbling.
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i was thinking of using 3/4" copper for the chamber so i can use higher pressures so i was thinking something more "professional?"
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:34 pm

Bondo rules! Not only can you build vortex blocks out of it, you can also fix a dent in your car with it. :P
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:47 pm

lol that's what i'm told! would it be able to with stand bb's slamming against it.
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:48 pm

for high pressure and long life, inline vortex's should really be cast out of aluminum, but if that isn't an option get a piece of thickwalled brass or aluminum and drill the ports into it, then solder the input (chamber) and output (barrel) pipes to it.
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:05 pm

ones i made one out of som crapy wood and it only shot for 30 secound i took it out and it had so many dents and bb stuck in it dont use wood it $ucks





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Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:11 pm

pocket wrote:lol that's what i'm told! would it be able to with stand bb's slamming against it.
For a while. The trick is to make more then 1 so you can swap it out quickly when they don't work anymore. Then repair the worn one with guess what......lets all say it together..........BONDO!!!! YEA BONDO. The magical creamy gui fix all stuff. :lol:

I think I'v been around 1 to many open cans of it. :roll:
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:12 pm

twizi sorry ur the one person i wont listen to. i dont know maybe its because you dont read what the author wrote and think what your goona write. i clearly stated it would be coated in epoxy which is one of the toughest stuff.
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:16 pm

i now you sad that
i coated myn in that spray on glue stuff that comes in the spray paint cans
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:22 pm

lol dude just stop talking this is what im using http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stor ... PartNumber and u know nothing
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:26 pm

twizi wrote:i now you sad that
i coated myn in that spray on glue stuff that comes in the spray paint cans

"i now you sad that"

WHAT?

Heads up twizi, I just deleted your double post don't make me fix your gramer as well.
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1/2" acrylic, 1/2" PVC sheet, 1/2" high density polyethylene (HDPE) sheet, all available at any plastics store.
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