18-round magazine mod!

Sup guys!

I know that I haven't posted a real mod in quite a while, so I'm pleased to bring you a T da B original! This mod is incredibly useful if you own any clip-fed N-Strike blasters and use modified darts (Stefans). If you have ever tried loading a N-Strike magazine full of Stefans, you may have noticed that the darts refuse to stay lined up. They flip over and on top of each other and jam up your blaster pretty quickly, especially with the 18-round mag. This mod serves to eliminate this problem, and without opening up the clip at all!

Bilbo Laggins

Hello fellow Nerfers and girlfriend! It has been a while since my last update, and I'm sorry for the lag (hence the title). I assure you that I haven't been resting on my laurels all this time. Here's some of the stuff that has been in the works:

Notice a couple differences? The polycarbonate trigger is the obvious one. Here's the other one:

Feast your eyes upon T da B's first paintjob! That's right--I first used three coats of Dupli-color gloss black vinyl dye and then followed it up with two coats of Rustoleum clear gloss acrylic lacquer. Matches the blaster body perfectly.

The last mod that I did is inside the plunger tube. I found that over time, my velocities were steadily dropping and I couldn't explain it. When I removed my plunger rod to prep the plunger tube for painting, I noticed flecks of metal all over the place! It was rust from the K26 spring. I promptly Brasso-ed the shit out of my spring and cleaned out the plunger tube. I added some Teflon tape under my plunger head O-rings for a better seal. With a spring like the K26, it's always better to have a decent amount friction on the plunger walls to accommodate the power. Check it out!

Before

After

I'd say that it's a hefty improvement.

Longshot Update:
I'm sorry to have tantalized anyone with the picture of the Longshot shell--things didn't quite go according to the plan and I slightly miscalculated. Ok maybe it was big miscalculation. Basically, I tried to get fancy and I ended up f-ing myself in the A. Now I have to completely destroy my breech and start again. Once the plus side, my new design will be better than SgNerf's guaranteed. How? Dead space, my friend--dead space. In the meantime, here's something to reinvigorate that boner:

~T

T da B loves pipes

Here in California, we love our pipes. There is one strain that is quite hard to come by--clear PVC. It certainly wasn't a "dime bag," and I paid a hefty price for the last 10 feet of 1.5'' clear PVC that was for sale at Windustrial Co. in Sunnyvale. Buying this off Mcmaster.com or other websites would be comparable in price, but the shipping is an absolute killer for a pipe that size. I look forward to packing this in my Longstrike and getting high off the ranges. All the air will be moved by a U-cup sandwiched between two pieces of polycarbonate. This will be my first Rainbow Catch as well, so I'm super stoked! A few more seshes and I'll be good to go--one must have the courage to grow.

~T

A sneak peek

Hey lady and gentlemen,

It has been a while since I posted anything significant, but I assure you that I have been hard at work on something new. I'm extremely excited about my next project, which I have been taking way beyond the original write-up. Feast your eyes upon this portent:

Scroll saws are the shit.

~T

Loving the lime

Hey guys and gal,

Check out what came in the mail today--I finally got my hands on a lime green Airtech 2000, the final Airtech blaster that I've been seeking for so long! This is the rarest color scheme for the AT2K, and I have big plans for this little guy, including polyethylene barrels, dual-action bike pump, psi gauge, and a blow-off valve. This is all assuming that I can fit it all into the tiny little package--it was hard enough cramming it all into the Airtech 3000! I'd like to see what this AT2K + roboman's aluminum tank are really capable of.

~T

Aluminum air tanks!

Aluminum is a holy material

Hello people,

Today I just received a much-anticipated package in the mail from a fellow by the name of roboman. Doctor roboman happens to have access to some heavy machinery that you and I might not have access to--in this case, it's a lathe. He made me a pair of shiny new silver Aluminum air tanks that will allow my air blasters to be super-reliable and outrageously powerful. I think I just creamed myself.

Big Bad Bow Mod: Part 3--The Final Chapter!

Where we left off...

Sup folks,

Everybody like trilogies, and this write-up serves as the final chapter in the story of my Big Bad Bow. My purple BBB has gotten continually better with each iteration, and it's finally time to wrap things up in a spectacular fashion. This mod is both difficult and time-consuming, and you absolutely need a drill press to complete it. This write-up is mainly based on Zorn's BBB Internals Replacement--I have nothing but respect for my fellow asian -_- This is the ultimate BBB mod that incorporates my own ideas with Zorn's. Without further ado, let's do this!