Airtech 4000 added to sales page!

Hey guys,

The Airtech 4000 is the king of the Airtech line with twelve barrels, turret auto-rotation, and a massive air tank. Seeing that I have two of these bad boys, I've decided to pass one on to the community. The auto-rotation works perfectly, it still successfully shoots darts, and the shell is in tiptop shape! Asking price is $30, and I haven't figured out the cheapest way to ship it yet:

Cheers!
~T

Time to resurrect a monster...

Hello people,

Look what came in the mail recently:

For those of you that have never seen the likes, it's a Stampede's gearbox. The battery pack drives an electric motor that drives the gearbox that eventually primes the blaster. The problem arises when you increase the voltage from 6V to 16.8V--the torque from the motor ends up stripping one of the gears! For those of you that don't remember:

This time, I will be making a "preemptive strike" on the gear before it has a chance to strip itself. I will be thoroughly cleaning the contact area and using powerful solvents to fuse the gear to it's mount--a much better solution than trying to buy metal gears off flaky Chinese Nerf companies.

In other news, I have been slacking off with the modding due to car maintenance, practicing music, and various forms of debauchery. I promise I'll get cracking on the Longstrike/Stampede/LS shotgun grip soon--there just aren't enough hours in the day! Please sit tight while I square things away one at a time.

Regards,
~T da B

How to make a Rainbow Catch

Hello readers,

My mind has been elsewhere for the past week. Something in that clean Adirondack air made me take a good look at life and make a few tweaks. Not to worry--I'm not quitting modding, just making a few adjustments. T da B has always been a musician at heart, and he has decided to dust off the old bass guitar and get thumping once again!

Let us shift back to the topic at hand: the Rainbow Catch. Invented in 2010, it was the successor to the Plusbow Catch. Its purpose was to do away with the latter's bulky side plates and be completely contained in the plunger tube. You can find templates on Nerfhaven.com, but only for the original size that fits in 1 1/4'' PVC. The Rainbow Catch that I am building is intended for 1 1/2'' PVC, so I had to do it myself with no templates. Life isn't just cutting and pasting!

The original Rainbow

Back to carry the torch!

Sup readers,

I'm finally back from my vacation! Check it:

Dope ass vacation. Secret plans after the jump:

Goodbye for 2 weeks!

Hey guys,


I'll be leaving for a two-week vacation tomorrow, so don't be surprised by the lack of posts. I will be here:

Don't worry people--I'll be back soon enough! I also decided to leave you guys a surprise after the jump...

One year of modding down!

Hey guys,

I just looked at the calendar and realized that I've reached my one year modding anniversary! Time really flies when you're having fun, eh? A year ago I decided to try my luck at this hobby and see if it was actually fun. By today I've completed many mods, and I'm well on my way to building my first homemade and becoming a mod master.

Thank you all for following me and checking out my work--my methods and skills will only get better with time, and I have a lot more to contribute to the Nerf internet community. I hope you guys have been kept entertained this past year--there is much more work to be done! I'll try some new things as well, like making a video or something. Onwards and upwards!

Sincerely,
~T da B

Longshot repairs: Part 2!

Sup lady and gentlemen,

It seems like I'll never see the end of my Longshot modding--just when I think I have it all figured out, something else decides to fail on me. This time it was my trigger catch that bit the dust so I decided to make a new one out of 1/8'' polycarbonate as well as a new plunger to complement it.

I started out by tracing the old trigger catch on a piece of 1/8'' polycarbonate: