2023 Pile Of Poo discussion

[Ecapnation]

Thanksgiving

Pull out those spray cans

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Nah... I'm a fan of the black/stainless look.

The hoppers however.... Eh

[Trbo323]

When is the completion date?

I'm done.... But just checking lol

I'm also whole heartedly admitting I'm $20 under budget so I might do something else....

Thanksgiving

Pull out those spray cans

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[BrickHaus]

Ugh, I got so far so fast and just hit a wall, summer is always a whirlwind once my wife gets to planning stuff.. ill finish mine up asap.

It'll have to wait til the 1st of sept, as I'm in the middle of a deck addition.

[Ecapnation]

When is the completion date?

I'm done.... But just checking lol

I'm also whole heartedly admitting I'm $20 under budget so I might do something else....

[jokers]

But But it is to hot in the not air conditioned shop. 😭

[rawbutter]

I have ordered parts. Should I start with pictures of that?

[Trbo323]

There's still only 2 build threads

I know I sent out more than 2 markers.

Where you guys at?

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[Ecapnation]

After some fiddling.... I have one working carver!

I grossly underestimated the amount of Tippmann bolts I thought I had. So going to my local proshop to raid their junk boxes like the old days this coming week.

[Super Nova]

Mine was functional when I got it and in true MCB style its in parts now...

[BrickHaus]

I played agame with mine. Its not complete, but its functional enough.

[Spider!]

Functional?? Sure. What good is that??

Mine was in pretty decent shape really. I need to settle on the gas source to tune the velocity, but it has serviceable velocity and recocks well with HPA.

I have the feed chopped up and the barrel is suspect. The barrel has noticable wear from the 50 Cal kit o-ring. I want to use the barrel one way or another. I'm not sure if the wear will matter.

[Trbo323]

So does anybody have a functional marker yet?

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[Ecapnation]

Progress imperceptibly slow....

So ran into the local airsoft store (shudder) for cheap pistol mag pouches because I don't need fancy I just need functional.

Low and behold they had the clamps I needed! And for $20 a pair!

[Cdn_Cuda]

I used Toestr’s method to take apart the valve in my Factory FA too far many times. Ended up getting pretty good at it! Pretty sure I have pictures of the process in my breakdown thread.

[Siress]

I hold the valve with one hand, push the brass plug down with a dowel rod until there's enough room for the o-ring pic to get at the hidden end of the retainer to keep it from spinning and use a flat blade with my other hand to pry the visible end of the retainer out the groove while stirring my pot of chili with my eighth hand. fucking bullshit cheap ass tippmann execs in their cast aluminum towers.