How To: A-5 Vert Feed
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Topic: How To: A-5 Vert Feed
Posted By: zekk001
Subject: How To: A-5 Vert Feed
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 12:17am
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SEE BELOW FOR PICS.
I finally got them working. ( I think) This takes a little bit of ingenuity and a little bit of patience. Start with a 98c feedneck ($10) and a dremel tool with a sanding bit and a few heavy duty cutoff wheels. You will also need a drill. I wanted to be able to put the cyclone feed back on, so I had to do substantially more work that someone who wanted to go just to the vert feed. Let me say here, that I finally have this working flawlessly. Your A-5 will not chop or jam if you have a force feeding hopper and do not plug the hole for the exhaust gas. I use the egg on my warpdrive and do not miss a beat. If you have a halo B or empire reloader B you will be fine, but do not try this with an agitation hopper. Take off your cyclone feed and use your dremel to round off and shorten the arm for the cyclone. Also widen out the reciever of the A-5 body so that all edges that a paintball might touch are very rounded. Especially work off the top edge of the reciever. Line up the 98 feed and mark lines where the cyclone arm will interfere. Make these cuts first on the feed so that you can better align the detail work. Shave off the rounded pin recievers on the 98 feed so that it can fit flat against the body of tthe A-5. You will also need to be careful as you begin to round off the feed just under the clamping section. This will further allow the feedneck to fit tightly against the body of the gun. Drill two holes into the feed that align with the stabilizing stubs for the cyclone. Finally, use your sanding bit to make sure everything is very smooth, that all the edges fit well against the gun, and that all of the excess plastic is removed. I use a bolt and washer through the hole for the cyclone bolt to stabilize the feed. The washer is big enough that it lips over the flat, bottom portion of the feedneck and clamps it down securely. Good luck with the mod and feel free to ask any questions. ------------- Everybody needs a mech cocker. They are just so smooth and sexy; not like those 5 sec robo jobs. |
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Posted By: zekk001
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 12:21am
 ------------- Everybody needs a mech cocker. They are just so smooth and sexy; not like those 5 sec robo jobs. |
Posted By: Ditmar369
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 12:24am
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ok thanks i dnt have an A-5 though... ------------- 
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 12:32am
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None of your pics work. |
Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 12:34am
| pics=no no |
Posted By: zekk001
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 12:45am
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Ok, they are up. ------------- Everybody needs a mech cocker. They are just so smooth and sexy; not like those 5 sec robo jobs. |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 1:18am
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One pic shows up. Use http://www.imageshack.us - www.imageshack.us or http://www.photobucket.com - www.photobucket.com |
Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 7:03am
| but why would you want to do this? |
Posted By: Millslane
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 8:36am
thats what i was thinking ------------- www.pbteamwow.com |
youm0nt wrote:Posted By: Ditmar369
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 12:03pm
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pics are working now very nice.. -------------
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Posted By: rossy11223
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 12:05pm
| The centerfeed would just get in the way and you wouldn't need it because you have a eggy on a mech A-5..... |
Posted By: zekk001
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 4:30pm
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Actually, this is an e-grip with the WAS board. And
this way my feed can still keep up even with the board turned all the way up. The cyclone just can't function that fast. Also I did the trigger work myself and it is literally a mouse click. My trigger is a GTA double, but I added screws to adjust the forward and backward travel. Also, if you read the post, I'm using the egg on my WARPDRIVE. That means there is now nothing sticking out to the top or side of my gun. The last thing coming is DYE stickies. I wanted to do this for 2 reasons. 1- the cyclone cannot keep up and is in the way. 2- it's cool to do as much to you gun as possible. Who wants to be stock? ------------- Everybody needs a mech cocker. They are just so smooth and sexy; not like those 5 sec robo jobs. |
Posted By: rossy11223
Date Posted: 02 August 2005 at 4:32pm
| I agree. I love homemade mods and it will help you keep up with the WAS board. The cyclone just can't compete. |
Posted By: zekk001
Date Posted: 03 August 2005 at 2:38pm
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By the way, pics of the Warp-5 are up in the August gun-of-the-month for tippmanns. ------------- Everybody needs a mech cocker. They are just so smooth and sexy; not like those 5 sec robo jobs. |
Posted By: jeep 98 custom
Date Posted: 03 August 2005 at 3:05pm
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You did a good job, but that's not a true vert feed. I vert fed
my old A-5, drilled a hole stright through the top and bondod on a CCM
feedneck. My way is permenant though. Glad to see another
person that realizes the cyclone is garbage.
------------- "Yes there are two path you can go back, but in the long run, there's still time to change the road you're on" 
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Posted By: zekk001
Date Posted: 03 August 2005 at 5:35pm
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Actually, my way is a true 'vert' feed. What you are talking about is called a 'center' feed. My way does not drastically alter the body of the gun. Your's does. The center feed is cool though. I thought about it, but decided I wanted to be able to put the cyclone back on if I had to. ------------- Everybody needs a mech cocker. They are just so smooth and sexy; not like those 5 sec robo jobs. |
Posted By: Mephistopheles
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 3:33pm
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No. "Vert" means Vertical. As in paint drops vertically straight down. And a 98 elbow is not vertical. It goes down, but then curves into the chamber.
What you have is a Right feed. But that's all just terminology. The real topic is just the fact that you did a very good home modification. Cyclone removal has been around since the dawn of the A5. Not really for purpose, because people can just get a Custom Pro really. But done for bragging rights, and a "just to do it" mentallity. ------------- http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/forum_posts.asp?TID=166647&PN=1"> 
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Posted By: woodzballer08
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 3:47pm
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nice, an egg on a a-5.
------------- Getting bunkered is like having sex in prision; it will happen weather you like it or not. |
Posted By: zekk001
Date Posted: 04 August 2005 at 6:55pm
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woodz, you spelled 'whether' incorrectly in your sig. Just thought you'd like to know. ------------- Everybody needs a mech cocker. They are just so smooth and sexy; not like those 5 sec robo jobs. |