plexi glass A-5 reciever(s)
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Topic: plexi glass A-5 reciever(s)
Posted By: AlienA-5
Subject: plexi glass A-5 reciever(s)
Date Posted: 07 August 2006 at 6:57pm
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im sure this has been asked before but i was wondering, if enough time (not money) was put into this. would it be possible to make (a) reciever(s) made out of plexi glass, just for the fun of it. I was thinking i could lay a sheet of plexi glass on top of the inside of the reciever and use a heat to make it soft then press it into the grooves of the reciever. im sure i'd have to do some messuring and all that but would plexi glass be a problem. I wouldnt care about the outside looking perfect either. just making it see-through would be cool. please put some thought into this with me. thanks ------------- stop whining an play |
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Posted By: paintballinbill
Date Posted: 07 August 2006 at 7:36pm
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idk if plexiglass would be strong enough....you'd have to find out from manufacturers beforehand... ------------- 98 Custom milled;painted;J&J Ceramic;X-Chamber;R/T;Cyclone. |
Posted By: AlienA-5
Date Posted: 07 August 2006 at 7:53pm
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is there any air pressure on the recievers when air is hooked up? ------------- stop whining an play |
Posted By: DsXz
Date Posted: 07 August 2006 at 8:22pm
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no ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: cus98tom
Date Posted: 07 August 2006 at 8:36pm
| Plexi-glass or Lexan, does not like oils, it would form cracks. |
Posted By: AlienA-5
Date Posted: 07 August 2006 at 8:44pm
is there any other type of sheet plastic that i could use to be molded into the reciever shape. or is there any other (cheap) way of making a see thru reciever. im just bored right now and tinkering with my makes me...not bored ------------- stop whining an play |
Posted By: DsXz
Date Posted: 07 August 2006 at 10:10pm
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make a mold and pour glass into it? ------------- http://imageshack.us">
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Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 07 August 2006 at 11:34pm
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Yeah, a glass paintball gun. So light and durable. |
DsXz wrote:Posted By: AlienA-5
Date Posted: 08 August 2006 at 12:28am
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is that sarcasm or are you serious dont know if i will have access to large amounts of melted glass in the near future ------------- stop whining an play |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 08 August 2006 at 1:13am
Bahhahahahaha Youd have to make a mold. But after you do that, you could put fiberglass(very cheap and easy to use), or carbonfiber(more expensive). |
Posted By: AlienA-5
Date Posted: 08 August 2006 at 1:02pm
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just lexan for me. give opinions please
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 08 August 2006 at 2:10pm
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I dunno, if you could pull it off it would be cool as hell. But it would seem to me that if it was practical, some company would have already started doing this as a cheaper alternative to the metal recievers. ------------- ? |
Posted By: RicWhic414
Date Posted: 09 August 2006 at 1:04pm
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lexan and plexi glass can be bent... they have kits out there u can buy
but actually it wouldnt be that hard to make that shape of an a-5... or
im sure there is places out there that r pros with this kinda stuff and
could prolly make anythin out of plexi glass or lexan... i would try to
use lexan its stronger and that much more money then plexi. *edit* alien i hope u dont mind but im goin to try this out... i think its a really cool idea ------------- Tuesday starts the weekend... YAYAYA!!!! CHUFF CHUFF |
Posted By: druidsdecendant
Date Posted: 09 August 2006 at 11:14pm
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or this..... http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?id=976&step=2 - http://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?id=976&step=2 ------------- 68 Classic Mag; PMI .68 Magnum; Maxed Stage5 Ion; M98 Scenario creation in the works; - You EPunks are all alike-all mouth until you reach the tailgate section of the field...then you "were j/j" |
Posted By: hybrid-sniper
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 12:57am
CHEAP!
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Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 3:07am
| That stuff would be so cool to make a phantime body with. |
Posted By: druidsdecendant
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 12:25pm
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lol hybrid.....never said it was cheap, just an alternative......lol ------------- 68 Classic Mag; PMI .68 Magnum; Maxed Stage5 Ion; M98 Scenario creation in the works; - You EPunks are all alike-all mouth until you reach the tailgate section of the field...then you "were j/j" |