The AutoClocker
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Topic: The AutoClocker
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Subject: The AutoClocker
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 9:36pm
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Ive been on a huge steampunk bender lately, after reading The Difference Engine by Gibson and Sterling, among other things. So I decided to re-work my cocker to a more steampunk theme. Most of the "work" is done, I cut a new front block bolt, bolt pin, timing collar, pump arm, and other parts out of brass. Put the old stock brass pneumatics on. Still to do, I need to haul the gripframe into school soon and sandblast the stubborn anno and paint off it, find some sort of brass LPR, get a funky old school brass barrel, and I really want to engrave the brass side panels with some kind of old victorian look. The only problem is I kinda suck at artsy type stuff of that sort.   ------------- 
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Posted By: glazener24
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 9:38pm
That looks awesome, I think a brass barrel might be over kill, but I could be wrong. Nice job so far. 
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Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 9:43pm
| so you are still alive... |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 9:54pm
Busy with school. I have access to big machines though  -------------
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procarbinefreak wrote:Posted By: BARREL BREAK
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 10:20pm
| Cool stuff, and it's nice to see you drop by once in a blue moon, we miss you. |
Posted By: Ken Majors
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:04pm
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It is a thing of beauty.
A big noisy brass barrel is a must for this project. ------------- RLTW |
Posted By: ShortyBP
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:35pm
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Nicely done.
Wish I had kept all the brass barrels I had. I think I had at least one with Cocker threads... coulda sent it to you. 
Looking forward to seeing the finished product. The work-in-progress is more than impressive as it stands. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:44pm
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Wow thats cool. Ive been looking into steam and sterling engines as well. I would love to put one on a scooter. Diggin the theme cocker. |
Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 1:31am
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you could always draw something up in a CAD program or rip an image off the internet somewhere and CNC it if you have access to CNC mill. ------------- 
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Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 2:26am
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sweet, really like it what you taking at school? ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
Posted By: prolitesniper
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 4:06am
nice, but you have really hairy arms  ------------- Tippmann A5 RT 16in J&J Ceramic 14in linear smartparts New BT Apex Barrel 45ci 3000psi Nitro System blade trigger 4+1pack |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 10:15am
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*waves at Enos. Looking good! ------------- 
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Posted By: lilsully4
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 10:17am
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That looks sick, brass would look sweet ------------- 
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Posted By: Black_Shadow
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 10:30am
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sick... you have to put a loud brass barrel through. that will just put it over the top. and a brass reg with a brass gauge wuld be sick too ------------- 98CP ACT R/T J&J Ceramic 14" Egg II w Z-Board GTA Inline X-Chamber NCStar Red-Dot Pen Spring Mod Trigger Stops Polished Internals Dye Sticky Grip 20oz Co2 w On/Off Next Up: Spimmy |
Posted By: Cyberdemon
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 11:55am
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It's secksy with all of the brass and everything. ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: kurieitaa
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 1:54pm
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that looks sweet.....the problem with brass it is hard to keep shiny allthe time :|, but looks sweet tho :) ------------- 
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Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 2:33pm
Going for my associates degree in manufacturing technology, majoring in CNC programming. That gray block with a bunch of holes in it in the background of the first pic is one of my old projects. -------------
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Posted By: chettacheez
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 4:31pm
| I'm liking it. |
Posted By: KillerBD
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 5:20pm
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Some hi-res pictures please
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Posted By: Yomillio
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 5:57pm
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That, enos, is seriously a work of art. One, i can appreciate the cocker itself, and two, it just looks amazing. I love it. ------------- 
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Posted By: UV Halo
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 7:02pm
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Good Stuff, Go with the brass barrel for sure. I think it would also add a little heat to the guns look by giving all the exposed aluminum a pewter/black iron type finish and then only the smallest chrome accents.
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 8:44pm
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Looks awesome so far, Enos. I like the theme. ------------- Pumpker'd; (V.) When a pump player runs up and shoots you at point blank range because you thought 20bps made you good. |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 10:36pm
Yeah, I was thinking of wire brushing the aluminum parts really hard until they form kind of a layer of lumpy looking stuff. I dunno, I might still do it, Id like to corrode the aluminum somehow and make it look really old and antique when its all assembled and done, but I havent found any good way to do it. I might just haul a piece of aluminum into school and toss it in the sandblaster and see how much punishment it will take before it looks old and antiqued. -------------
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Posted By: bm6841
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 10:37pm
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nice ------------- -Brian Tippmann A5 w/ Response Trigger |
Posted By: warbeak2099
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 10:44am
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Palmers Brass barrel ftw.
https://www.palmer-pursuit.com/ecom/product_info.php/cPath/6 0_61/products_id/276?osCsid=92cc3f82e72417faa700f248557ec8cb They have sweet brass a/c detents at Palmers too. https://www.palmer-pursuit.com/ecom/product_info.php/product s_id/353?osCsid=92cc3f82e72417faa700f248557ec8cb ------------- MIDN 2/C, US Navy LCE-SpyderMag | G-Force Pneumatic Mag | '99 RF Sniper II |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 2:50pm
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Try salt to oxodize the aluminum. It does wonders to aluminum on snowmobiles You could put some gnarly scratches in the aluminum with a wire brush then salt it down. I can see a whacky looking flip-up iron site or some old school Christopher Columbus scope on it. |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 10:35pm
| Brass trigger shoe maybe? |
Posted By: Enos Shenk
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 2:00am
Definately on the list. I sandblasted the gripframe today, it took ages with the cloggy sandblaster at school but it looks awesome, really matte gray finish. Ill try the salt idea on a chunk of scrap and see how it works. Ive got some super strength ice-melt stuff laying around, Ill try mixing it with a bit of water and letting the part soak in it for a day or so. -------------
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Posted By: mamasboi
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 3:24pm
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sweet the copper looks cool |
Posted By: Shadowminion
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 3:52pm
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cold temperature anodize (Type III Mil-Spec) will give the aluminum a dark grey color , 28 Deg F , 15% sulphuric / balance DI water , will give great corrosion protection too . Looks real good so far ! ------------- SL68-II , micro honed and polished .688" bore . Tuff Enuf . Widowmaker , under construction |
Posted By: Lightningbolt
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 9:23pm
| I wouldn't soak the entire part for internals sake. I'd carefully wipe some salty water on the outter surface. Salt will pit the aluminum |