flyweightnate
11-17-2007, 05:59 PM
Yeah, so I have my BBT, first Tribal, but it feels a little large to me. I'm a mere 140lbs. And the ano is worn, and the board recently lost a connection and a few more look ready to pull, so...
I'm giving it an overhaul. I decided to half-mill it, and already have the cut modeled in Autodesk Inventor. Starting right above the backplate, going in an inch, then dropping down to the halfway point of the nice ball-mill cut in the side, followed until just before the bolt pin slot. Diagonal from here up to the top of the slot. Quick cut, should be easy enough for me to do on a 3-axis CNC this summer with a .5" end mill. Best part is, it takes off around 5 ounces, and makes it a lil unique.
I'm gonna grab Edwin's teflon bolt, and mill the back end a bit with some ridges, sorta like an Ego bolt.
I'm redoing the board as well... I might grab something really nice, like a Chaos board or something, but for now I'm looking to work with the stock board since money's tight. I'm removing all the charger elements since I use 9vs only, then making a custom backplate. It's going to be milled with a raised Tiki God face on it, or something similar, with a 2-color LED in the "mouth", green for on and safe, red for live.
The switches are both going to be in the trigger frame, with the on/off and safety on opposite sides, right above the trigger. Might be a tight squeeze, but I'll find something. If all else fails, I'll move the power switch to the back of the frame.
To round it all out, I'm throwing an LPRC on it, a 2-liter reg, and the Thorn drop I've got. A CCM No-pro neck, too.
Finally, the anodizing. Probably all dust black, but with a red trigger, and inscribed in an appropriate "Tribal" script on the sides, "Angel Killer".
I'm giving it an overhaul. I decided to half-mill it, and already have the cut modeled in Autodesk Inventor. Starting right above the backplate, going in an inch, then dropping down to the halfway point of the nice ball-mill cut in the side, followed until just before the bolt pin slot. Diagonal from here up to the top of the slot. Quick cut, should be easy enough for me to do on a 3-axis CNC this summer with a .5" end mill. Best part is, it takes off around 5 ounces, and makes it a lil unique.
I'm gonna grab Edwin's teflon bolt, and mill the back end a bit with some ridges, sorta like an Ego bolt.
I'm redoing the board as well... I might grab something really nice, like a Chaos board or something, but for now I'm looking to work with the stock board since money's tight. I'm removing all the charger elements since I use 9vs only, then making a custom backplate. It's going to be milled with a raised Tiki God face on it, or something similar, with a 2-color LED in the "mouth", green for on and safe, red for live.
The switches are both going to be in the trigger frame, with the on/off and safety on opposite sides, right above the trigger. Might be a tight squeeze, but I'll find something. If all else fails, I'll move the power switch to the back of the frame.
To round it all out, I'm throwing an LPRC on it, a 2-liter reg, and the Thorn drop I've got. A CCM No-pro neck, too.
Finally, the anodizing. Probably all dust black, but with a red trigger, and inscribed in an appropriate "Tribal" script on the sides, "Angel Killer".