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starfish · 15th Dec 2008, 09:46 PM

So Friday during lunch I needed to pick up a couple of things for the office. While in the checkout line I notice a Nerf dart gun for $7. I decide what the hell and buy it.

So I get back to the office and we are playing with it. It just plan sucks it, it just does not have any power. The effective range is about only about 5 ft.

At this point people would just say it is only $7 and it sucked, throw it in a drawer and be done with it. Not me.

I bring it home with me tonight and take it apart. It doesn't take long to find the problem. The tolerances on the piston in the air cylinder are just way too loose and there is excessive blow back.

At this point a lot of people would say it sucks and throw it in the trash. So what do I do... I machine a new piston out of an old coke bottle cap.

I put the gun back together and it works much better now. It has a good 20 foot effective range now and the darts will actually stick to stuff. So tomorrow is going fun at work.

The best part is that I never realized the Nerf guns were so simple. I think I'll try my hand at building my own. I wonder if I can get chain fed Nerf darts.

Nick · 15th Dec 2008, 10:05 PM

Haha, awesome

Good luck with modifying it further and making your own !!

Keiss · 15th Dec 2008, 10:11 PM

Hey, sounds like something I would do.

Level N Human · 15th Dec 2008, 10:12 PM

Steampunk mod it!

Sweet. Don't forget your monocle.

RaRa · 15th Dec 2008, 10:13 PM

Thats actually pretty cool.

I wish i could modify stuff.

15th Dec 2008, 10:17 PM

ha i wish i could take stuff apart well i can do that but puttin it together is just too much for me

**Owen** · 16th Dec 2008, 06:26 PM

You're a mechanical geek? Congratulations! Mech geeks are close to the top of the geek hierarchy.

Nixon · 16th Dec 2008, 09:45 PM

I hate steam punk

Goliath · 17th Dec 2008, 05:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gamer am I

You're a mechanical geek? Congratulations! Mech geeks are close to the top of the geek hierarchy.

Then what geeks are at the top?

crystaltriforce · 17th Dec 2008, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Goliath

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gamer am I

You're a mechanical geek? Congratulations! Mech geeks are close to the top of the geek hierarchy.

Then what geeks are at the top?

i think its the computer geek. i might be wrong.

Jeimuzu · 17th Dec 2008, 06:28 AM

No, mech geeks beat comp geeks. I'd put mech geeks at the top myself, closely followed by chem geeks xD

BeautifulStranger · 17th Dec 2008, 06:36 AM

Well, I personally believe that drama/theatre geeks are at the top.

But we're also completely full of ourselves, which explains thinking that.

But that's so cool!!
I want a nerf gun shotgun!

tm74 · 17th Dec 2008, 12:25 PM

as a professional computer geek, i put mech geeks higher - anyone who can produce something as cool looking as that modded nerf gun gets my respect. I couldn't do it.

Hoppip · 17th Dec 2008, 12:47 PM

Nerf guns are intense.

And now

YOU'RE INTENSE.

I never had a nerf gun.

I guess I'm not intense.

James2612 · 17th Dec 2008, 01:50 PM

I would be so much more inpressed if i knew what a nerf gun was!!
Sounds great tho!

15th Dec 2008, 09:46 PM	#1
starfish This space for lease. Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: I like guys Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Hippie Town, Alberta of the US Age: 31 Posts: 2,108 Join Date: Nov 2008	I'm such a geek. So Friday during lunch I needed to pick up a couple of things for the office. While in the checkout line I notice a Nerf dart gun for $7. I decide what the hell and buy it. So I get back to the office and we are playing with it. It just plan sucks it, it just does not have any power. The effective range is about only about 5 ft. At this point people would just say it is only $7 and it sucked, throw it in a drawer and be done with it. Not me. I bring it home with me tonight and take it apart. It doesn't take long to find the problem. The tolerances on the piston in the air cylinder are just way too loose and there is excessive blow back. At this point a lot of people would say it sucks and throw it in the trash. So what do I do... I machine a new piston out of an old coke bottle cap. I put the gun back together and it works much better now. It has a good 20 foot effective range now and the darts will actually stick to stuff. So tomorrow is going fun at work. The best part is that I never realized the Nerf guns were so simple. I think I'll try my hand at building my own. I wonder if I can get chain fed Nerf darts. __________________ All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. --Thomas J. Watson

15th Dec 2008, 10:05 PM	#2
Nick was a pinstripe. Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: K4/5 ? Out Status: Some people Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 20 Posts: 492 Join Date: Jun 2008	Re: I'm such a geek. Haha, awesome Good luck with modifying it further and making your own !! __________________ "When it comes to exploring the sea of love, I prefer buoys" - Andrew G. Dehel

15th Dec 2008, 10:11 PM	#3
Keiss Member Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Some people Location: Austin, Texas / Charlotte, North Carolina Age: 21 Posts: 67 Join Date: Apr 2008	Re: I'm such a geek. Hey, sounds like something I would do. __________________ I do declare you were all that I wanted

15th Dec 2008, 10:12 PM	#4
Level N Human Deluxe Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Fag-ette. Out Status: Most friends Age: 22 Posts: 816 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: I'm such a geek. Steampunk mod it! Sweet. Don't forget your monocle. __________________ If we hit that bullseye the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards... checkmate.

15th Dec 2008, 10:13 PM	#5
RaRa We we we so excited Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: A few people Location: Los Angeles, CA Age: 21 Posts: 7,439 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: I'm such a geek. Thats actually pretty cool. I wish i could modify stuff.

15th Dec 2008, 10:17 PM	#6
JayC Guest Posts: n/a	Re: I'm such a geek. ha i wish i could take stuff apart well i can do that but puttin it together is just too much for me

16th Dec 2008, 06:26 PM	#7
Owen Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult EC Admin Gender: Agendered dude Orientation: Panromantic androsexual Out Status: Everyone and their mother Location: Massachusetts, USA Age: 21 Posts: 2,869 Join Date: Jul 2007	Re: I'm such a geek. You're a mechanical geek? Congratulations! Mech geeks are close to the top of the geek hierarchy. __________________ "Stand firm for what you believe in, until and unless logic and experience prove you wrong. Remember, when the emperor looks naked, the emperor is naked. The truth and a lie are not sort of the same thing. And there is no aspect, no facet, no moment of life that can't be improved with pizza." -Daria Morgendorffer

16th Dec 2008, 09:45 PM	#8
Nixon EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Go to Catholic School So, NO Location: Dundee, Nebraska (It's in Omaha) Age: 19 Posts: 575 Join Date: Sep 2008	Re: I'm such a geek. I hate steam punk __________________ "I drink to stay warm, then kill selected memories"- Conor Oberst' "Some people don't know me neither do I"

17th Dec 2008, 06:28 AM	#11
Jeimuzu Wreck Cognition Full Member Gender: Heterogametic Orientation: Rawr. Out Status: 99% out. Location: Middlesbrough Age: 23 Posts: 1,744 Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: I'm such a geek. No, mech geeks beat comp geeks. I'd put mech geeks at the top myself, closely followed by chem geeks xD __________________

17th Dec 2008, 06:36 AM	#12
BeautifulStranger GaGa's Knight in Flaming Armor Full Member Gender: 여왕 Orientation: Boys Boys Boys Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Jukjeon-dong, Yongin-si Age: 20 Posts: 1,823 Join Date: Aug 2007	Re: I'm such a geek. Well, I personally believe that drama/theatre geeks are at the top. But we're also completely full of ourselves, which explains thinking that. But that's so cool!! I want a nerf gun shotgun! __________________ Co-Founder of the 'Sailor Moon Made Me Gay' club EC's official Diva Extraordinaire Future 'Mr. Kellan Lutz' "Since women have vaginas, they also have drama to fill the void."

17th Dec 2008, 12:25 PM	#13
tm74 Hug Whore Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: no immediate family - pretty much everyone else Location: Wales, UK Age: 38 Posts: 415 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: I'm such a geek. as a professional computer geek, i put mech geeks higher - anyone who can produce something as cool looking as that modded nerf gun gets my respect. I couldn't do it. __________________ "Free your secrets to free yourself"

17th Dec 2008, 12:47 PM	#14
Hoppip look at the good i do Full Member Gender: Lv. 18 ♂ Orientation: Water / Dragon Out Status: Uncommon Location: Johto Posts: 1,562 Join Date: May 2008	Re: I'm such a geek. Nerf guns are intense. And now YOU'RE INTENSE. I never had a nerf gun. I guess I'm not intense. __________________ KUDOS ME. I made myshelf pregnant.

17th Dec 2008, 01:50 PM	#15
James2612 Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Rainham, near london! Age: 29 Posts: 128 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: I'm such a geek. I would be so much more inpressed if i knew what a nerf gun was!! Sounds great tho!

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