Wifey wants a...PINK MINIGUN?

[Killbucket]

First off- I can't-won't-ain't-don't-wouldn't-couldn't-shouldn't-don't supposed to,
Make you a minigun*. Please don't ask, and turn my post here into useless SPAM.

The book-keeper got to the image files and added a website bug, and these ARE the only versions on have on file. So please mentally blur out the site names, and just concentrate on keeping all YOUR fingers safe.

Yes, I have minigun patterns, and here's a secret:
You Won't Need Them.
Cause I'm gonna show you, start to finish, how I make one (Several Cavemen watching can and will do it). This is a simple way to make a fun toy, and it's basically a disguise for an airsoft M14 clone. The "six-pack" of barrels rotate around the M14's barrel, it does the actual firing. A cut-down Harbor Freight drill turns the barrels to complete the illusion:
YouTube - Super-Small Airsoft Minigun!

*NOTE: This coming image is #00001. We'll be done around image #00084.
So two things. One, if you're on dial-up, shut off your dinosaur, and head to your rich cousin's house to go any further. Smell that smoke? It's coming from your modem already.
Two, if you duplicate these efforts, you'd hold onto the results too.

Ok, THREE things: This is NOT the parts used for any pattern I make. This is the discontinued "Hailforce" body, with some tweaks to the design.

Let's Go.

Holes laid out, main body is bonded to "delinker" tube with Oatey ABS cement. A cake-decorating bottle is used to cleanly apply the glue.


Pilot holes are drilled with a small bit.


And then a mondo-sized step bit is used to hog them out.


The hand-held jig saw comes into play for the straight cuts.


Making the slot for the drive belt in the front of the main body tube. Two main cuts are done with the sabre saw, then a sharp blade is used to deeply score the last cut.


Then the part is snapped out, and the cuts cleaned up...


With a handy rasp/file combo tool.


After the "motor body" gets its belt slot done similarly, the two are aligned and bonded up. The tiny hole seen here comes into play a bit later on.


Now the HARD PART: Walk away, human, just walk away...let it set up solid for a few hours.

Next up: The Control Yoke.

I'll let pics talk for a while, it's break time....














...more pics...


















I'll be back in a bit...

[Bissa]

oh come on, dont leave us hanging. this looks like a sweet project though, looking forward to the final product.

[Rock 'N' Roll Outlaw]

Sweet jesus.......I just splooged.

I nominate Killbucket for having his own section dedicated to his custom work and how-to's and various gun porn.

[patcou]

Yes and see everybody with a mini gun at the next game.

[Drunk_Albertan]

Shit, I'm on my way to Home Depot RIGHT now!!

[coach]

Originally Posted by patcou

Yes and see everybody with a mini gun at the next game.

won't be hard to spot them as everyone will be setting up stationary turrets with the weight of those things. lol

anyone really really fast or extremely slow and stealthy will get the upper hand on all those mini guns. just watch out when running between them. I hear crossfire hurts! assuming of course the proper arch's are set up.

[Killbucket]

It's substantially smaller than the last build. (I forgot to NAME it!!! It's now known as "The T600")


wondering where I got the square tubing? They're "balusters", commonly used on stair railings as vertical supports. Got 'em at Lowe's, and I HATE shopping there!(they've learned nothing from the failure of Albertson's, add four "self-serve" checkouts, and leave most of the others unmanned... But sometimes, you have to go where materials are available).


The drive end of the pack. The center tube sticks into the mini, and has a vacuum cleaner belt around it. In the middle is a cut-down M14 barrel. It will be anchored into the main body tube, and becomes the "axle" that the pack spins on.



Time to wet-sand the body and prime it for paint.


I'll have to whip up the ammo chute today as well. I have a bin full of links now, so it will go FAST....


The "motor" gets a slip-on end cover for tool-less belt access. Unscrewing the grey caps allows the yoke to be slid away from the rear mount, and off the gun.


This will be a very un-cluttered design.


If it doesn't need to be here, I didn't include it. Designing your own stuff frees you from a lot of the constraint that copying actual items entails.


and off to painting with these!

[Killbucket]

Primed. I do a LOT of painting...look at the buildup on the rack!


YouTube - Aerosmith - Pink

(gotta "get in the pink mood")



Enough PINK to make yer Daddy gay.


Krylon's 2922 watermelon.


Yep, buttons and all. Later on, I'll go back and paint the hat switch (that I personally hand-cast!) and trigger RED.


Speaking of RED, the whole thing is "brighter than" the red tip spec'd by federal laws...so, it technically doesn't need one.


This will really come alive with the hardware and other bits added.

Now the hard part- forget it exists while the paint dries properly.

"Walk away. Just walk away" -Lord Humongous, in MadMax2

Great advice to use, in SO many situations.
I got funny looks shopping for a girl's pink belt at Walley World- I need one to make a shoulder strap from.

[Bissa]

You could have just said that it is for a gift you are making your wife. also, holy crap my eyes, it is not the fact that it is pink it is the amount of light the pink reflects.

[Kit]

omg thats amazing lol..

[aznpos531]

I quite like the color of the primer actually...:P

[Killbucket]

For now, this gun's name is "Operation: Petticoat".


Assembling an uber-short short ammo belt for Operation: Petticoat.


An 18gauge wire serves as the "spine", alternated back-and-forth between links. A small knot at each end holds it all together securely.


And then off to the sander with it to remove those production burrs.
Mounts for the center "axle":

Four very-simple 3.02" diameter discs, one 1" PVC butt-connector.
...huh-huh-huh, I said "butt connector"...
The black metal pipe shown is the outer barrel robbed from the M14 airsoft gun donor.


Connector is cut down to exactly 1.75" long, and bonded between the discs. I used a scrap chunk of 3" ABS pipe as a gluing fixture.

Next, I'll turn grooves into the aluminum M14 barrel, and then the butt-connector will be filled with bondo to lock it in place. It will be as solid as a rock when I'm done.


The M14 barrel, with 4.25" removed, and the end just trimmed of paint.
The grooves were cut at semi-random intervals (1/4 lathe knob turn-"fuzzy math"!), and it's ready to be bondo'd into place.

Dang, I should have had the robot drill the fill and vent holes for the filling process.

And cordless drills seem to be getting scarce around here!


Those should do.

Wifey's Contribution.


Bondo is put into a baggie, kneaded for a few moments, and is ready.

[Killbucket]

This image wasn't a joke...We got the news today, Wifey has Stage 1.

More pics coming.

[Erennert]

I'm very sorry to hear that killbucket

[patcou]

Hey, put that sticker on that minigun for her.