Chazodude said:
ok i have drawn a plan of my one, any tips about how to mechanise it magnum?
please pm me with your plans or tips!
Sorry bout that, didn't see you edited your post with an update till just now.
Hmm...I like it so far, but as far as mechanizing it...not sure just yet.
Reason is, I'm planing on using metal(probably thin sheet aluminum), and some the the materials I may use may be too strong for wood.
BUT! I did run across something by accident the other day when cleaning up my house. An extendable spring loaded current rod. It was all bent up and mangled thanks to my dog, but when I was looking at it to see how bad it was, I saw the inside spring. I thought to myself, "Hey I can use this!" It's pretty heavy duty spring, but maybe you could find another smaller/weaker spring rod than that, and use it's spring. They're pretty cheap.
Chazodude said:
the locking mech will be done soon, it uses a Z peice.
Remind me, what's a Z-piece? Do you mean what they use in mechanical pens and pencils?
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My plans aren't totally done yet, but I'm getting there. Thing is that I'm not even sure they'll work till I start building the stupid thing, but I pretty confident.
I did get Assassin's Creed Collector's Edition for Christmas from my little sis(she awesome in my book now), and I've been playing the heck out of it. There are also some shots of the blade mech in the art book that came with it, which will be great for reference shots. This means I get to redesign the outside part once again, but it will look a lot more simple now. I've just been going off artwork that's posted on the net till now.
Well I hope that helps a bit, at least for now. Keep me updated on it, and let me know if you need anymore help.
Phase 2 should hopefully be done by end of next week at the earliest.
-Magnum