Dinky little toy blaster. it shoots about 30 feet, is pretty small and is made out of purely printed plastic and two rubber bands (One for the trigger and one for the magazine).
It requires no fasteners, or glue, and just uses printed tabs to connect the clam shell case.
It uses about 45 grams of filament, can be printed in PLA and has only one part that uses supports, (that are easy to remove and on the trigger).
The magazine clicks in and is pulled out the same way
It fires 6mm airsoft bbs
V2
Printer:
Creality CR-6
Rafts:
No
Supports:
Yes
Resolution:
0.2mm Layer Height, 0.4mm Nozzle
Infill:
15% (whatever you usually use is probably fine)
Filament: Kexcelled PLA K5 PLA/PETG/Whatever is cheap, rigid enough (The harder/more springy, the better. TPU would be bad for this for example, while pla is good) Green (but anything works)
Rubber band follows the path shown. Make sure to pull thre trigger half way or more so that the Bolstracikter (Thing that hits the bbs) is seated properly and inside its rail.
Rubber band follows the path shown. Make sure to pull the trigger halfway or more so that the Bolstracikter (Thing that hits the bbs) is seated properly and inside its rail.
Youll want to clip the 1 layer thin bit of plastic on the follower to allow the band to go through. Next you get the band around the nub on the follower, and let it dangle through the magazine body. Third you get the band onto the bottom band point on the rear cover, then rotate it to get it to run over the top. Lastly you push it in with the clips holding it in place.
You'll want to clip the 1 layer thin bit of plastic on the follower to allow the band to go through. Next you get the band around the nub on the follower, and let it dangle through the magazine body. Third you get the band onto the bottom band point on the rear cover, then rotate it to get it to run over the top. Lastly you push it in with the clips holding it in place.
These were all the various prototypes made trying to arrive at the conclusion.... I need to get better at failing fast and frequently.
The rubber bands used
The rubber bands used for both the trigger and the magazine is pictured, though you can wrap a larger rubber band around twice for the trigger, or the magazine (this will be tricky so just using a smaller one is better than bigger)
I bought a pack of these labeled as 2.5cm:
https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DdgoeN5?
Those are used in both the blaster and the magazine.
I like 2 bands in the blaster to make it more springy.
Note:
This on thingyverse says remix, but in reality both files are my creation. This was the second iteration so it was kind of a remix, but I have the original cad files as the original creator, so it's not a remix in the usual sense of modifying the mesh. As I am only uploading the new version here, I figured it would only be confusing/encourage people to download the older design when it is my intent that this design improves upon the original.