Questions For Killbucket- Top Ten!

If you have a question about something exclusively killbucket or just want to know how I still have all my fingers, this is the place. I'll get started off with the questions I answer the most in my daily email piles.
#!1
Q: How many cans of paint do you have? looks like 100s Laughing every one better than the last
A: No Idea.Racks full. But I never seem to have the ONE color I'm needing!
#2
Q: How many airsoft guns do you own?
A: No idea of how many airsoft guns I have. I started to count them one day, got to 60, and thought: "what's more sick, having this many guns, or having to know the EXACT number?" I quit counting.
#3
Q: Why don't you make metal-based customs?
A: Cost. And enough mechs are already reworking airsoft exotica. I like the "real world" guns we ALL can afford to start with.
#4
Q: Can you make me a custom bracket for my gun?
A: Two words: Wing It. No matter where you inquire, having anything MADE for you is costly. And this isn't really "what I do".
#5
Q: Can you make me a machine gun body "bare" without internals?
A: I'm retired. End of discussion. The site keeps Wifey from squawking about the answer to question #2.
#6
Q: How did you get started in airsoft?
A: Just like tokyo Marui, I got bored with RC trucks. I was always seeing a clone of my latest in some other guy's hands, and he was always picking his nose. Too risky.
#7
Q: What's the best advice you can give a airsoft mech who just started?
A: STANDARDIZATION. Look it up. Note how many parts are actually common to all airsoft guns. Little shape changes are the only REAL differences. Repeat good ideas, re-use them in subsequent projects. Take time to analyze why a design failed.
#8
Q: What's the best gun for an airsoft sniper?
A: A LONG one. Please be aware, sniping ISN'T skirmishing. If you want to do battle, skip anything that tastes like sniper.
#9
Q: I'm gonna upgrade my "SIMA" M14. Bad Mull barrel, Ling Harms tactical rails, Hystema gears, and a Mello Kitty Turbo StickerKit. Is this a good setup?
A: Yes, but you've paid for a whole Hystema now. Work up to fancy stuff, get your fun out of those CHEAP stock parts first.
#10
Q: My buddy has the new (or old) Lockheed SPR. He says it's WAY better than anything that came before (or since). I can't sleep now.
A: It's called "Bragging Rights". My brother in law will tell you all about his Cobra Kit car. I couldn't sleep either, until I saw the cracked, dusty, rat-infested mess it actually IS.

What's on YOUR mind today?

If you can't afford a CNC machine what will work insted?

I'm NOT kidding:
A coping saw, a bar clamp, an electric drill, a sturdy kitchen table. I made dozens of 1919 Brownings this way before I got a scroll saw, which is what YOU should look for FIRST:

A Scroll Saw. And one of those small bench-top drill presses that Harbor Freight has for under $50.

AH....


how do you get the first ideas?as in gun designs!

I get many, many questions daily, mostly about "build one of these", or "market one of these, everybody wants one...".
If you've ever wondered why we have piles of MP5's to choose from, and one springer VZ Skorpion, this post answers the question.
If a gun has never been in a hero or villain's hand, it stands a slim chance of market success.

Note: I'm going to download EVERY pic from this place, and put them in a file called "WHAT NEXT?"
www.imfdb.org/index.php/Main_Page
From Stallone to Blade, if you want to see what the good guys/badguys were carrying in hit (or not so hit) films, this is the place to start.

kk, just wondering how to start ideas flowing

thank you

I got a half-finished "Barrett 30" out of the shed, as of the 15th, it had been gathering dust for two years:
http://www.airsoftpacific.com/viewtopic.php?t=13349&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
Breaking out th' calipers.

I didn't have a CNC then

Shoot man you got skills. But WHERE IN GODS NAME DO YOU GET YOUR PAINTING IDEAS. Like what did netting fall on a gun one day and you said "eh go with the flow."

Satan wrote:

Shoot man you got skills. But WHERE IN GODS NAME DO YOU GET YOUR PAINTING IDEAS. Like what did netting fall on a gun one day and you said "eh go with the flow."

you do . hah are u a systema engineer lol but stiil are u any type of mechanic or engineer cus thats talent u got

WTF was that scooter get on your comp man your touch sucks.

INO i wanna like shoot it . ill be on my comp from now on

Got that Idea from David Agata and Andre Dall'au at tactical-life.
Reprints of the article:
http://www.air-sharp.com/gunpainting001.jpg[url][/url]http://www.air-sharp.com/gunpainting002.jpghttp://www.air-sharp.com/gunpainting003.jpghttp://www.air-sharp.com/gunpainting004.jpg
SCANS provided with written permission of Tactical-Life Publications, who holds copyright.

"Nature is very good at being consitsently inconsistent and we can trick the eye if we do our part."New opening statement to the camoflauge section of my sniper training course.

ur going threw sniper training

No i train my team and my snipers need training. When i join the SEALS im going for sniper though yes.

o ok . that cool i was thinken of being a SEAL too but they replaced tthe m4 with the SCAR

THEY REPLACED THE M4 wITH THE SCAR?! WHAT!??

And KillBucket.
For a starting airsoft mech, wheres a good place to start getting parts from?
And How should I learn how to make a gearbox?
By starting from scratch
or by buying a fully made one, disassemble and reassemble it? What do you think?
I mean
I know how a gear box works, I know all the parts,
but I'm not sure which would benefit me the most.

TheOneNamedMike wrote:

THEY REPLACED THE M4 wITH THE SCAR?! WHAT!??

And KillBucket.
For a starting airsoft mech, wheres a good place to start getting parts from?
And How should I learn how to make a gearbox?
By starting from scratch
or by buying a fully made one, disassemble and reassemble it? What do you think?
I mean
I know how a gear box works, I know all the parts,
but I'm not sure which would benefit me the most.

ya ussocom rplaced it with the SCAR

how do you get your painting ideas?is it like "oh a tree, I should...."?

Google image search. "unusual paint" "sick paintwork" "hopeless mess"....
Wikipedia is another great source of inspiration. they always have a featured article. Even at a loss for thought, click on it, start reading. Usually, a link somewhere becomes of interest.
The Pyramid of Cestius. It still exists. You know how to find a pic.
The old woodcuts of it were beautiful, and I want to DRAW one onto a pure white gun sometime with a marker, until it becomes camo.

And KillBucket.
For a starting airsoft mech, wheres a good place to start getting parts from?
I don't buy parts. If I need a hopup or repair part, I MIGHT go to NORCA Army and Navy in Citrus Heights.
And How should I learn how to make a gearbox?
By starting from scratch
or by buying a fully made one, disassemble and reassemble it? What do you think?
I mean
I know how a gear box works, I know all the parts,
but I'm not sure which would benefit me the most.
Take apart a wrecked one. Or WAIT until the WORKING one you might have malfunctions. If you've never tuned a fresh gearbox, an un-assembled hotrod kit is a recipe for anguish.

Anti-Reverse Lever. The BANE of the Airsofter.
One day, I'm going to make a jig that holds a gearbox's guts in place properly so you can get the @#$%^$%^% other side of the gearbox on.

hmmmm...... did you ever try"nature reserves" to see what might fit in and look kickin, like wildflowers?(did I just get my first idea )

Great Suggestion!

OK, I confess, the REAL name of the M2 Bullpup is...

fppfpfp....... gah..... HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

yeah, I need to go to my field to get some plant matter!

http://www.gunnersgear.com/graces_camo/armory_cammo.htm is what I'm going for, any advice(I seem to be constantly asking, need to stop this )

killbucket wrote:

Great Suggestion!

OK, I confess, the REAL name of the M2 Bullpup is...

ahhhaaah that funny btu stil tho u have a big imagination

Quote :

Q: I'm gonna upgrade my "SIMA" M14. Bad Mull barrel, Ling Harms tactical rails, Hystema gears, and a Mello Kitty Turbo StickerKit. Is this a good setup?
A: Yes, but you've paid for a whole Hystema now. Work up to fancy stuff, get your fun out of those CHEAP stock parts first.

Quote :

Q: What's the best advice you can give a airsoft mech who just started?
A: STANDARDIZATION. Look it up. Note how many parts are actually common to all airsoft guns. Little shape changes are the only REAL differences. Repeat good ideas, re-use them in subsequent projects. Take time to analyze why a design failed.

I love those, probably the best two pieces of advice.

May I add, if you are going to get started in the Mech side of Airsoft, Don´t throw away anything !!!

Even if you broke it, sooner or later you may need it, even if it is just to attempt something new, to practice on, or to canabalize for other parts.

Example, You hear about extreme ROF guns, nifty mods like `` Swiss Cheesing ´´ `` Short Stroking ´´`` Spring Cutting´´, can you afford to buy a few new pistons, gear sets, main springs just to attempt the mods ??
Better to have a parts bin full of `` Practice Parts ´´ , than to go throwing your money out the window on new parts that you end up destroying the first time around.