 Steel V2 gear boxes on gunner! OMGWTFBBQ!, 8mm bearings and it's CNC'd :) |
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 Jul 30 2008, 09:57 AM
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Found this on gunners site today.....
linky All steel baby! (IMG:http://www.gunnerairsoft.com/catalog/images/cn-steelgearbox-01.jpg) Taken from gunners site... "X Engineering Research 8mm ALL STEEL Version 2 gear box with 6 bearings CNC made" Should be nice for all the high powered Armalites and G3's out there. All for $135 not so cheapsoft but still cool K_K --------------------  QUOTE (SSG69Pro @ Aug 24 2009, 01:01 PM)  PS: I'm no child defiler, I dont know how baby bottoms feel like but thats just a proverb ^^ |
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Jul 30 2008, 12:48 PM
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 never talk about mom :( Group: Forum Regular Posts: 3,013 Joined: 21-October 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 1,895 Country: Denmark  |
$135 for CNC'ed steel mechbox? That is cheapsoft.
Pics are too poor to tell if it's really CNC from steel billet, though. |
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Jul 30 2008, 01:20 PM
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It appears to be cast then machined. Not machined from billet.
There's no mention of what type/grade of steel it's made from either. -------------------- QUOTE (Punkypink @ Sep 18 2008, 11:23 AM) Ultimately there's a few places I'd stick my middle finger and inside a trigger guard is not one of them. |
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Jul 30 2008, 02:12 PM
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Still, steel (cast or otherwise) ought to be stronger than your average cast potmetal GB, no?
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Jul 30 2008, 02:30 PM
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QUOTE (k30dxedle @ Jul 30 2008, 10:12 AM) Still, steel (cast or otherwise) ought to be stronger than your average cast potmetal GB, no? I suppose, but at that point isn't it worthwhile to just spend 40 bucks extra to get one of the billet aluminum gearboxes? At least those are CNCed from billet and have proven track records, lighter too. |
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Jul 30 2008, 02:35 PM
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 Π More entusiasm than talent. Group: Forum Regular Posts: 2,361 Joined: 3-May 06 From: Medway area Member No.: 18,344 Country: United Kingdom |
Good idea, I've been trying to buy one for months and I can't find one anywhere.
These steel ones are available now. -------------------- Stunt
KSC TMP "Expert". PM me, I might be able to help I want the following: Type 97 Tavor TAR 21 King Arms Shorty SG556 KAC PDW (VFC with RA-tech battery mod preferably) I can afford one a month, If you have one, PM me. |
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Jul 30 2008, 02:45 PM
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QUOTE (amateurstuntman @ Jul 30 2008, 10:35 AM) Good idea, I've been trying to buy one for months and I can't find one anywhere. These steel ones are available now. I remember seeing a thread somewhere about getting enough people to do another run of them, but fair point, aside from buying them off of current owners it's somewhat difficult to procure one these days. |
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Jul 30 2008, 06:38 PM
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 Member of AA since 1998. Airsoft Anonymous Group: Forum Regular Posts: 5,022 Joined: 1-December 04 From: Florida Member No.: 2,720 Country: United States |
Yay...rusting mechboxes...
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Jul 30 2008, 10:12 PM
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 A microchip off the old block! Group: Forum Regular Posts: 3,554 Joined: 12-June 05 From: New Orleans Member No.: 7,748 Country: United States |
Yey simple protective coating
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Jul 31 2008, 03:48 AM
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Hm. Looks like it's only finished with a CNC-machine. Look at the cylinder head area.
If you want the gearbox for an AR-15 type model, just get the ProWin instead. -Sale --------------------  My shooting videos on Youtube: Glocktologist. What's in common with classic musicians and Glocks? -They don't jam. |
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Jul 31 2008, 06:43 AM
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ya, just a word of warning. Even if something is steel, if it is not cast properly, (even if it is cast into a block and machined out), the steel can actually be weaker than aluminum. From an engineering standpoint, if random bits of impurities (phosphorus for example) makes its way into the steel, it "pre-stresses" the crystalline structures of the metal and makes it have areas that are prone to fracture.
Think of it this way. If there are two chains, and one is made of steel and one is aluminum. While the steel one SHOULD be stronger, if one of the chains is weaker than an aluminum link, then the whole chain itself is weaker. China's been dumping out really bad steel for years, and although many places have definitely turned a new leaf, other areas still pump out the same less than satisfactory stuff. |
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Jul 31 2008, 07:11 AM
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yup, looks like it's cast and then, maybe, cnced. agree too with the casting quality comment.
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Jul 31 2008, 03:04 PM
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Keep in mind however that steel work hardens slower than aluminum so in theory it should make a beter GB.
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Aug 1 2008, 07:09 AM
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I think it reminds me of my frying iron, cast iron anyone?
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Aug 1 2008, 03:02 PM
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ebaybanned still has 2 cnc aluminum gearboxes in stock
http://ebaybanned.com/product_info.php?cPa...roducts_id=1517 --------------------     |
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Aug 1 2008, 03:45 PM
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never talk about mom :( Group: Forum Regular Posts: 3,013 Joined: 21-October 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 1,895 Country: Denmark |
QUOTE (Shroomalistic @ Aug 1 2008, 05:02 PM) ebaybanned still has 2 cnc aluminum gearboxes in stock http://ebaybanned.com/product_info.php?cPa...roducts_id=1517 Oh no, not that one again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) |
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Aug 2 2008, 04:30 AM
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Regular Poser Group: Forum Regular Posts: 5,623 Joined: 7-September 04 From: Finland (origin) Member No.: 208 Country: Hong Kong |
CNC. Gimme a C, gimme an N, gimme a C! See enn see!
The buzzword that makes Airsofters buy anything. I bet I could make a fortune by selling air in an envelope to airsofters. Just say it's CNC-machined, and close the envelope next to a CNC-machine when it's running. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) -Sale This post has been edited by Sale: Aug 2 2008, 04:34 AM -------------------- My shooting videos on Youtube: Glocktologist. What's in common with classic musicians and Glocks? -They don't jam. |
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Aug 2 2008, 04:41 PM
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never talk about mom :( Group: Forum Regular Posts: 3,013 Joined: 21-October 04 From: Denmark Member No.: 1,895 Country: Denmark |
CNC'ed air?? Upgrades airsoft to CNC-airsoft.
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Aug 3 2008, 01:50 AM
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If it's cast and then cnc'ed it also could be slightly bent. At work we finish some products that were originally cast (we put some holes and cut a few areas that need to be precise) and when they come out of the machine they can be warped, either from the stress of the tools when they're cutting, or from holding them in the machine.
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Aug 5 2008, 02:54 PM
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QUOTE (Shroomalistic @ Aug 1 2008, 03:02 PM) ebaybanned still has 2 cnc aluminum gearboxes in stock http://ebaybanned.com/product_info.php?cPa...roducts_id=1517 I don't see radius corners on the cylinder windows. --------------------  QUOTE (Rob15 On MSN) i love big kochs |
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