Aaah, I think I follow you.

Cheers!

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
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Scapey, would you still like detail photos of where / how I bolted mine together ??

Yes please

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

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MSgt, UKCM 42nd Reg., 1st Batt. : Hadrian's Wall. UKCM

Wasteland Workshop
Props, cosplay pieces, upcycled ornamentation, and miscellanea;
For the discerning survivor of the apocalypse.
Steve Fletcher : Maker, Scavenger, and Junksmith.
linktr.ee/wastelandworkshop

Dave could you mold and cast those khawiski struts for us aspiring smart gunners?
I'd be a deftinate costomer

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

I don't have any experience with resin moulding, but I would be willing to give it a try.
Can't be too terribly complex, and the struts are a simple shape, really !

as obviously talented as you are , you should have no problem learning how to mold .
check out smoothon .com they have many helpful videos

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"I am the ULTIMATE BADASS , state of the badass art"
Alpha squad. Burton's Bandits

Uh-oh !
Flattery !!
Now what do I do ? ?? ??

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AKA: Simon

Yeah Dave you'd be my hero ! That's one of the hardest parts to find . So you'd be the messiah for smartgunners every where .

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

Agreed!

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detail shots of right hand side, showing bolting points.

left hand side pix to be posted this evening, hopefully !

left hand side !!

deafening silence - - -

Ok I'll break the silence.. You gonna cast those struts ?

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

Support arm progress report ( For my fellow Marine here in Wisconsin ! )
This batch of pix shows the effort required to fill in the gaping One Inch diameter holes
which the manufacturer felt were needed. :O
I think a half inch bolt will be sufficient to support an M56 !!!
So I needed to fill in the big one inch holes,
but said filler needed to be structurally sound -
so I wound up machining 8 washers down until they just fit into the openings,
then used mister wire-welder to make them permanent !

and now a few shots of all the parts,
and the painting process ,

next, we can see a skim coat of Auto-Body filler to hide the ground down welds !

then more pix of painted parts !

a pair of miniture pressure regulators,
to feed air to the cylinders.
The air cylinders can then be pressurised until they perfectly support
the weight of the M56 package !

and finally a shot to show how it will kind of sort of look
once it is all together !
my next part to weld up is the center link,
which will connect the two arm sections to each other !

:O

The air cylinders are such a cool way of making this work. Great idea!

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This gets more and more impressive with every new post, very nice work!

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AKA: Simon

Awesome stuff . I still have no idea how to make my arm . I'm just gonna wait till I get my m56 in the mail

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

Looking good marine

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Alpha squad. Burton's Bandits

It looks awesome David

Helen x