So.... umm..... hypothetically..... how much would something like this cost to make and ship to, say.... my house?

a little more progress -





Simon - cheers mate. mines about an inch longer, but seems to still be a useable length.

Woody - Good question!! as i've built this completely from scrap, its only cost me £8 (for the springs) i actually have no idea how much it would have cost if i had to buy all the aluminium etc

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M/SGT Rich Hyatt-Dowling (Retd)

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Daaamn Rich, you're just too bad! Excellent job!

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More Smartgunners! MOAR!!

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CPL Sean Maio A01/TQ2.0.72156E1
Public Relations Division (Temporary Cross-Assignment)
M-56 Smartgun Operator, A/3Btn, II CMEF, USS Sephora

Awesome job fellow gunner. Keep rockin'!

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Woah!
Great job!

Cheers,
Stefan

£8?!

Mother of God!

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Steve
Corporal in 69th Regt. 1st Batt. Homer’s Heroes.

"I'd like to die at the age of 80 in my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a girl's mouth around my c**k."

Best kids room, ever! Awesome work!

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still alive

Looking good... now take another pic of you all geared up with the M56 atttached!

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Absolutely incredible. It looks screen-used. Couldn't be more realistic or authentic-looking.

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Hey, wait! I'm having one of those things. You know, a headache with pictures.

REQUIRE!!!!!!!

so mr ninja sir , could you give some simple measurements of your first pic ? I plan to try to make one or two next saturday

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of course! im making some upgrades on the SG tomorrow, so ill get some measurements for you while im at it

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M/SGT Rich Hyatt-Dowling (Retd)

UKCM Black ops

thank you kind sir

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More pics/vids/plans/etchings please!

Damn fine work Rich

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AKA: Simon

I'm watching this thread closely, myself. I've been wanting to rebuild my arm for a long time now; mine is heavy, and the combined weight is murder on my back and shoulders during those long stretches on the floor at the SEGA events. Your scratchbuild follows the mechanics of the original MUCH more closely than mine does, so I'm curious to see how it "flies" with the gun on it!

One thought, though: in one of the pictures above showing the arm at rest, it looks like the spring is bunching up. You may end up needing to find shorter springs. Finding a balance between spring length and tension has honestly been one of the toughest parts of getting my arm "just right"... shorter springs stay under tension through a wider range of motion, but the tension scales much more sharply through that range of motion. Longer springs have the opposite problem: the tension is more constant, but you run into the issue of not being able to raise the arm very high before the springs "bottom out" and stop carrying the weight. I've often wondered if the cable and pulley setup would help mitigate that.

Xeno_Stomper's arm build thread has some good images of the "Z"-shaped 3 spring layout, might be worth looking at. Watching that one pretty closely, too . Can't wait to see more progress!

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CPL Sean Maio A01/TQ2.0.72156E1
Public Relations Division (Temporary Cross-Assignment)
M-56 Smartgun Operator, A/3Btn, II CMEF, USS Sephora

taken a few measurements -



Ive just fit a real top cover, feed tray and charging handle to the SG, so ill post up some pics when the paints dry!

Your exactly right Sean, the springs are too long! they sit nicely under strain, but tend to bunch up and get too soft when you lift the gun up. I need to find a couple about an inch shorter, but not having much luck!

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M/SGT Rich Hyatt-Dowling (Retd)

UKCM Black ops

Thanks for the mention Outcry. I dug up the link to my thread (it's been a while):
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7718&hilit=my+m56+journey+begins

When I get more cash, I will start on the arm again... I went with 15/16" x 4" long compression springs for a little over $20 for all six, per bone.

Hope this helps!


P.S. Awesome job by the way... Looks like the real deal!

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thanks for the info guys

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Alpha squad. Burton's Bandits

Well done, Marine.