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One off airsoft parts??

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  • 20-05-2012 11:15pm
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    seanskyline
    Registered Users Posts: 202 ✭✭


    Hi i am big into engineering and i am thinking of making one off silencers, r.i.s rail and the bits you just cant get anywhere. Would there be much interest out there for this sort of thing??

    All my peace's will be made for high quality materials and made by hand so every peace will be unique.

    Please as much feedback and ideas as possible would be great.


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    MonkeyGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 863 ✭✭✭MonkeyGuy


    That would be pretty great IMHO. Have you got access to a lathe / CNC etc.?


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    seanskyline
    Registered Users Posts: 202 ✭✭seanskyline


    Yea thats wat i was thinking, eh not yet but i might soon, any ideas for a project??


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    T4RGET
    Registered Users Posts: 3,901 ✭✭✭T4RGET


    i think that would highly sought after :) some very annoying pieces brake on airsoft guns that are hard to come by and some people want something unique that just doesn't exist :)


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    Southern Dandy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭Southern Dandy


    Think its a great idea really but, the cost of running machinery like that, parts costs, not to mention material costs and of course trial and error of machining small parts and big ones you would want to charge an arm and a leg just to cover your costs.

    If your not in it for profit and just for the love of airsoft and money is not a problem for you then go for it dude, some of the now biggest airsoft companies started out doing small parts and look at them now.


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    walther
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭walther


    seanskyline wrote: »
    Hi i am big into engineering and i am thinking of making one off silencers, r.i.s rail and the bits you just cant get anywhere. Would there be much interest out there for this sort of thing??

    All my peace's will be made for high quality materials and made by hand so every peace will be unique.

    Please as much feedback and ideas as possible would be great.

    Great idea if you could fabricate some spare parts.


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    MonkeyGuy
    Registered Users Posts: 863 ✭✭✭MonkeyGuy


    Things I'd be thinking of are silencer adaptors and barrel extensions and such. They're really easy to make if you have the tools, but most people don't have access to a lathe and taps for threading.


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    Inari
    Registered Users Posts: 3,152 ✭✭✭Inari


    There are a few small operations like this around the world, such as LPE (Lee's Precision Engineering) etc.

    It all depends on what you're making, and for how much. Cash is king, and now more than ever people are not willing to part with it


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