replace that manual pump with an electric one and it would be much cooler. Also need to sit down and re-design the aesthetics/function form. Its clumsy looking and cumbersome, not to mention a pain to reload (40 pumps? geez!)

Why not retrofit a supersoaker for this purpose? The water reservoir might make a great air tank (or replace it with something that will, think fire extinguiser/seltzer bottle/professional re-usable whip cream canister??)

Then figure out the electric pump,compressor part,possibly even place the valve release where the trigger would be located?

Aiming reticule?

Otherwise great!

Posted at 4:54 pm on Mar 1st, 2009 by Reezy

Yea- A super soaker is a gun, with a bike pump already built into it.

I do admit I have no clue how much air pressure the system/tank can hold, but I am betting that it can be easily upgraded.

I do know that when you pump a supersoaker with no water, it shoots air………

Upgrade from manual pumping is very important!

Posted at 4:56 pm on Mar 1st, 2009 by Reezy

What about using a co2 tank from a paintball gun? If you design a bolt action for it you’d be able to get a lot more shots out.

Posted at 5:14 pm on Mar 1st, 2009 by Lambda_drive

Why not just USE a paintball gun and some of these (foam paintballs)?

http://paintball.iisports.com/product.asp?s=iispaintball&mimid=SLLLOSN10LMHOBWRBWS2FVZRW65WIR2L&pf_id=XP9457A&dept_id=4101

Oh yeah- and Jay and silent bob take up nerf. Except bob isn’t very silent.

Posted at 5:24 pm on Mar 1st, 2009 by Dave

The PVC schedule 40 anyway can hold 100psi plus (assuming it’s glued properly) I built a confetti cannon based on a very similar design.Using wet paper towels as a wad and a golf ball as a projectile charged to 100psi I launched the golf ball 572 yards.Nerf wars + air compressor = severe injury.

Posted at 5:58 pm on Mar 1st, 2009 by Hacksaw

be very careful when using pvc as a pneumatic device! i’ve had a spud/tennis ball/whatever-will-fit-down-the-barrel gun fail under pressure at about 100 psi. I barely escaped serious injury (there was blood involved). the root cause was a hairline fracture at a joint that finally gave way.

be save guys! never forget that pvc is not rated for pneumatic applications!

Posted at 7:00 pm on Mar 1st, 2009 by pc486

wow, someone else shooting something with an air tank.
this is new.

Posted at 9:53 pm on Mar 1st, 2009 by sean

Nice POC
They could have get some neet ideas from the NERF N-Strike rifle and the super soaker

Like the bolt action from the riffle I got one just to mod and this has inspired more mods. It is going to be a pain to seal the breach and keep the loader working but I think it could be worth it.

Nice simple project though.

Posted at 10:23 pm on Mar 1st, 2009 by Tristra

This is lame. We all built something like this when we were 12. Search for boltsnipers Fast Action Rifle(F.A.R.) to see a really impressive homebrew nerf gun.

Posted at 12:42 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by K.P.

Supersoakers are hard to mod since they aren’t made from PVC which you can glue, but from the kind of plastics that you can’t glue, I tried to repair a leak once and man is that a pain.

Posted at 3:14 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by Wwhat

The main issue with supersoakers are the presure they will hold and like wwhat said, they are not easy to glue.

You also need a fast acting valve to dump the air.

A friend and I are working on upgrading it to use an electric pump.

Posted at 4:57 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by hcker2000

Haha!
I will have him join my band of merry men!

Merry men…who…who build stuff…those guys.

Very cool project.
I’d like to use it to launch parachute guys with.

(You can never throw ‘em high enough, you know?)

Posted at 5:31 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by strider_mt2k

supersoakers can be glued, you have to use the right glue and know what you are doing.

Foam paintballs are hard rubber foam, those make getting hit with a paintball feel like being tickled.

Posted at 5:34 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by fartface

It’s always cool to see how far someone will go in office warfare.

Posted at 7:55 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by David

I still prefer the improvised Nerf crossbow-turned-sniper rifle: take one of the old crossbow models, remove the bow, replace the barrel with a slightly longer copper pipe, and replace the firing spring with an improved, more powerful spring and/or apply a heavy-duty elastic strap to the cocking pull-back handle.

The hardest part is acquiring the old crossbow model.

Posted at 9:40 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by anon

.. as long as the plastic is *not* lexan, it can be fused (literally) with most organic solvents (such as methlyene chloride). this stuff is a carcinogen (it’s rated a 3 for health), so take appropriate precautions.

And why no bolt-type action with a slot in the barrel for loading? That’s a hell of a lot easier than removing the barrel completely.

Posted at 10:50 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by medix

This is lame. Anyone can build a spud gun with a 1/2″ barrel for nerf darts. I built a small ball valve unit that shoots Nerf balls. Same idea, not hard. Not worthy of Hackaday. This isn’t for office warfare, and no organized Nerf War would ever allow it. If you guys want some truly impressive home made nerf blasters, look at narfhaven.com. Makes this look like amateur night.

Posted at 11:31 am on Mar 2nd, 2009 by Kabuki

yes, kabuki, you’re the coolest kid in nerf town.

good luck with that.

Posted at 12:46 pm on Mar 2nd, 2009 by strider_mt2k

I’m not sure why you are bagging on me strider, I was merely commenting upon how this is not particularly inventive, impressive, or usable. Was this, perhaps, *your* project? Is that why you are becoming defensive?

Posted at 10:56 am on Mar 3rd, 2009 by Kabuki

lol, nerds arguing about nerf guns. You all need to get laid.

Posted at 2:23 pm on Mar 3rd, 2009 by spindizy

I tried many kinds of glue when I tried to repair a supersoaker, and none worked, from PVC glue through plastic glue, universal glue, even epoxy, they say hotglue does work a bit since you are suppose to melt/weld that kind of plastic and the heat of hotglue does that somewhat, but even with hotglue I didn’t manage a connection that would hold for more than 10 minutes.
I saw on discovery that they use ‘utrasonic welders’ for some plastic, I wonder if you could fashion one of those at home.

Mind you I am not saying no glue exists, but it’s hard to find one for some plastics, that’s why they sell couplings that work by clamping at the hardware store for pipes made from PP, rather than glue-sock couplings.
And that’s why such plastics are so handy too of course, since almost nothing really sticks to it it’s great for drainpipes for instance.

Posted at 7:38 am on Mar 4th, 2009 by Wwhat

Thats pretty intense, I made one also out of Flex ultra 3 inch pipe. I inly build it to about 160 psi or les than 60 pounds of pressure. It shoots tampons… (dont ask) It can be pressurized in many diffrent ways, Pistol C02 canasters or straghit up air pump. Its pretty fun and tampons arent the only thing you can use as ammunition of course.

Posted at 8:05 am on Mar 4th, 2009 by Dj_Cereal_Killer

@ Dj_Cereal_Killer:

Nice!

Using absorbent cotton ammo you can immediately treat the wounds you inflict!

Win-win!

Posted at 9:41 am on Mar 5th, 2009 by strider_mt2k

lame

Posted at 11:23 pm on Mar 7th, 2009 by oh wat

Thats awesome – not lame bro!

Posted at 3:15 pm on Sep 30th, 2009 by ms pacman