Nitebow - springless NF

F'yo c-836's

I had a sudden urge to make some type of bow today, looked at my NF and this what i came up with.

Materials
Nite finder (hurr derr)
15mm PVC
15mm PVC T coupler
Some type of bow string
Super glue

Tools:
dremel
drill
Hacksaw (if you want)

Take you NF apart and cut the barrel of the plunger tube like so..


Dremel out the AR's and make enough room for 15mm PVC to sit into it nicely




Dremel out your T coupler so the 15mm PVC will slide right through it,



Slide the PVC through it, glue it in and cut it off. Making a + coupler



Glue your + coupler into the NF plunger...



Minimize your NF shell to fit the new set up, put it back together. Add 15mm PVC bow arms, the length of the bow arms I used are 26cm's (but they can be smaller)



Drill some holes at the end of the bow arms and plunger rod handle, to accommodate the bow string. And your done!!! =D (looks bad ass IMO)




Optional mods (for optimal performance):
Extra O'ring
Better catch spring

Ranges?

O.W.L wrote:Ranges?

Haven't done them yet, Although it feels like its hitting the same as the average overhauled NF.

Good write up.

Now, I foresee 3 possible things going wrong:

1: The string gets cut on the ends of the bow arms because it is a sharpish edge.
What you might want to look at is gluing some rubber, plastic, anything with a nice, curved surface onto the bow arms where the string sits to stop that.

2: The bow arms kink or snap as PVC pipe is not meant to be used like that, but with the lengths of pipe you have there, I do not think it is likely to happen, maybe if the draw distance was longer.

3: Through rough and heavy use, the bow arms come out of the sockets.

I do like the idea! It reminds me of a Nerf Crossbow! Defs should bring it to the war so we can have a looksy.

Moonsword wrote:Good write up.

Now, I foresee 3 possible things going wrong:

1: The string gets cut on the ends of the bow arms because it is a sharpish edge.
What you might want to look at is gluing some rubber, plastic, anything with a nice, curved surface onto the bow arms where the string sits to stop that.

2: The bow arms kink or snap as PVC pipe is not meant to be used like that, but with the lengths of pipe you have there, I do not think it is likely to happen, maybe if the draw distance was longer.

3: Through rough and heavy use, the bow arms come out of the sockets.

Good spotting, but little improvements can fix all that.

1: vinyl tubing will be going over the bow string, in high friction areas

2: hence the size of the bow arms, but they could go smaller with out any harm. At the moment there's barely any stress on them.

3:PVC cement can fix that!

littlebro05 wrote:I do like the idea! It reminds me of a Nerf Crossbow! Defs should bring it to the war so we can have a looksy.

Thanks man, it was built to be different from the rest. Will see if i have the room in my car XD

Great Mod! I think that a few people with nightfinder shells sitting around will give this mod a go! I know I will probably give it a go! Again great mod.

There's one thing I do reckon is that the pipe should be pre-flexed so it looks like a bow. Although that may snap the coupler as I've experienced.

This is an extremely innovative idea. I think these sorts of mods are real mods, not just taking out the air restrictors. What dd you us for the bow string? I will be making one asap. That adds to my nightfinder wishlist: One for this, two for a manta and another two for a gooni style homemade nightfinder:D

hichrich wrote:This is an extremely innovative idea. I think these sorts of mods are real mods, not just taking out the air restrictors. What dd you us for the bow string? I will be making one asap. That adds to my nightfinder wishlist: One for this, two for a manta and another two for a gooni style homemade nightfinder:D

Cheers mate, I used Braided Nylon builders line.

Nice work mate this is going is to the Oz Nerf Modification Directory.

KingCam5 wrote:Nice work mate this is going is to the Oz Nerf Modification Directory.

It better!