Various other smaller bits were shaped out of sintra/styrene before going to primer. The curved part behind the MF cell was sculpted out of apoxie sculpt and sanded to shape. The rear of the barrel is a sintra box with styrene accents. To keep a uniform shape, I heat-formed one sheet over the entire grip, then cut it into strips on my bandsaw. The grip is an MDF block with sintra strips shaped over it. Here's most of the parts going on for a test fit. This was a lot easier to shape than the 5/16" steel tube I used on the last build. The tube which sits on top of the barrel is an ABS rod. The microfusion cell is 4 pieces of MDF glued together and shaped on the lathe as well. The AER9 has a TON of little rounded bits all over it. The rounded edges on the back and front parts were made by gluing the sintra into a box and rounding the edges on my table router.Īnother huge difference in this build was my new lathe. In the end, I used the lens out of a laser pointer behind the center hole in the barrel to focus the light and make it brighter in that spot.Īfter the barrel and stock were shaped to the correct dimensions, I started adding details in sintra & styrene. This was a preliminary test-fire to see how the idea would work. I also decided to use LEDs for a glowing barrel effect. These materials can take detail much better than MDF which afforded me a lot of control in making the shape more accurate. Outside of the stock base, barrel, grip and MF cell, all other parts were made from sintra, styrene, or aluminum. The main difference between this build and my last is the materials used. Using laquer thinner brushed over the ink, I burnished the paper against the MDF and the lines transferred perfectly! Made transcribing my blueprints MUCH easier. By printing to vellum on an injket printer, I was able to directly transfer the pattern of the print from the paper to the wood. I did discover a random and somewhat neat trick for scribing the lines on this though.
Make a blueprint, transcribe it to wood, and start cutting, gluing and clamping. The basic steps at the beginning were the same as my last build.
I recently had a chance to take another whack at it with a much more lenient deadline, and I'm very, very happy with the results. If you're familiar with my last AER9, you'll recall that the project was completed in only 4 days.
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