Scratch Pack from New Member (update 9-16-08)

Equipment Proton Packs
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Hey guys, been a lurker for about 2 years…yes you heard it right.

I built my first pack from scratch in 2006 BASED on everyone’s posts and suggestions. I finished the first one in approx. 2 weeks and promptly sold it on ebay for 650.00 and that was without a gun.

I decided to build another pack (this one im keeping) so here it is…so far.. I’ll keep the pics updated as i continue working… BTW this is about 6 hours of work thus far.

ALSO..no one needs to tell me how inaccurate this is because i know. I will be wearing this pack for about 10-12 parties/contests in the next 2 months. So i know i will acquire some damage…plus normal people dont know what details go where…

This pack will be built for about 150.00 total

ENJOY

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Completely built form Basswood… MOB is 1/4 " Ply oh and some pvc

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More Basswood and PVC.. I predrilled all of the holes for a custom built LED kit

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Custom built CLippard valves…from PVC and Wood Dowels…about 75 cents worth of materials

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looking pretty good man…especially for six hours worth of work…crazy.

jim

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Gotta give credit to the scratchbuilders, nice work. Feels good doesn’t it ! :cool:

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Excellent job so far. I can’t wait to see the finished product!

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update:

Cheap way to add lenses to your cylotron…total cost…free if you have a spare cd case and a red marker

items needed:

1 cd case

1 knife

1 red marker

glue

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cut one half of the cd case into 4 parts and color each panel with the marker

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glue them into backside of cyclotron!!! …enjoy…

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new pics 9-16-08…progress

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from scratch wand…working on wiring…still haven’t added all the extra do dads

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I LOVE this! I have some extra CD cases I needed to throw out, so this will work perfectly! I’m working on a scratch build too. Thanks for this post. :cool:

You could also use this method for the power cell lens with a blue marker.