Flat-Hop Nubs / Home-made
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:50 pm
I will be testing the Flat-hop for the first time next weekend.
Last weekend I Flat-hopped two KWA 2g buckings, a Promy Red bucking, and a G&G Green Bucking.
Usually the FireFly Buffer Rubber (hard type) is the nub of choice with the flat-hop but those seem to be out of stock everywhere right now. This left me with my only option to make my own nubs.
This weekend I made some home-made nubs. This is the first time I have made my own nubs for any reason so these will definitely be improved on over the coming weeks.
- These pictures are from my cell phone so the quality is sub-par.
Nub #1:
Description: This is a Promy Red Nub cut in half placed on top of a flat rectangle cut out of pencil eraser and then placed on a rectangle cut out of a foam square.
This is similar to most others home-made nubs that I have seen on ASF for Flat-hop. The only difference is that the Half Nub is not glued on, though the Pencil eraser and foam are secured with CA (Super Glue).
I find the flat part of the two piece nub secures and fits nice and snug in the Hop-up window so this allows me to install the half nub with no problem.
The flat part of the two piece nub fits like - for lack of a better word - a patch inside the Hop-up window.
I find it easy enough to install so I did not secure the half nub
Nub #2:
Description: This nub is intended to be a one piece copy of the FireFly Buffer Rubber. It is completely cut and carved out of a Block Pencil Eraser.
I find the block erasers to be of a better quality rubber that does not crumble or break apart compared to some pencil erasers removed from an actual pencil.
This is my first attempt so it obviously needs to improved upon, but functions just fine when manually tested and visually inspected in the Hop-up unit.
I know it does not look symmetric, but the top is perfectly flat and even and functions just fine.
I will be making more nubs of different styles and improving upon the nubs I made.
I plan to test my work this coming weekend.
Last weekend I Flat-hopped two KWA 2g buckings, a Promy Red bucking, and a G&G Green Bucking.
Usually the FireFly Buffer Rubber (hard type) is the nub of choice with the flat-hop but those seem to be out of stock everywhere right now. This left me with my only option to make my own nubs.
This weekend I made some home-made nubs. This is the first time I have made my own nubs for any reason so these will definitely be improved on over the coming weeks.
- These pictures are from my cell phone so the quality is sub-par.
Nub #1:
Description: This is a Promy Red Nub cut in half placed on top of a flat rectangle cut out of pencil eraser and then placed on a rectangle cut out of a foam square.
This is similar to most others home-made nubs that I have seen on ASF for Flat-hop. The only difference is that the Half Nub is not glued on, though the Pencil eraser and foam are secured with CA (Super Glue).
I find the flat part of the two piece nub secures and fits nice and snug in the Hop-up window so this allows me to install the half nub with no problem.
The flat part of the two piece nub fits like - for lack of a better word - a patch inside the Hop-up window.
I find it easy enough to install so I did not secure the half nub
Nub #2:
Description: This nub is intended to be a one piece copy of the FireFly Buffer Rubber. It is completely cut and carved out of a Block Pencil Eraser.
I find the block erasers to be of a better quality rubber that does not crumble or break apart compared to some pencil erasers removed from an actual pencil.
This is my first attempt so it obviously needs to improved upon, but functions just fine when manually tested and visually inspected in the Hop-up unit.
I know it does not look symmetric, but the top is perfectly flat and even and functions just fine.
I will be making more nubs of different styles and improving upon the nubs I made.
I plan to test my work this coming weekend.