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Forum: Paintball Talk
05-31-2010, 08:11 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 2,035
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Doc Nickel
-Which will prove quite a trick when the owner...
-Which will prove quite a trick when the owner realizes the gun was only composed of 73 individual pieces to start with. :D Doc. |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
05-30-2010, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,411
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Doc Nickel
-Personally, I'm still kind of stunned they even...
-Personally, I'm still kind of stunned they even tried it in the first place. I'm even more surprised that "Smart" Parts was itself surprised that a ballistically badly inferior round didn't take... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
05-29-2010, 01:07 PM
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Replies: 123
Views: 4,935
Posted By
Doc Nickel
A pressure tank is intentionally overfilled in...
A pressure tank is intentionally overfilled in the course of hydrotesting. Point in fact, a 3K psi tank is filled to 4500 when tested. However... There's a reason that fiber-wrap tanks have a... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
05-29-2010, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 123
Views: 4,935
Posted By
Doc Nickel
-I think I might know a...
-I think I might know a guy... http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1054.gif (http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1054.html) I'll be happy to see that he gets one... :D Doc. |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
05-29-2010, 03:59 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 2,383
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Doc Nickel
Who do I have to make fun of in a comic strip...
Who do I have to make fun of in a comic strip (http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autotwb1219.html) to get one of these? Doc. |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
02-16-2008, 12:53 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,259
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Doc Nickel
There's about three problems there,...
There's about three problems there, Tassel. First and foremost is cost: People complain about paying anything more than two cents a ball, and any real improvement to paint would double, triple or... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
12-21-2007, 04:28 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,831
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Doc Nickel
That'd be great, if you could. Perhaps, hoping...
That'd be great, if you could. Perhaps, hoping against hope, the photographer has more shots than just the one. Doc. |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
12-20-2007, 10:30 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,831
Posted By
Doc Nickel
If you have some photos, that's at least partial...
If you have some photos, that's at least partial proof-of-ownership. Shipping labels from when the guy sent it to you? Anyway, interestingly enough, I recently found that one lost issue of PGI that... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
11-16-2007, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 516
Posted By
Doc Nickel
-Yep, you're right. Spot-on.
We had a bunch of...
-Yep, you're right. Spot-on. We had a bunch of them (okay, about five) back in '94/'95 (the Pro-Team ones) and all of them eventually failed by having the center post come loose and back out... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
11-14-2007, 09:29 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 516
Posted By
Doc Nickel
-"Printed" as in etched/engraved, or...
-"Printed" as in etched/engraved, or just written on with a Sharpie? The ANS bolts were, as noted, gold colored, which was actually Titanium Nitriding (same stuff you see on fancy drill bits and... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
11-14-2007, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 516
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Tank's a 114ci, I believe. I don't think they had...
Tank's a 114ci, I believe. I don't think they had 88's or 90's at the time. Cylinders are, as noted, power tube spacers. They replace the original, old-style spring. Both are, of course, replaced by... |
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Forum: Dealer's Forum
10-12-2007, 05:11 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,706
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Look guys, I don't just "up and...
Look guys, I don't just "up and disappear", okay? Yes, I'm slow with 'mail and always short on time which means I don't often get a chance to read even my own bulletin boards, let alone some of the... |
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Forum: Dealer's Forum
10-12-2007, 02:30 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,706
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Sorry guys, I ran out of detents and had to order...
Sorry guys, I ran out of detents and had to order more. Almost everyone was ordering two and three extras, which used up my supply faster than I'd expected. Most of yours should be arriving tomorrow... |
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Forum: Dealer's Forum
09-14-2007, 11:54 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,182
Posted By
Doc Nickel
I still have a supply of Automag barrel adapters...
I still have a supply of Automag barrel adapters on hand. Store link. (http://www.docsmachine.com/tees/) Doc. |
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Forum: Dealer's Forum
08-26-2007, 03:04 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,706
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Doc Nickel
Fix- There's no actual published standard, at...
Fix- There's no actual published standard, at least not an original one, that anyone uses. WGP used a sort of homebrew thread back in the beginning, and it's been sort of grandfathered in ever... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
08-22-2007, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,662
Posted By
Doc Nickel
[cracks knuckles]
The original AutoMag was a...
[cracks knuckles] The original AutoMag was a firearm; a .44 Magnum pistol. Designed in 1970 and put into production by 1971, it was, like our more recent Automag, rather groundbreaking in several... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
08-19-2007, 05:22 AM
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Replies: 43
Views: 1,662
Posted By
Doc Nickel
-Can't say it's the most attractive thing I've...
-Can't say it's the most attractive thing I've ever seen, but then again, it's hardly the ugliest loader I've ever seen either. :D There's been some speculation that the "magna" in the name refers... |
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Forum: Dealer's Forum
08-19-2007, 04:48 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,706
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Ratt-If you have it, E-mail me the transaction...
Ratt-If you have it, E-mail me the transaction number. If you placed an order without checking with me first (before I moved them over to the new shopping cart setup) I most likely would have either... |
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Forum: Dealer's Forum
08-18-2007, 04:59 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,706
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Wicked- I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you...
Wicked- I'm sorry, but I have no idea what you said or are asking. I tend to be fairly busy, and if I'm swamped, I tend to skip over messages I can't understand or make no sense, and move on to the... |
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Forum: Dealer's Forum
08-17-2007, 05:26 PM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,706
Posted By
Doc Nickel
I hadn't planned on it. It's expensive to just...
I hadn't planned on it. It's expensive to just make one or two, and I was under the impression that other shops were making them to satisfy what little demand there was. You just need the... |
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Forum: Dealer's Forum
08-17-2007, 01:04 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 5,706
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Automag Barrel Adapters Back In Stock!
After waiting many moons for the CNC shop to run my parts, I finally had to just sit down and run a batch myself. Only had to build two new tools to do it. :D Anyway, current orders have been... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
08-06-2007, 04:04 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 677
Posted By
Doc Nickel
That's what they called a "Smart...
That's what they called a "Smart Stock", which, as BigEvil noted, was made by Marksmann in the UK and sold here in the US as a Smart Parts product. Interestingly enough, I just dug one out of an old... |
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Forum: Dealer's Forum
07-25-2007, 04:05 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 343
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Paintball T-Shirt Blowout!
I have a big handful of leftover shirts from my previous preorder runs, all currently listed on eBay (http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZdocsmachine). I need to make room for the new designs, plus... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
07-01-2007, 03:49 PM
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Replies: 64
Views: 2,342
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Doc Nickel
-You can pretty much guarantee that if you see a...
-You can pretty much guarantee that if you see a photo of the original-style Spacemag, in anything other than that one old photo (with the "silencer" and the "laser sight" on top) that it's one of my... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
06-14-2007, 02:57 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 436
Posted By
Doc Nickel
-The only reason to have "Wedgits" is...
-The only reason to have "Wedgits" is to control ball roll-out, which is only relevant on closed-bolt guns. ('Cockers, old Shockers, Typhoons, Sovereigns, etc.) Wedgits are completely unnecessary on... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
06-07-2007, 03:50 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,685
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Hum. Well, lemme ask ya this- are most of the...
Hum. Well, lemme ask ya this- are most of the contents shown? I mean, we get a peek at a few bits in the partly-open drawers, but are there more items not visible in the drawers? With the exception... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
06-06-2007, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,685
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Hey Tom- any chance I can weasel that tool box...
Hey Tom- any chance I can weasel that tool box off of ya? I'll bid, but I suspect I'll be competing with the "antique" collectors and other tool resellers. My dad has that exact same box- in, of... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
05-29-2007, 02:08 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 495
Posted By
Doc Nickel
They've been done before.
Keep in mind that a...
They've been done before. Keep in mind that a plastic elbow on your feed neck is a sort of "fuse". It breaks to keep the gun's feed neck or the loader's neck from breaking. A $4 elbow is much... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
05-06-2007, 01:15 PM
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,679
Posted By
Doc Nickel
-Speed is much less important than power, in most...
-Speed is much less important than power, in most cases. The Foredom tools have a much larger and more powerful motor (aren't they something likje 1/6th HP?) while a Dremel probably has less than a... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
04-04-2007, 03:13 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 536
Posted By
Doc Nickel
I don't have any left, anyway. (The store's...
I don't have any left, anyway. (The store's slowly being taken down.) Every time I had a bunch of people ask for them, I'd either spend the time making them or having the shop make them, then just a... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
02-03-2007, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,179
Posted By
Doc Nickel
The definition...
The definition (http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb437.html) of AGG: http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb437.gif Doc. |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
01-26-2007, 02:55 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 442
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Venom lines tended to leak. The upper (AIR valve)...
Venom lines tended to leak. The upper (AIR valve) fitting simply had a captive O-ring that slid over the end of the stainless line. Tolerances weren't great, nor was O-ring quality, and it took some... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
01-22-2007, 08:17 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,628
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Doc Nickel
-Bingo. That's the ultimate key, right there. No...
-Bingo. That's the ultimate key, right there. No one wants to admit it, but that's the end-all, be-all answer to the question in this thread, and Brad's thread, and any others floating around. If I... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
01-22-2007, 02:59 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 328
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Doc Nickel
68 Specials came out in late '89 or early '90,...
68 Specials came out in late '89 or early '90, and were superceded by the Pro-Am by '93. I can't read the serial number, but if it's "5-something" like it looks, I'd say that falls in the middle... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
01-20-2007, 03:08 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 1,595
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Doc Nickel
-That's odd, because I'm completely the opposite....
-That's odd, because I'm completely the opposite. I use a small drop-forward (http://www.docsmachine.com/galleries/swoopy.jpg) on nearly everything... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
01-17-2007, 07:35 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 566
Posted By
Doc Nickel
If you guys go back a couple of strips...
If you guys go back a couple of strips (http://www.the-whiteboard.com/autowb694.html), you'll get more of the storyline. (Plus some Thanksgiving foolishness.) Doc. |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
01-16-2007, 07:18 PM
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Replies: 57
Views: 1,026
Posted By
Doc Nickel
Some select scenes from the local tourneys...
Some select scenes from the local tourneys (http://docsmachine.smugmug.com/) from... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
01-15-2007, 09:22 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,069
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Doc Nickel
-Keep in mind I'm talking about home-shop and...
-Keep in mind I'm talking about home-shop and hobbyist sized lathes. My Logan is "huge" compared to the average hobby machinists 9" by 20" JET or Harbor Freight lathe, which themselves dwarf the... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
01-15-2007, 04:12 PM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,069
Posted By
Doc Nickel
-I'd kill and help hide the body for one.
I...
-I'd kill and help hide the body for one. I mean, it's horribly oversized for 99% of what I do, and my shop ain't all that big, but there's times when that sheer power and rigidity sure do come in... |
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Forum: Paintball Talk
01-15-2007, 12:31 AM
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Replies: 41
Views: 1,069
Posted By
Doc Nickel
-AGD does advertise. But they advertise at a...
-AGD does advertise. But they advertise at a level commesurate with their production volume. Places like NPS and Smart Parts spend literally $100,000 a month on advertising alone. A single color... |
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