Hey
I was thinking about making a gun - well, I have been thinking about making one for a while and figured that this was aboutthe best time to make one.
But as I was pricing up all the parts I found that the trigger can be really expensive.
This is what I found out - rough prices:
wood for stock = about £25
(3 pieces of teak from the local and only lumber mill - I am limited to what they can get as this is an island - I have tried emailing people like goodtimber.com but as far as I can see they are anything but as they never bothered to reply to numerous emails)
wood for handle = about £5
(teak or something else more fancy and exotic)
trigger...
now this is the part that gets pricey.
I figured that most euro gun makers sell a trigger suitable for a wooden gun - like totemsub / devoto etc - and they charge about 50 euros plus postage.
Is that reasonable ?
It seems like alot but I havent looked at how they are made etc
rubber = about £15 (17mm or 18mm) plus postage
devoto shaft = about 18 euros plus postage
line = no idea !
Anyway, my main concern was to find out about where people are buying their triggers from in Europe and what is a decent price to pay for all the parts before you break out the welding torch and steamroller...
Cheers
Ed
Oh - or are there any decent ones in the USA that ship to Europe - now that the dolla-pound is advantageous...
I am not interested in making a wooden gun with a plastic handle - gotta go wood - so trigger must be of this kind (quite inspired by that italian site that Alison mentioned - rollerguns, hmmm !)
I was thinking about making a gun - well, I have been thinking about making one for a while and figured that this was aboutthe best time to make one.
But as I was pricing up all the parts I found that the trigger can be really expensive.
This is what I found out - rough prices:
wood for stock = about £25
(3 pieces of teak from the local and only lumber mill - I am limited to what they can get as this is an island - I have tried emailing people like goodtimber.com but as far as I can see they are anything but as they never bothered to reply to numerous emails)
wood for handle = about £5
(teak or something else more fancy and exotic)
trigger...
now this is the part that gets pricey.
I figured that most euro gun makers sell a trigger suitable for a wooden gun - like totemsub / devoto etc - and they charge about 50 euros plus postage.
Is that reasonable ?
It seems like alot but I havent looked at how they are made etc
rubber = about £15 (17mm or 18mm) plus postage
devoto shaft = about 18 euros plus postage
line = no idea !
Anyway, my main concern was to find out about where people are buying their triggers from in Europe and what is a decent price to pay for all the parts before you break out the welding torch and steamroller...
Cheers
Ed
Oh - or are there any decent ones in the USA that ship to Europe - now that the dolla-pound is advantageous...
I am not interested in making a wooden gun with a plastic handle - gotta go wood - so trigger must be of this kind (quite inspired by that italian site that Alison mentioned - rollerguns, hmmm !)