| Even for those who do not have any inkling to the | | | | tested since they will be exposed to a lot of rupturing. |
| sport of paintball, it is very much self-explanatory that | | | | To start building, one will have to cut the 1" PVC into |
| the paintball gun is the main paraphernalia for those | | | | segments. It is advised that one cuts them into equal |
| who are engaging in the said activity. Paintball guns | | | | lengths so as to make their assembly later easier. |
| work their magic by utilizing the laws of physics, | | | | After cutting them, ensure that the ends will be |
| particularly the inherent property of gases like carbon | | | | insulated by covering them with plumber's tape. To |
| dioxide to expand which makes the paintball lodged in | | | | assemble the main structure, take one of the |
| the gun's barrel to be thrust in great speed and hit the | | | | segments that one has just cut and attach to its two |
| players of the opposing side. Though initially used as an | | | | ends the two PVC elbows using the primer and the |
| efficient means to mark trees and livestock, the | | | | cement and making sure that the ends of the elbows |
| paintball gun has now become the heart of a sport | | | | face in the same direction. Next, take the other |
| that is taking the world by storm. Thanks to the | | | | segment and attach to its one end the 'Az' end of the |
| simplicity of the paintball gun's mechanism, one can | | | | PVC tee labeled as 'A' while the 'Bx' end of the PVC |
| now join the craze by building one at home with items | | | | tee labeled as 'B' should be attached to its other end. |
| that can be readily found on one's garage or the | | | | After this, one can now connect the two pieces of |
| neighborhood hardware store. To start building one's | | | | PVC with primer and cement to form a shape |
| own homemade paintball gun, one must have the | | | | resembling a box. To construct the outer details, fasten |
| following materials: glue, some cement, tire replacement | | | | the PVC nipple on the 'By' end of the PVC tee. The |
| valve, plumber's tape, primer, a length of 1" PVC (6 | | | | nipple will then be the part that will be bolted with the |
| feet would be enough), an equal length of ¾" PVC | | | | ball valve, which is in turn the part where the barrel will |
| barrel, two 1" PVC elbows, 1" PVC end cap, two 1" | | | | be fastened. Connect the tire valve by drilling an |
| PVC tees labeled 'A' and 'B' with their straight ends | | | | adequate hole in the end cap which is to be cemented |
| identified as 'Ax' and 'Ay', 'Bx' and 'By' respectively. The | | | | with a 1" PVC that is to be attached to the 'Ay' end of |
| perpendicular ends, meanwhile, should be labeled | | | | one of the PVC tees. After all of these and a day to |
| correspondingly as 'Az' and 'Bz'. Finally, one should | | | | let it dry, the paintball gun is done and is ready for any |
| have ¾" of the following: PVC nipple, PVC ball valve, | | | | paintball match up that one would engage in. |
| and PVC reducer. For the tools to build these materials | | | | Manufacturing one's own paintball gun is pretty easy to |
| into a DIY paintball gun, all that one must have is a | | | | accomplish, given that one has the materials needed |
| plumber's saw and a nail driller. It is also important to | | | | and the necessary know-how for the project. |
| note that the PVC that one is about to use materials in | | | | John Grant is a the author for a how to site where he |
| the making of the paintball gun should be pressure | | | | is writing articles about how to build a paintball gun. |