A thing of the past

[oops56]

Anyone old enough to remember making these zelph should have kept them springs make some for e bay

[zelph]

Anyone old enough to remember making these zelph should have kept them springs make some for e bay

I'm not that old. We did'nt make em in the midwest. How does it work? and why?

[oops56]

Anyone old enough to remember making these zelph should have kept them springs make some for e bay

I'm not that old. We did'nt make em in the midwest. How does it work? and why?

Just pull the spring the match lights and flys out.

[DarenN]

yep. i made them similar as a kid. something i have never forgotten having built. we used to shoot BB's out of them.

Daren.....

[zelph]

My eyes are pulling on the spring, nothing is happening

How do I pull on the spring?

[DarenN]

My eyes are pulling on the spring, nothing is happening

How do I pull on the spring?

see the coiled part of the spring on the below side? pull it like a trigger on a pistol. the arm on top of the half-a-closthepin snaps forward and whacks the end of the match (or BB).

Daren........

[zelph]

I tried it and it don't work

I'll have to make one, you guys are making me get sidetracked

[DarenN]

I tried it and it don't work

I'll have to make one, you guys are making me get sidetracked

you may have to do a little carving in the notches. so the spring ends act properly. the lower one must stay in place while the upper end must fly free when pressured to do so.

sometimes the sidetracks hold the most rewarding destinations. i had a lot of fun with those clothse-pin BB guns as a kid (i had a shoulder holster, behind the belt, crossdraw, boot-top.) . so much so that i was told to stay out of the laundry stuff.

Daren........

[zelph]

had a shoulder holster, behind the belt, crossdraw, boot-top.) . so much so that i was told to stay out of the laundry stuff.

Daren........

That's way too funny!!!!!

[DarenN]

That's way too funny!!!!!

it's funny alright! i remember doing it and getting sanctioned for it. but i don't remember being that young.

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