*Help Wanted* Airsoft Gun From the Drawing Board

[LordofAll]

Hello, 

I have two ideas for guns that I want to have made using high-grade polymer and metal (steel or aluminium) as the two primary casing materials. 
I'm not looking to go down the 3D printing route. 
 

My primary question is, how does one go about getting a polymer casing made from the drawing board ideas stage? 
There’s no schematics or technical drawings, it’s not an existing product, it’s merely a concept. 
 

Are there company’s out there who can produce bespoke from a concept? 
 

 

[Davegolf]

If you wanted someone to do all of that for you, that will be very very expensive.

You have your visual concept

You then need to dimension all of that $

Technical drawing or CAD/Solidworks etc $$

Test in 3D print $$

Assuming all is good and you want to make it/them;

CNC machine your metal parts $$$

Then you are looking at having bespoke dies made to mold your polymer $$$$

Pay someone else to do all of that for you $$$$

 

[LordofAll]

If you wanted someone to do all of that for you, that will be very very expensive.

Cost is irrelevant really, I know product development is an expensive thing to do and only at the end will you know if it’s commercially viable, that said, I’m starting out with this being solely for my own use. 
 

Thank you for your ideas on process steps. 
 

 

[Guest]

There are literally hundreds of companies who can do all of that for you, just have a Google.

You won’t have any trouble finding four or five companies to do all the work via bidding process if cost really is irrelevant.

You’re looking at around £50k I would guess, maybe a bit more

 

[MiK]

Latter part of last year I actually asked a friend of mine who works in the metal forming business with cnc facilities the same question when I wanted something bespoke making that I had designed up, and his advice was as follows ………

“DONT DO IT !!!”

He said just the coding of the CNC would cost me like 3 grand as I don’t have the cad files for it and that was “mates rates” and if that was bang on first time no revisions not including the cost & time of Fabbing the item.

/ps Turn the BOLD off on your replies  

 

[Adolf Hamster]

for a bespoke one-off there are companies that can do cnc machining bespoke, but it's gonna be expensive, as in hundreds of pounds to make something that for a mass produced part would cost a tenner.

the ones i've dealt with you had to at least furnish them with proper drawings/CAD, and to get those you'd need to pay someone with those skills which definately won't be cheap either.

 

[LordofAll]

Okay so far we’ve got, it costs a lot, Google and don’t use bold…

So let me respond, considering I’m a multi-millionaire, I don’t care about the cost of my projects. 
“Just Google” - do you think I have not, and do you think this is the only place I have made tentative enquiries? This is rhetorical. 
 

And lastly Mr Bold… please see all above. 

 

[Tackle]

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[RonLancs]

This guy for real? 

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[Tackle]

This guy for real? 

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Lol, it's slightly surreal, I'm thinking 15yo troll?

 

[MiK]

Lol, it's slightly surreal, I'm thinking 15yo troll?

 And his “MULTI-MILLIONS” is from his boosted lvl 60 Warrior Gold supply from World of Warcraft

 

[RonLancs]

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[Guest]

Okay so far we’ve got, it costs a lot, Google and don’t use bold…

So let me respond, considering I’m a multi-millionaire, I don’t care about the cost of my projects. 
“Just Google” - do you think I have not, and do you think this is the only place I have made tentative enquiries? This is rhetorical. 
 

And lastly Mr Bold… please see all above. 

Dear Sir,

Please go away. Go right away. Go all the way back to the bridge you live under.

Asking for help then being arrogant because you didn’t immediately get a full set of links and/or companies doffing their caps to help won’t go down well anywhere you numpty ??

@FoxhoundStarlight I do hope you found your Tavor BTW ??

 

[sonofsammo]

Stop Press: Millionaire with plentiful resources eschews use of such resources to procure awesome guns and buys Novritsch instead.

 

[Tommikka]

Find a company or companies that will do the design & production for you:

https://lmgtfy.app/?q=small+batch+cnc+machining

We had a lot of pipe dream enquiries about our sentry gun.  They didn’t go much further when they heard things such as:

  ‘it costs at least £xxx in parts’ -

‘‘you could do it cheaper but its the only one in the UK that works reliably because it’s over engineered’

(Sometimes responded by - ‘it’s not the only one as x have one as well’ - ‘No, x used ours’)

We even got one who didn’t seem to be put off by cost and asked if we’d build another for them - ‘No problem, but add a few more £££s for labour due to what his time is worth in his real profession’

Funnily enough though, no-one ever comes back with actual money 

 

[Adolf Hamster]

So let me respond, considering I’m a multi-millionaire, I don’t care about the cost of my projects. 

in that case, i suggest hiring an engineer and asking them, unless you already have one on the payroll of a businesss.

Funnily enough though, no-one ever comes back with actual money 

shock horror as work done by qualified professionals turns out to be expensive when they're not volunteering for a hobby.

 

[Davegolf]

Multi millionaire with zero people skills... figures.

 

[MiK]

Multi millionaire with zero people skills... figures.

Maybe he got his “Millions” from being the author of ….

“How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age”

and yes I’m being ironic/sarcastic with the use of bold

 

[sonofsammo]

Maybe he got his “Millions” from being the author of ….

“How to Win Friends and Influence People in the Digital Age”

and yes I’m being ironic/sarcastic with the use of bold

You're only allowed to write in bold
IF YOU'RE A MILLIONAIRE.
Because if you're a millionaire, you can do anything you want!
(Except effectively research how to develop a product from initial beer mat sketch to production model. For that, you turn to a random airsoft forum).

 

[Adolf Hamster]

You're only allowed to write in bold
IF YOU'RE A MILLIONAIRE.
Because if you're a millionaire, you can do anything you want!
(Except effectively research how to develop a product from initial beer mat sketch to production model. For that, you turn to a random airsoft forum).

does it work both ways, ie if i write in bold do i become a millionaire?

edit: sadly it does not appear to work both ways