Almost finished Nerf Mod

So after a bit of a break, I continued with my Nerf build.

Today I drilled the holes for the power LED and Switch, and soldered wires on to both of those.

I had to start thinking about how I was going to connect all the wires together. I don't have perf board so I cant solder them that way, and I really don't want to just leave components and wires directly soldered to eachother unless I really have to.

So I had to figure out another solution.

I dug through my box of circuit boards until I found 2 pretty small through-hole ones. I desoldered all the components, leaving me with empty boards. I'm going to solder my components on to these, using the premade traces to my advantage. It worked out well!

Everything is all set to solder! But that will have to wait until tomorrow.

First Stages of Nerf build

The first thing I decided to do was to create an in-gun flashlight and laser sight. I would place 3 white LEDs and a modified dollar store laser into the front panel of the gun, where there was just enough clearance for them. It is a pretty tight spot to work in but I managed to make it work. I drilled the holes and they all fit perfectly. Next, I soldered the LEDs together in parallel and then to a wire. The dollar store laser was a little difficult to extract.... To get to the PCB I had to literally destroy the thin metal case for it. After unsoldering the battery spring and pushbutton and soldering positive and negative leads to it I installed both the laser and the LED.

I'm far from done... The is still the power supply system as well as the power switches for both the laser and the flashlight. Not to mention I still have to design and make the ammo capacity display. But in the pictures attached you will find my progress so far.