Wondering which blaster to build first?
To help you decide, I’ve ranked these builds easiest to trickiest.
Default spring-powered blasters are modular and the pieces slide easily together.
If you upgrade to a brass springer setup, things get harder. However, you shouldn’t have too much trouble at all with a default blaster.
Flywheelers require soldering and often some tinkering. A build guide and my optimized files will help a lot. Links to the free files and build guides are below.
BLASTER | DIFFICULTY | TYPE | SOLDERING | ESTIMATED BUILD TIME | RESOURCES |
★☆☆☆☆ | Springer | No | 1-3 hours |
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★☆☆☆☆ | Springer | No | 1-3 hours |
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★☆☆☆☆ | Springer | No | 1 hour | ||
★☆☆☆☆ | Elastic-powered | No | 1-3 hours |
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★★☆☆☆ | Springer | No | 1-3 hours | ||
★★☆☆☆ | Springer | No | 1-3 hours | ||
★★☆☆☆ | Springer | No | 1-3 hours | ||
★★☆☆☆ | Flywheel | No | 1-3 hours |
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★★★☆☆ | Springer | No | 1-3 hours |
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★★★☆☆ | Springer | No | 1-3 hours |
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★★★☆☆ | Flywheel | Yes | 1-3 hours | ||
★★★☆☆ | Flywheel | Yes | 1-3 hours |
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★★★☆☆ | Springer | No | 2-3 hours | ||
★★★★☆ | Flywheel | Yes | 2-4 hours |
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★★★★☆ | Flywheel | Yes | 1-3 hours |
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★★★★☆ | Springer | No | 1-3 hours |
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★★★★☆ | Flywheel | Yes | 2-3 hours |
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★★★★☆ | HPA | Yes | 1-2 hours |
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★★★★☆ | HPA | No | 1-2 hours | ||
★★★★☆ | Flywheel | Yes | 3-4 hours |
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★★★★★ | Flywheel | Yes | 3-4 hours |
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★★★★★ | HPA | Yes | 2-3 hours | ||
★★★★★ | Flywheel | Yes | 3-4 hours |
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★★★★★ | Springer | No | 2-4 hours |
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Building your own blaster can be super fun and mechanically satisfying.
Also, it can save you like $40-$80 compared to the assembled version.
Doesn’t matter if you don’t have a printer, either. Just order the printed parts too.
Great for indoor afternoon or weekend projects.
