Looking to gauge interest in Odin Parts kits since they have been OOS for over a year as far as I can tell.
Have priced out components and considered all factors for a 10 pc and 25pc run.
My baseline is the INMC kits, so these do not have the spine (Xometry wanted between $60-$82 for one) and a stronger 4130 chromoly barrel.
A 10pc run would roughly be $155 shipped per kit, while a 25pc run would be $145 shipped to the CONUS.
Sales would likely be done through Paypal G&S to protect buyers.
Let me know if this would interest anyone in the community.
Never got around to making a launcher, but want to before the next fourth. Is this the one to make?
If you buy a kit from me it is lol
But I honestly can’t say, I haven’t built one due to never being able to find a kit. Which is why I want to in the first place.
I will say, this was considered one of the best and strongest designs as it is rated for 40mm which puts more stress on the components.
My idea is if I move forward with making kits, I’ll build one or two for myself to test before buying parts and making a mistake on customer kits. Have the parts printing currently so should be able to test this soon
I would be interested in a 12" 4130 barrel and a 1 piece solid breech block. I’m planning out a build and designing a ridiculous 10.5" IR blocking smoke round.
I don’t think I can help with a solid breech block. Barrel is easy enough, but it be better to source yourself for just that
I was actually just looking into it more yesterday and the more cost effective barrel option for strength seems to be the 304 stainless tube from McMaster that’s used in the SS 38DD. It’s rated for 1,600 psi and a 1M section is around $50. So you can get 4x 8" barrels per $50.
I’m far from a material engineer so take what I’m saying with a healthy pinch of salt. The 304 tubing I’m sure is fine, but 4130 has higher Rockwell hardness. MCMC doesn’t show comparable pressure ratings for their 4130 and the 304 so its hard to gauge but hardness is going to be an okay sub at these pressures. 37mm is as I understand a low pressure round and can have a bit of a hotdog down a hallway effect anyways.
However my tubing is roughly $20 cheaper for the same 4 8in tubes and comes precut so I don’t have to use my eyeballs and gunsmif degree to cut a sloppy angle.
And I’d much rather have a (likely slightly) better tube with minimal inputs over a more expensive labor-intensive tubing.
Seems reasonable. I priced out putting together a kit on mcmaster a while back and it ended up being a good bit more than 150, assuming the spare parts arent useful. I think the main thing you would be competing with is the geneva breacher, parts dispensed has a full kit for just under $100. Not sure how the odin compares with the geneva breacher, just that the geneva breacher is newer and seems pretty solid given the testing data in the manual.
I looked over the Geneva Breacher, and it looks like it’s a weaker option over the Odin. My understanding is that the Odin is one of the strongest designs so far released. Its 40mm options being one of the proofs of this statement.
However, how much stronger and if that really matters is highly up for debate. Either way aesthetics will likely be a big part of people’s choice too.
I think I’m resolved to only do a 10 pc MOQ so if it doesn’t work out then I should be able to move that many and close up.
Also looking at doing a Pipehitter kit based on recommendations from some interested people but that will be in the $85-90 range since its BOM is a mess.
