I flipped some of the pieces so that the markings do not show on the finished piece. I used medium draftboard and wood glue to put it together. I had some small screws lying around and found these dowels on amazon.
Looks like a cool project. Given that the shape is very realistic, maybe stress that the “barrel” tip should get some bright orange paint. It’s rare, but you do hear about people mistaking toys for the real thing with tragic results. Can’t be too safe.
Thanks for posting the cut sheets!
My grandson and I finished putting together the M9 – and a big tip of the hat to @bwente for making this possible. The only change we needed to make was shrinking horizontally the length of parts #30 and 31 – the device that holds the magazine in place and when pushed releases the magazine. This is because the original plans used 4mm material and the conversion used medium draftboard, which is thinner, and the latch was too long to fit into its channel. So, in the GUI, using the ruler, we shrunk horizontally the two parts so they were ~75% of their predecessors, cut, glued and installed – and then all was well. We found an online image of snakeskin stippling and tweaked it to fit on the M9’s grips. He repeatedly loaded eight rubber bands at a time and found the pistol to be extremely accurate. Is my grandson happy? You be the judge…
I’m not sure about the draftboard sizing. Frankly, the only Proofgrade draftboard I’ve ever used were the pieces that came with the Glowforge when I bought it. Since then I’ve been buying ~1/8" MDF from a variety of local suppliers – all much cheaper than Proofgrade. Regarding humidity – it’s been in the 80% realm the past two weeks and that may have had an effect. At any rate, thanks again for converting the plans!