becoming a tech

[Spartan1]

Just a question if any one can answer!

I there any form of training courses/manuals e.t.c you can take to become a tech i know a lot of people learn by playing with their beloveds and learn via mistakes but it would be good to go learn from the people who makes these thing!

Spartan1

 

[Philip]

Convert to Philipism

But seriously, you just need to look at the markers, how they work, what parts they have and you'll figure the rest out for yourself.

Dont wait for your marker to break. I've never had a marker for more than an hour before stripping it down and lubing it all.

To start with, Rip apart the following guns, see how they work and you''ll see where the faults come from:

Spyder (All spyder clones)
Intimidator (Bushmaster, Angel, Timmy)
Tippmann
Cockers (e-cockers)


And those 4 markers can help you fix the majority of markers on the market.

 

[dr.strangelove]

I've got a doctorate in Philipism Seriously, pretty much the only way to learn is to try. PTI (Paintball Training Institute) has tech classes I think, but you'll learn more from actual experience ripping the things to pieces than anything.

 

[bulldog2k]

I was speaking to someone the other day who told me the odds of becoming an Angel tech (unless you're on a team sponsored by WDP) are now negligble...

 

[John C]

Hmm As an Angel Tech myself I dont think I agree with Philipism...

People trying to repair their guns themselves can cause hours of extra work for a tech.



Also I hate it when people say they didnt mess with their gun, when its blatantly obvious that somebody has been inside breaking things.

Its really obvious to an Angel Tech if you have been opening up your gun and breaking the insides, so just admit it!!!

 

[Philip]

Ah, but not everyone breaks it when opening...look at me, not once have I ever made a marker break by opening it

The hardest part about any marker is the little spring for the elbow clip on tippmann 98's.

I learnt by stripping down every marker I could, Angels I found extremely easy because of the simplicity and likeness to that of a Bushmaster.

Learning this way, got me a name of being able to fix markers, and at the last Big Game I went to, I had 4-5 markers at anypoint during the day(most of them cockers that needed timing).

C'mon John.....convert to the darkside of Philipism

 

[LTPAINTBALL.COM]

I say open up your marker and see how many btis you can get it in to them send it to a tech to fix
Most techs will show you how to strip down your gat if thay are not swomped at the time .
But as john said if you pull it apart and break it tell us it makes fixing it faster and in the long run cheeper for you if you have to pay..

 

[dr.strangelove]

Originally posted by Philip
Ah, but not everyone breaks it when opening...look at me, not once have I ever made a marker break by opening it

Bingo! 'Course, Philip, what we gotta realize is that some people look at a paintball marker and it just can't seem to make sense to them. So for them, perhaps some tech classes would be beneficial. Me, I started with my Tippmann Pro-lite just examining, taking apart and seeing how it all worked, and it just clicked. Now I can take some of the highest of high end markers down to bits and fix it and put it back together. I'm not a "certified" tech, but at the field here where I live, I've actually told their "tech" what to do and how to do it before. I think "certification" is pretty meaningless if it can be attained by someone who I, a mere tinkerer, have to coach through a marker diagnosis.

And to all you 'official techs', nobody is ever going to admit they f-ed it up themselves. Last time you went into the mechanic did you tell him, "Yeah, well, I've been slacking off on the maintenence, slamming the brakes, riding the clutch, and the engine started knocking, so I thought I'd have a look at it" ??

 

[John C]

I wouldn't reccomend tech classes for somebody who isn't very good at teching a painrball marker, quite the opposite. I would advise them to never open their gun and just to give it to a proper tech if it stops working.

Somebody who tinkers with markers alot like you or Philip would certainly benefit from a technical certification. It would add a degree of credibility to the ability to repair and maintain paintball guns.

Its just a shame there arent many official qualifications available.




I understand about people not wanting to admit what stupid things they did to their marker, but we always work it out in the end, so they are just delaying the inevitable!!

 

[Philip]

To be honest, I dont see the point in me personally taking a tech course, people come to me with broken markers anyway, Its all for fun. If nobody ever asked me to repair a marker, it would be fine with me