Foam Dart Mag: NAKM - Not A Katana Mag

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Update Version 3-1: Minor dimension/tolerancing problems fixed but untested. Next step is to fix the slotting system since screws don't quite work, and superglue alone is a bad method due to lack of constraints on alignment. Update: Project semi-abandoned because Talons work well, and I'm currently going back to an older blaster platform as primary. Will get back to this if plastic and time for 2nd prototype are worth it. NAKM is my experimental half-length mag project. Two mags in one, able to hold twice as many darts as equivalently sized full-length mag! Designed around Workers but should fit many other short length darts. Very much WIP, DO NOT PRINT, tolerances still untested on the mag's connecting tabs and sliding door. Rest of it appears to be working remarkably well. Compatible with Foamblast rollup spring. https://foamblastshop.com/product/nerf-replacement-drum-spring/ Other springs untested and unsupported. I recommend editing follower and base of the mag if you want to use such springs. Estimated capacity: 25 darts per channel, for a total of 50 darts. Will know for sure later as I do further testing. Warning: The mag's lips are extended so that they can reliably feed both channels. This will result in incompatibility with the majority of blasters, unless the blasters' shells are cleared out so that the lip fits. Rest of the mag should be fairly cross-compatible - I've verified that it fits in a Longshot, Rapidstrike, and Hailfire. Eventually, I will edit the mag receivers for various blasters such as Caliburn to be compatible with this mag and upload them. (See the edited dart jam on my Recalibrator mod - The captive nut spreader part needs to be modified though.) Uploaded early for the purposes of showing work in progress, and to allow others to mess with the design if they wish. Expect significant overhauls to some parts of the design, and proper documentation as the project develops. I do not have ETA's nor a timetable on this project, unfortunately, as I have other things to take care of. Thanks to Thantacles and Tobu for the KaThanha and Katobu mags. These designs inspired several decisions I made for this project.