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Frist cannon

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:07 am
by ewok11
here is my frist go a a cannon made from all the stuff i found lying around. build cost $0

its a little heavy but for the price its fine! it uses a piston valve and so far has only been fired at 100psi .

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:25 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
Very nice for a first effort! Chamber size is a little overkill but nothing wrong with MOAR POWER :D damage pics/videos?

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 4:39 am
by ewok11
hey chamber to barrel raito is only 4:1 24 Litres chamber to 6 litres in barrel no vids yet always forget as its so much fun but will try and get some tomorrow

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:51 am
by jrrdw
Any pictures of the piston and sealing face set up? Nice work. That tennis ball looks like a tight fit, was that picture for size reference?

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:58 am
by lemming124
your first? made entirely from spare parts?
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lojul1hoB91qgzuxc.jpg

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:16 am
by Technician1002
Paint those two tanks industrial yellow and I would expect Mike and Sully to show up.

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:17 am
by mattyzip77
That thing is a friggen beast! Nice job on the welding. Whats the piston made of?? Can we get a peek inside?? Nice first!!

Damage VIDEO NUMBER 1

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:18 am
by ewok11
hey sorry for the slow replys been one of those weeks!
The piston is made out of so plastic bar that was at work with some o rings and rubber as the sealing face.

And yes this is my frist cannon it did have a ball valve on it to i made the piston for it.

here is the only vid i have of it

shooting a tennis ball from about 20 meters


Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:21 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
haha, excellent!

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Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 2:24 am
by ewok11
thanks for posting that so it could be seen on here. i didnt know how to do it

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:17 am
by pneumaticcannons
[youtube]*video url*[/youtube] :wink:
btw awesome video and cannon :)
what are the chambers made from?

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 4:46 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
pneumaticcannons wrote:what are the chambers made from?
Looks like fire extinguishers.

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 7:12 am
by pneumaticcannons
some weird looking FE's... Thought they were beer kegs at first glance :D

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:16 am
by Petitlu
cans to put the milk of cows! :D

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:06 am
by warhead052
Wow, haven't seen that until now. Dunno how I missed it. Looks excellent! I like the size of it. I suppose SB15 should be happy that a large bore has popped up, even if its not a hybrid or combustion.