My first attempt.

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:03 pm

My guns made out of a pill jar and a Bic round stick pen body.
The spark is made from two screws and some wire i was useing a car battery but i want to get a bbq sparker. I made little projectiles out of cut in half hollow q-tips and copper wire sharpened at the end. then i glued the wire in and boom they are like blow gun darts. :D
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:10 pm

looks cute !! thats good btw.
is that a bearded dragon in your avatar? looks just like mine when its mad.
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:13 pm

Yeah hes my male breeder and he was very short fused right about then.
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:21 pm

awesome mini dragon!! have any plans to make a larger cannon in the near future?
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Yep i just need the funds and im making a 5' combustion. and / or a cannon i designed that will hopefully shoot golf balls about three hundred yards. (5''dia chamber (jacketed) and a 8 ft muzzle. I'm designing a "clip" for golf balls tommy gun style.)
We have land in logan county ohio and i want to do tests on site. :D
I'll get the designs on here when i am finished if anyone wants to use them. :twisted:
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:46 pm

sounds cool. maybe a little sketch of what you're thinking or a little ms paint action if you have time would be awesome.
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:48 pm

k i will later
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Sat Dec 03, 2005 11:15 pm

Ok here it is.
1= molded pvc outer section.
2= plywood midsection with barrel sized pvc tube inserts with riges to hold the golf balls
3= pvc inner core.

And i am a much better artist i am useing pen and i did this in less than 2 mins so yeah and the heading says "not to scale".
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Sun Dec 04, 2005 5:42 am

Nice plans. Via your pill shooter. I made the exact one but then wasn't really satisfied with the power (It could shoot a BB over a 2 story building) so I made a bigger one.

The design was the same only it was bigger. NOw it can shoot a nail through cardboard and a thin layer of plastic at the same time. Didn't really test how far it can shoot but I'll post some pics later.

BTW You avatar looks a bit like a blow fish :wink:
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