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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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sputnick
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Sun Jan 18, 2009 9:25 pm

Oh it is indeed vaporised metal, the system is competely incapable of producing an arc, but if you just had screws that were not entirely tightened in, then you could just give a slight adjustment after a while, since it is not a fast degredation.

I was actually thinking the best method for ignition would be one fixed screw, and one mechanically operated to be pushed into it, that would eliminate that problem altogether, if you could find a way to do that.
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Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:10 pm

hehe im not sure that crank thing would work sticky, the force of the "crank" would probably just want to push the piezo away. but a good concept none the less. i had that idea before.
for sure man, I don't know if the sound will come through right, but trust me, its massive (also quite capable of killing me)
well if its capable of killing you i think its worth its own post :P
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Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:32 pm

Sorry, couldn't get a video done tonight, its exam week, and I am busy as hell, but keep a look out for it!
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Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:42 pm

ooooo exams?
tut tut
you should be studying young man :P
thats a strange exam time..
usually we have exams at the end of the year in Australia
i got TEE in October
and im already stressed as.
good luck anyway mate.
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