My octagonal barrel wooden combustion

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Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:09 pm

so i read about eds wooden spuddie recently and so today when i walked out i saw a table saw a 1 by 12 and some 2 by 4s

i was compelled to make this

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the combustion chamber

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the barrel


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so the materials used were a 4 foot long 1 by 12 for the barrel
36 in of 2 by 4 for the cumbustion chamber
13 inches of 2 by 4 for the base
and finally 12 deck screws and a few dozen trim nails as well as some good old duct tape to attach the barrel to the chamber
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:41 pm

ive never seen a spudgun like that.
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:10 pm

wow :shock:
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:11 pm

* crowd claps hands * nise job on a total piece of crap :lol: :roll: :wink:
You can tell how awesome a cannon is by the pressure used.
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:19 pm

That is totally sick bro, it won't be able to hold pressure for firing but i just love it, well done.
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:51 pm

CasinoVanart wrote:That is totally sick bro, it won't be able to hold pressure for firing but i just love it, well done.
Hell, wrap it in some duct tape and it'll be fine. Great work!
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:55 pm

add some more duct tape and some other random crap and it might be worthy of the ghetto award :D :lol:
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:04 pm

Oh I know! Make a super dodgy scope out of a few magnifying glasses taped to the barrel, tape a flashlight to it, make a coathanger wire bipod, add a laser pointer (MUST BE SECURED USING CLEAR TAPE AS MESSILY AS POSSIBLE) and perhaps a muzzle break made of cardboard. :D

Tactical wooden cannon!
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:49 pm

While your at it nail in some nails halfway then pound them in sideways.
mobile chernobyl wrote:I can shoot a Canuter Valve off my '82 Chevy Ram F150 AT LEAST 3/4 Mile with 'ma cannon made of soup cans duct taped together, then I just squirt some bacardi 151 in the chamber and hold up my cigarrete lighta and WHOOSH! That thing flies at least 3/4 mile
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:05 pm

Wow that is really cool! How the hell does it work?
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Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:07 pm

Gratuitous foot shot there... :wink:

Uummm it's ghetto alright...almost too much precision work though on that barrel compared to the absolute lack of any on the combustion chamber. A little forced ghettoness there IMO... :roll: There needs to be some effort at real construction techniques without actually hitting them correctly...does that make sense. :?:
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:25 am

Hey man, at least the barrel is pretty cool. Why not try the same with the combustion chamber? maybe some good stain? Its a start...
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I don't know why but i like it :)

Maybe worth making a "proper" one, correctly joined and finished, maybe with a touch of varnish :D
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:39 am

biggsauce wrote:Why not try the same with the combustion chamber? maybe some good stain? Its a start...
That occurred to me as well. Forget ghetto...build a nice 8 sided wooden chamber and maybe add some barrel staves around it.
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starman wrote:
biggsauce wrote:Why not try the same with the combustion chamber? maybe some good stain? Its a start...
That occurred to me as well. Forget ghetto...build a nice 8 sided wooden chamber and maybe add some barrel staves around it.
:) Gotta say, the barrel look would be very cool. All it takes it a little time a pride, and this thing would look good over a fireplace :P
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