What's the most ghetto/cheap cannon you've ever made?

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Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:20 pm

Mine would probably have to be the one that I made at work the other day while I was bored. I found a scrap piece of 3/4" ID steel tubing about a foot long, so I heated up the end and melted it into the cap of a powerade bottle, then sealed it with good ol' duct tape. Ignition was done with a small hole in the end of the bottle, using flame from a lighter, or a red hot tip of welding wire. Fuel is about 3 drops of acetone from a bottle I "borrowed" from the paint prep area, and ammo is paper and masking tape wads (breech loaded with eh cap off). Good for trying to hit other guys in my area with a satisfying "thwoomp".
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Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:45 pm

i made one out of a cardboard mailing tube. the projectil stoper was a pencil and the ignition was a hole that i stuck a match in. i launched soda cans about 50 feet.

i also wrapped it in duct tape.
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Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:00 pm

i once a made a combustion from coke cans and toilet rolls.
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Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:02 pm

I make a tiny combustion out of a rolled up peice of paper that was tristed up on one side.
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Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:32 pm

I just posed a cheep cannon i built a while ago. I think i could do better tho or worse how ever you want to say it.
http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/duck-ta ... 10432.html
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