Pringle Can Spud Gun
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:12 pm
First things first...It's not my fault if you get hurt in any way or damage anything from this. I'm not saying it's gonna explode, I'm just saying there are a lot of idiots out there...
Not the best quality, but it's an easy to make spud gun using pringle cans and stuff you should be able to find around the house.
What you need:
2 pringle cans, without lids (the big ones)
Lots of duct tape
Drinking straw or something similar
Matches
Propellant like hair spray
A sharp knife or pair of scissors
And something to launch (duh)
First, take one of the pringle cans and cut a round hole in the metal on the bottom to from a lip for whatever you're going to launch to sit on.
Next, secure the two pringle cans together, with the cut metal part of one and the open top of the other together with about one layer of duct tape around the middle.
After that, cut a small hole in the cardboard near the bottom of pringle can on the bottom, and insert a small piece of the straw (about 1 inch should do) just so it barely enters the hole and secure it in place.
Then you want to wrap a ton of duct tape around the spud gun, focusing around the middle and bottom. (make sure you don't cover up the straw and that you do put plenty of tape over the metal piece at the bottom) After its all taped up cut off the extra straw so it doesn't stick up too far and block oxygen from getting to whatever burning thing that's going down it to light the propellant.
From there, (go outside and make sure you point it away from anything that may get damaged, especially people or animals,) load your ammo into the top, spray your propellant down the straw, then light a match and drop it down the straw and MOVE YOUR HAND AWAY QUICKLY! If you put enough propellant into it (and have enough duct tape on it to stop it from bursting) you can get a good potato to go around 100 yards...Also, if you want to make it a bit safer use a wick instead of just shoving a match in.
Not the best quality, but it's an easy to make spud gun using pringle cans and stuff you should be able to find around the house.
What you need:
2 pringle cans, without lids (the big ones)
Lots of duct tape
Drinking straw or something similar
Matches
Propellant like hair spray
A sharp knife or pair of scissors
And something to launch (duh)
First, take one of the pringle cans and cut a round hole in the metal on the bottom to from a lip for whatever you're going to launch to sit on.
Next, secure the two pringle cans together, with the cut metal part of one and the open top of the other together with about one layer of duct tape around the middle.
After that, cut a small hole in the cardboard near the bottom of pringle can on the bottom, and insert a small piece of the straw (about 1 inch should do) just so it barely enters the hole and secure it in place.
Then you want to wrap a ton of duct tape around the spud gun, focusing around the middle and bottom. (make sure you don't cover up the straw and that you do put plenty of tape over the metal piece at the bottom) After its all taped up cut off the extra straw so it doesn't stick up too far and block oxygen from getting to whatever burning thing that's going down it to light the propellant.
From there, (go outside and make sure you point it away from anything that may get damaged, especially people or animals,) load your ammo into the top, spray your propellant down the straw, then light a match and drop it down the straw and MOVE YOUR HAND AWAY QUICKLY! If you put enough propellant into it (and have enough duct tape on it to stop it from bursting) you can get a good potato to go around 100 yards...Also, if you want to make it a bit safer use a wick instead of just shoving a match in.
