Spud gun plans?

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Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:22 pm

I have a normal spud gun right now, it uses a BBG igniter and I use some cheap car polish crap for the fuel. I would like to build one that uses propane, but I need plans for one that has a meter/regulator on it, along with the propane tank being attached to it like this one: Image
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:22 pm

(sighs)

searching first would be great;....... there are literally dozens of posts on here about that... check out bcvids.com for starters....
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:23 pm

Check the stickies in the combustion forum section. And next time, search.
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i was hoping for a name? is there something specific to search for?
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:26 pm

rufus wrote:i was hoping for a name? is there something specific to search for?
That word is in your first post.
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:27 pm

The term is "Advanced Combustion"
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Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:29 pm

Searching would get you places you never could have imagined before, but without effort, thou shalt die in the technological world.

lol, just search from now on and read the rules. you can find some really cool cannons with plans in the "how to" section of the site. Here's a good link to some plans for an advanced combustion (with metered propane, like you wanted). The searching took me only 2 minutes, but by now i think you get the picture. anyway, hope you find what your looking for...any questions, you can pm one of us.

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Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:38 pm

Well garsh... :oops:. :) You picked my combustion to model.....

Here's the write up on it:

http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/christm ... 12820.html

It's also been modified some as shown below. I'll add these pics to the showcase as well.

Go to www.burntlatke.com for a complete combustion rundown....lot's of "how to" there.
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rufus wrote:I have a normal spud gun right now, it uses a BBG igniter and I use some cheap car polish crap for the fuel. I would like to build one that uses propane, but I need plans for one that has a meter/regulator on it, along with the propane tank being attached to it like this one:
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA



OMG!! THAT WAS TOO RICH!!!

Seriously though, NEVER ask for plans here.

Also, Facepalm.jpg
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benstern wrote:
AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA


OMG!! THAT WAS TOO RICH!!!

Seriously though, NEVER ask for plans here.

Also, Facepalm.jpg
:shock: Uhhhh Okie Dokie then.............*cricket chirp*
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sthorne wrote:Searching would get you places you never could have imagined before, but without effort, thou shalt die in the technological world.
Actually searching would not help this young person out because if you are not smart enough to look at that whole deal and figure out how that works, apparently you found that particular thread, you really should not be here asking us for plans. There is a certain level of safety and knowledge Spudfiles would like members to have. You can obtain this knowledge by searching the wiki and the forum.

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LOL benstern.

Thats a disgracefully amusingly weird picture.


But yeah, no plans is kinda a thing round here. If you want blueprints then it's because you don't know enough about how things work.

If you BUY blueprints you're extremely unwise for not trying to learn enough because anyone staying around here for a month browsing the wiki and other resources will know exactly how any given spudcannon works and will know that anyone selling plans is ripping you off.
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