New Potato Gun User, Please Help
The o-ring on that cleanout plug (not cap, as a cap is a female fitting by definition) is there for a reason - it's meant to be pressed against the outside of the threaded coupling to create a good seal. That's why cleanouts have so few threads, because they use an o-ring. If you can't tighten the plug far enough to press the o-ring against the coupling by hand, you either have a screwed up threaded coupling, or a bad plug.
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its actually really tight and i dont think i have a way to unscrew it
and im still wondering about that wrench thing
any diagrams or something on how to build it
HOLY MOTHER, this gun is crazy, i just wanted to test my gun by shooting it really high, next thing you know my bullet was gone ...
and im still wondering about that wrench thing
any diagrams or something on how to build it
HOLY MOTHER, this gun is crazy, i just wanted to test my gun by shooting it really high, next thing you know my bullet was gone ...
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Dude! Read all of the posts instead of just a few! Deadeye and myself have both offered you ideas for a wrench! Stop asking the same question over and over. I do not mean to be so harsh but you are be so repetitive.nosebleedXD wrote:its actually really tight and i dont think i have a way to unscrew it
and im still wondering about that wrench thing
any diagrams or something on how to build it
HOLY MOTHER, this gun is crazy, i just wanted to test my gun by shooting it really high, next thing you know my bullet was gone ...
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lol wanna draw me a picture of how the wrench looks like i've read it, i dont get you
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Well deadeye explained it pretty well. But i will still give you a diagram. Also wha i had suggested was a bike intertube wrapped around it.
Just cut this out of a two by for and there you have it. Make the squared part however big your little twisty thing is.
Just cut this out of a two by for and there you have it. Make the squared part however big your little twisty thing is.
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anyways i just screwed the cap on as tight as i could, dont even ask me how i unscrewed it
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You are the hardest person i have ever met to help. You ask for help and then when it is offered you completely ignore it if it isnt EXACTLY what you need. Try to improvise. Its not hard. Ive given you more than enough to make a wrench.
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Want to see my wrench i made, its a piece of wood with some hole that looks like its been bitten off on the end
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oh and what gun is better pneumatic or this
dayum i lost my bullet and ideas on bullets and etc?
i checked the post it said golf balls and stuff but it doesnt fit sadly
and my barrel is 1 1/2
p.s i used abs cement or pvc glue whatever you called to glue my parts together, so will my gun ever explode? i've seen videos on youtube of them exploding 0_0 and by any chance will my barrel shoot out or something
dayum i lost my bullet and ideas on bullets and etc?
i checked the post it said golf balls and stuff but it doesnt fit sadly
and my barrel is 1 1/2
p.s i used abs cement or pvc glue whatever you called to glue my parts together, so will my gun ever explode? i've seen videos on youtube of them exploding 0_0 and by any chance will my barrel shoot out or something
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im so pro with potato guns =]
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If you did everything properly and as the tutorials on this site specify, it will be fine. Which is to say it will probably explode very, very soon. When it does, I dearly hope that you're using oxy/acetylene and aiming at your gonads, because people like you just piss me off.p.s i used abs cement or pvc glue whatever you called to glue my parts together, so will my gun ever explode?
What's wrong with just using a normal pipe wrench to turn the cap? Considering that they're designed for things like that, you'd think they'd be the logical choice.
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maybe you could invest in another cannon body. i would because where i live i could make the body for about 3 bucks not including the sparker.
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ok time to go basement and find myself a wrench
and did you enjoy the video?
and did you enjoy the video?