another mini but a little different

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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Tue May 09, 2006 8:53 pm

not really though its a sample mouth wash bottle and a pin tube for the barral and jb kwick or jbweld to join them it shoots realy well with propane and it will put a .5 in. slug of potato .75 in. in to polystyrem of that packing foam stuff.
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o i almost forgot i bored out the end of the barrel a little
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Sun May 14, 2006 12:28 pm

hey thats cool..i made a mini a couple days ago and have trouble getting a good mixture..how do u put the propane in there..i use axe but it doesnt work all the time
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Wed May 17, 2006 5:36 pm

i just open the top and stick it on the nossel of my propane tourch and quickly open the valve for about a second and take the gun off as i close the valve. then i slowly wave it in the air a couple of times. thats it
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how do u get the igniter
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:24 am

You can get mini-sparkers from "long nose" lighters.

Like this one:
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do u take the barrel off one
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:43 am

I don't understand what you are asking.

Also please don't take offence to me asking you not to double post and to use spell check when you post, I'm just trying to help you and help keep this forum clean. But please try to refrain from using abbreviations like "u" and from one line posts that are hard to understand.
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 3:49 am

none taken... but im trying to make a small slim mini so is there any way i could take the sparker out of the lighter
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Yep, just break it open and you should find something like this:

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Also check out Advanced Spuds' Lighter Dis-assembly (where I stole the pic. from)
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:07 pm

ok i get it now thanks a lot
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Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:40 pm

im in the prosses of making my first mini

what kind of tape should i use
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Don't use tape if you help it, try to use hotglue or epoxy.
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