smokes cannon

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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smokestream888
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Thu Aug 03, 2006 6:21 am

first time post here. iv been building combustion cannons for a while and this here is my 2nd one. nice and basic, great to hold and fun to fire.

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got a new cannon in the making, pump action, propane injection. good rate of fire :)
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Thu Aug 03, 2006 12:51 pm

Looks pretty good. Could use a paint job.
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Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:14 am

yeah i was thinking desert camo. this was just a test one so i didnt realy want to put to much time into it.

just wanted to make the handles :)

the cannon im working on will look something like this when finished

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Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:28 am

very cool looking cannon, how in the hell are you going to make the second one pump action? and i hope you dont hold it on your shoulder.
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Sat Aug 05, 2006 11:55 am

What's wrong with holding it on your shoulder?
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Sun Aug 06, 2006 4:36 am

yeah risk of pvc pipe chunks injection if it explodes. iv put a metal cover on it where it sit next to ur head. so if it dose shatter, all of fragments will fly away from the body.
how in the hell are you going to make the second one pump action
me and a mate made up a very easy way to make the pump action. just think of a normal breach loader but insted of placing the tenno in by hand, it uses a spring or gravity feed mag.
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Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:23 pm

Meh, just use pressure rated parts. You'll be fine. But, I guess the metal isn't a bad idea. If it would be able to contain the explosion. Depends on the metal.
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Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:32 am

if my cam was alive id take a pic but all it is is a sheet of ali bent at a 90 angle the length and hight of the chamber
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Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:39 am

if you use pressure pipe it should be fine but incase you dropped it by accident and it weakens the pipe the metal should save you.
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Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:27 am

nice! good gun

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