trouble with ignition

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gotbass7
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Sat Jun 09, 2007 3:18 pm

i just finished a soda bottle spudgun. or what ever you want to call them. with a big soda bottle as the chamber. only problem is the ignition is hard to push, so you have to push hard. and when you do that, it bends in the soda bottle. I'm using an ignitor from a long nosed lighter. any suggestions on what to do? im planning on shooting it today
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homedepotpro
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Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:05 pm

pis please, but it sounds like you should take the igniter out of the bottle and hook it up to your spark gap via wires
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gotbass7
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Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:52 pm

i have two screws in and the ignitor attatched to it, with a wire on one screw and the system on the other
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pyromaniac
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Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:29 pm

just makae a hole and put a lighter up to it.
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gotbass7
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Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:53 pm

lol. thats to ghetto for me. but i think i figured it out. i found a way to hold it and push so it doesnt move it, but then i cant hold the gun. so i made a stand for the gun
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