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by toza
Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:09 am
Forum: Pneumatic Cannons
Topic: my first ballvalve pneumatic
Replies: 30
Views: 9386

nice, i should probably publish my first combustion but i havent been on spudfiles for ages :roll:
by toza
Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:23 pm
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: Legality
Replies: 20
Views: 6590

i've had problems with my neighbours too but i think its just because they're old and crabby. they were trying to object to a pool being built two doors down because they though it would interrupt there vewing area!!!!!! i mean you cant even see the pool from there house!!!!!!! and i think they dont...
by toza
Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:16 pm
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: australia??? wats with bunnings??
Replies: 51
Views: 15889

yeah i live in aus and i already had all the stuff i needed( a 6 inch combustion chamber, 2 inch barrel and screw cap) and all i need was a sparker and a reducer. it ended up costing me 35 bucks!!!!! i went to swans plumbing plus and they dont sell 6 to 2 inch reducers so i had to get two reducers(6...
by toza
Mon Jan 16, 2006 11:10 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Dumb things you did?
Replies: 190
Views: 56020

ha ha ha a judge!!! what thr hell was a judge doing at a party firing spud guns??!!!! lol glad noone was hurt
by toza
Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:59 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Hey from Australia
Replies: 18
Views: 8435

i'm in batemans bay which is on the coast in nsw. theres about 20 thousand people normally but in the holidays theres about 55 thousand i doubt the cops would like what i have in the garrage as nearly all of it is probably illegaly, just lots of spud guns and homemade firecrackers. since thers so ma...
by toza
Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:58 pm
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: How do you hold your gun
Replies: 20
Views: 7918

lol. i always put it on the ground and hold the barrel diagonally and right arm to fire. sometimes i fire holding it minigun style but not usually. i never do it from the shoulder anymore as i nearly broke a bone from doing it first time!!!!! it hurt a heap and game me a medical bill and a heap of b...
by toza
Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:46 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Rocketboard: Rocket-Propelled Skateboard
Replies: 17
Views: 8355

yeah i gree i wouldn't be getting on that skateboard anytime soon but a great idea all the same. do you think it would work with a bike? or would the bike be too heavy? the mixture and stuff just needs a bit of fine tuning but once you get it safe and easy to use its gonna go global!!!!
by toza
Mon Jan 16, 2006 10:36 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Dumb things you did?
Replies: 190
Views: 56020

i remember my first combustion and we didn't know what to do so we put petrol in it instead of hairspray or whatever that was a bad mistake! :( :( :( the whole thing blew up!!and also another one with petrol i didn't relise it but i put my combustion under a dinged up car that dosent work.it had a l...
by toza
Sun Jan 15, 2006 4:47 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Crappy Fireworks
Replies: 63
Views: 20171

lol do you have any more ideas for kool bombs? i currently have a milo tin a aerosole can and about 500 sparkelers not to mention 150 of those things that go CRACK that you get out of bon bons(not the candy, the things that you pull on cristmas) :) :) :) any ideas??? :D
by toza
Thu Jan 12, 2006 2:15 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Crappy Fireworks
Replies: 63
Views: 20171

thankyou very much. and i will be carefull i always hide behind big trees at least ten metres away the first three times i try out explosives.and i always research them too.
by toza
Sat Jan 07, 2006 4:24 am
Forum: Off-Topic Hobbies
Topic: Crappy Fireworks
Replies: 63
Views: 20171

cool thanx. i already have a sulfur source but do you know a place where you can easily get the zinc dust? like a hardware store or another store found everywhere around australia? cause i cant be bothered to get it off powdered metal compainies :D :D
by toza
Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:19 pm
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: my first spud gun a mini wont work
Replies: 18
Views: 6632

i also drive remote controll cars that use glow engine fuel. and recommend never to use that!!! just use hairspray!!!!!!! it cost more than hairspray and is way way way more dangerous than hairspray!!!
by toza
Thu Jan 05, 2006 10:11 pm
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: flyback
Replies: 3
Views: 2264

i was the same as you not long ago but this will help you alot. simpler is alot better:you can move onto bigger and more complicated things later. right now build your potato gun.the simplest way i thing is to get a hand held bbq sparker or ignitor(thy're the flame ones) and make a single hole in th...
by toza
Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:46 pm
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: A good place to find BBQ igniters
Replies: 18
Views: 5470

i cant get my spark to jump but i dont think a hairdryer is the answer this is how a blowdryer works:it has four main parts:a heating element, a fan, a switch and a fan motor. a hairdryer produces an instant blast of hot air, yet it is light enough to hold in one hand so the air can be directed. iut...
by toza
Thu Jan 05, 2006 9:35 pm
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: my first spud gun a mini wont work
Replies: 18
Views: 6632

boilingleadbath wrote: Pimpmann, don't be a retard. If one's breath was O2 free, it would be counterproductive to use one's breath to blow out the chamber. However, it's not - even if you hold your breath for a minute, only half of the O2 has been removed... so if we assume that the average spacing...