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SpudFiles Potato Gun Commercial

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by PCGUY » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:54 pm » in Combustion Cannons
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I've been wanting to get in some spud shooting action this fall before the weather got cold. I know it's been a while since I filmed anything for...

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thank you for creating this website is there anything i can do to help
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Mug Shot Pics!!

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by Carlman » Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:14 am
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Hey all,

Saw a good thread on another forum and though id start the same kind of one here as well. Its basically to post your ugly mug on here so...

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Last night at my friends, some alcohol was involved :D
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Electric motor uses

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by john bunsenburner » Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:44 am
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At Switzerlands largest annual flee market, yesterday, i brought a really nice, old, but functional electric motor. I got it for 48.55$ or 30.46£...

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I do have the required power however, i don't want to waste the motor. I can get a compressor at a sale i saw for 75 or so bucks, and it should...
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Last post by john bunsenburner
Wed Oct 21, 2009 6:16 am
gasmask?

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by covey12 » Thu Oct 15, 2009 4:03 pm

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hey, does anyone know how to make a good looking gas mask, doesn't have to work, but it would be sweet if it did, looking around youtube and...

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Then just go buy one of these and go on a rampage.

haha, thats what i was gonna do for halloween to
lol thats what i was going to do for...

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Last post by spudtyrrant
Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:08 pm
Slingshot concept made from fishing pole + rubber

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by boyntonstu » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:51 pm

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The Thera Band silver is pre-loaded.

It is not powerful at this point.

Thoughts?

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Nice idea. Formore power maybe look at lever action crossbows? For more leverage on the pull to get more power out of a shot.

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Last post by TwitchTheAussie
Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:21 am
Homemade boom mic with windscreen

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by MrCrowley » Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:31 am

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Made this today because sound quality can really ruin anything you film. It seems to work pretty well so far. We can hold it out the window of the...

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Can't wait for the test videos. Would this capture 'booms' a little better than a cheap microphone?

If you can see this line you must have a large...

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Last post by mark.f
Sun Oct 11, 2009 2:10 pm
transmission rubber/metal belt

Last post by Demon
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by Demon » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:10 pm

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I am putting together a mini-lathe with a mixer big ac motor and rubber belt, but accidently i cutted the rubber belt by pressing on it with a vise...

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Its not a lathe but a big ac motor from a mixer.

I have decided to forget the belt and put the motor inline with the rotating thing...simpler like...

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Last post by Demon
Fri Oct 09, 2009 4:38 pm
World's most compact slingshot

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by boyntonstu » Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:31 pm

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No forking around.

BoyntonStu

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Yes, very steady. It seems that once the ball has gained speed, it is almost impossible to alter its course.

The flipstyle method ONLY works when...

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Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:41 am
Austrailia, Austrailia Austrailia...

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by Moonbogg » Thu Oct 08, 2009 4:27 am

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wtf

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www.theopia.com Know it, love it, live with it! :wink:

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Fri Oct 09, 2009 6:50 am
Using taps and dies.

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by inonickname » Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:12 am

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I recently bought a nice tap and die set for the weird use of..cutting threads.

I do it all correctly, use an appropriate lubricant, reverse cutting...

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Tighten all 3 positions/holes in you tail stock chuck (drill type chuck?). As for not marring finished work with a vise, do the work you need the...

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Last post by jrrdw
Thu Oct 08, 2009 11:41 am
How to read an LCD display with a microcontroller?

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by ramses » Sun Oct 04, 2009 3:09 pm
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A potential project of mine requires that I read a 3 digit 7 segment display with a microcontroller. How would anyone with electronic experience do...

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I meant to use that method to figure out what serial protocol was being used (if any at all). Then you could configure the Arduino appropriately....
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Wed Oct 07, 2009 9:06 pm
Katana: Showcase

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by Brian the brain » Mon Oct 05, 2009 3:00 pm

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Well..I cleaned up the katana my brother and I made when I was 14.
After 20 years of neglect and chopping down a tree with it.( TIMBURRRRRR!! :shock:...

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All dangerous stuff is in the shed...elevated well beyond their reach..

i meant like just like a flat piesce or did u get it from a junk yard or...

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Last post by Brian the brain
Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:02 pm
powerful mechanical launcher tutorial

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by Moonbogg » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:52 am

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Enjoy and BE CAREFUL! If you can't figure it out, don't ask me. No spoon feeding!

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lol i saw a video on that after watching one of jsr's many creations.

Doesn't come close to the pen guns for power but I like the way it's made...

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Last post by jackssmirkingrevenge
Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:14 pm
Fridge compressor help

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by joepage2008x2 » Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:10 am

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Im making an oil burner and dont want to buy or make an oil pump. I could make a babington burner but dont want it to run off a compressor.

But i do...

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If you have access to a good junkyard, another source of supplies is diesel engines from scrapped cars, either VW or Mercedes. Fuel pumps, injection...

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Last post by Technician1002
Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:30 am
More questions out of Northir, this time about gears

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by Northir » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:20 am

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im working on a go-cart part of it will be the gears off of a old bike just trying to figure out how to set them up, big-big, small-small, big-small,...

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i was more or less thinking to keep a small charge in the batteries, so i could maybe use less batteries

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Last post by Northir
Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:43 am
My job and Aviation Week

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by D_Hall » Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:47 pm

For those who have access to Aviation Week, they did a 6 page series of short bits on my place of employment. For those who don't subscribe, there...

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Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:47 pm
"Kennedy assasination" ice bullet myth

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by geardog32 » Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:31 pm
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Ok i am no conspiracy theorist, but i was thinking about the Mythbusters episode where they tackle ice bullet theory of the Kennedy assasination. The...

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The accuracy problems apart, ice can make a very decent ammo.

Due to the crystalline nature of ice it is possible to refine it by using high...
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Last post by MRR
Sun Sep 27, 2009 4:15 am
Which highspeed camera

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by jor2daje » Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:11 pm

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Im looking into getting a reasonably priced highspeed camera for capturing many things from sports and of course spudding :D. I know the Casio EX-F1...

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Check it out on youtube ive seen tones of vids of it.

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Last post by qwerty
Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:37 am
My slingshot

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by Copperboy » Thu Sep 24, 2009 11:44 am

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Since slingshot's getting pretty popular on the forum I decided to make one. It's a chinese type of attachment for the bands, and at the pouch I used...

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Haha Nice sling shot copperboy :)!

I still need to make mine, but I need to find a source of rubber tubing :(. + I'm getting sidetracked with...

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Last post by littlebro05
Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:31 pm
New Low Pressure Launcher

Last post by MrCrowley
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by Pookydarts » Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:43 pm
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This is the latest launcher I've come up with.
It runs at relatively low pressures but is still able to launch projectiles of varying densities quite...

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As far as the expense, this is the most rewarding launcher you could ever have, unless there is a failure to launch after high school.
That's what...
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Last post by MrCrowley
Wed Sep 23, 2009 3:18 pm
determining expansion/shrinkage of tubing with air?

Last post by JDP12
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by JDP12 » Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:28 pm
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Hey all- I have a question that may be fairly difficult without experimenting, but here goes-

I would like to be able to determine the expansion of...

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Well thanks guys looks like this project isn't going to go anywhere unfortunately- far to complex for my low budget
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Last post by JDP12
Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:28 am
cheap electric solenoid valves?

Last post by jimmy101
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by JDP12 » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:03 pm

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Does anyone know hwere it is possible to get electric solenoid valves that wouldn't have to have threads bigger than 3/4 All teh ones i've found are...

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Dishwasher/Washing machine ;)
Is there an appliance recycler near by (or a dump)? A dishwasher will have one valve and a washing machine will have...

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Last post by jimmy101
Sun Sep 20, 2009 10:38 am
Will's Free Manufacturing Shop

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by Willdebeers » Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:41 am
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I am thinking of starting a shop, for those who can't produce machined work. I have a:

Lathe (metalwork + woodwork)
Milling machine
40w Laser...

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Just started on the BTB pump. Damn its awesome if I can say myself. Lathed and reamed pump cylinders are so shiny! :lol:
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Last post by Willdebeers
Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:49 pm
R/C Heli power take off

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by Moonbogg » Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:01 pm

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A friend of mine just posted an old clip of me flying my old heli in his neighborhood. Kind of cool.

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Nice. I saw something about an onboard cam, any chance of a vid of that?

Yeah, I have those laying around somewhere and I will look for them and...

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Last post by Moonbogg
Wed Sep 16, 2009 4:34 pm
How Do Stripper Clips Work?

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by raptorforce » Sat Sep 12, 2009 12:39 am

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so i know how they work like you load them up and push them in into the magazine but how do they get pushed in because the feed lips keep the bullets...

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The best mag to show this with is the M1 Garand clip, which basically works like a double-stack magazine, except that the spring and follower are...

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Last post by Daltonultra
Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:04 pm
Words of un bannable wisdom

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by Moonbogg » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:41 pm

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www dot nocrackhosallowed dot com

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Could have ask me where it belongs.

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Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:01 pm
Sheared bolt extraction?

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by Ragnarok » Fri Sep 11, 2009 3:12 pm
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I probably should have posted this up a few days ago, but it's only really just occurred to me to do so.

Anyway, a rather elderly bolt holding the...

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If this where my boat... :twisted:
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Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:59 am

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