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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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Directional Control Valves (3way valves and stuff like that)

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by POLAND_SPUD » Sun Mar 07, 2010 1:12 am
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Directional Control Valves, commonly refereed to as 3,4,5 etc. valves or spool/poppet valves etc., can be very useful for spuders.
They can be used...

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very,useful info for a beginner such as myself.The links are great as well.Thankyou.(you won't believe this but as i was reading,my fridge comp...
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Sprinkler Valve Troubleshooting Guide

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by noname » Sat Jun 16, 2007 12:15 am
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Sprinkler Valve Troubleshooting

This is a guide to sprinkler valve problems. Before creating a new topic to ask questions on why your valve isn't...

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great job everyone
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Piston Valves Explained Visually

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by clide » Mon May 14, 2007 11:21 pm
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I had this posted on Spudtech, but I am reposting it here to hopefully help some people out and allow for discussions/updates.

Well I made this...

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Thanks for sharing this! It might also be useful to mention how friction and maintenance can affect performance over time. Looking forward to more...
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Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:05 am
"How Much CO2 do I need?"

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by BC Pneumatics » Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:52 pm
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For all those people out there looking for a rough idea of how much CO2 they will need for a chamber of any given size-
Just multiply the volume of...

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Great piece of software :) I've been kicking numbers round my head for a while now, and wondered if someone here could confirm. I'm filling a 1.5 dia...
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Thu Jul 04, 2013 2:38 pm
Valve Cutaways

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by PCGUY » Sat Feb 26, 2005 9:10 pm

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VALVE CUTAWAY

Provided By - Longshot

These are some pictures of some of the most popular valves used on spud cannons. Only difference is, these...

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Can someone fix the picture links??

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Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:13 pm

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Hammer valve-->Piston

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by Pennywise » Thu Mar 02, 2023 6:04 pm

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I have wanted a lathe since I understood their capabilities. Late last year I finally bought one. A Monarch 10ee, that happened to be born some 3...

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Sometimes building tools and jigs is half the fun :D

And the other half is doing it again when you realise you've buggered something up :)

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Sat Mar 18, 2023 2:08 pm
Mk IV QEV Popoff. Updated 22 Feb

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by SubsonicSpud » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:15 am
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Well guys I decided to muck around with psycix QEV pop off design, and made a slightly ghetto test weapon. It is a 1/4 qev hooked up to a 8bar pop...

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I have a lot more workshop capabilities now, but just not the time.

It seems to be a common theme with many members!

Still, kudos for taking the...
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Wed Jan 11, 2023 2:11 am
French pneumatic mortars in WWI

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by jackssmirkingrevenge » Fri Mar 25, 2011 2:23 am
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Following this thread , I've done some more research and it seems pneumatic mortars were actually quite commonplace in the trenches of WWI. There are...

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While looking through some archives I was happy to find footage of a Brandt 60mm mortar being demonstrated, as well as a larger caliber model that I...
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Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:14 pm
Blowgun max pressures

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by shwoseph » Sat Nov 19, 2022 9:33 pm

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I recently bought a basic kobalt blowgun to use in conjunction with a modified 1” sprinkler valve in the usual setup.

The thing is, the blowgun has...

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Thanks for clarifying, jrrdw. I hope I’m not annoying you with too many follow up questions, but you seem to really know what you’re talking about....

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Tue Nov 29, 2022 5:56 am
Can you make a pneumatic cannon shoot snowballs?

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by An0nim » Thu Nov 03, 2022 9:54 am

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Winter is closer and closer so I want to spice up the classic snowball fights with a lil bit of scrambling. I've decided that a snowball artillery...

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My feeling is that success would depend on the snow itself. With a dry snow it falls apart in my hands and I can't even make a snowball, but there's...

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Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:41 pm
Hammer->Qev->Piston rifle

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by Pennywise » Thu Oct 13, 2022 10:49 am

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This is my first cannon posting, though i've dabbled in 'spuddery' for many years now. I finally had some time to try a new build design, and I think...

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Eliminating the firing chamber would bring my C:B ratio even closer to '0' than it already is.

I wasn't clear, what I meant was something like...

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Wed Oct 26, 2022 6:47 am
Saftety of PVC Pipe

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by ReeceEngineering » Sat Dec 14, 2019 11:52 pm

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Hello,

Over the years Ive built a handful of cannons. Including some over volumed ones with 10foot barrels. So I have a fair bit of experience with...

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yes it does

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Thu Oct 20, 2022 12:21 pm
Vintage Eclipse Gen1 revolvers etc.

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by Solar » Sat Sep 17, 2022 6:43 am

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Screenshot_20220917-040943_Chrome~2.jpg Circa 2008 at Oklahoma D-Day.

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I should offer the police my hybrid design with 3 minute rate of fire between shots :lol:

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Fri Sep 23, 2022 7:07 pm
Valve selection

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by getgray » Tue Sep 06, 2022 5:17 pm

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I'm working on helping a high school robotics team update their T-shirt cannon. They have been directed to move to metal parts away from PVC. I've...

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First, thanks for the help on this. (and for that rehost of the image).

re chamber volume: I just set it the same as the barrel for a start point....

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Wed Sep 21, 2022 4:39 pm
3D printed internal valve trial

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by mmk8283 » Wed Aug 17, 2022 10:56 am

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Hi Everyone, I'm relatively new here, and previously posed this to the bleacher-reacher thread. I thought it might be more appropriate to make a new...

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Perhaps saturating it with epoxy would be a good idea, or printing a hollow shape that would accept an epoxy pour.

*buys 3d printer*
*uses it to...

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Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:58 pm
Access Old Threads?

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by getgray » Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:32 am

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As I try to do some research here I get a lot of internal thread links that don't work. I've seen that on other forums where they update their...

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I don't suppose there's a way for PCGUY to automatically update all the broken links?

There's a regular expression out there to do it, but regular...

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Fri Sep 16, 2022 2:54 pm
Pulse, QEV vs GGDT

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by getgray » Thu Sep 08, 2022 4:25 pm

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For an off-the shelf valve, I gather the QEV (old threads imply harder to get) and the Pulse dust clearing valves (e.g. those from Asco) are good...

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I typically use generic as a good approximation, for exhaust valves typically opening time is a matter of milliseconds so say 5 ms should give you...

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Fri Sep 16, 2022 10:57 am
A tale of two valves

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by iknowmy3tables » Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:03 am

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I'll cut to the chase, if you or a friend still use sprinkler valves show them this, I'll try to get a video to prove it if necessary.
I built these...

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Anyone know how to mode a QEV in GGDT?

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Wed Sep 07, 2022 8:36 pm
A look inside the "bleacher reacher" t-shirt launcher

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by jackssmirkingrevenge » Wed Nov 11, 2015 11:57 am
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I had a bunch of these to service and though I'd share a look inside:

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Standard exhaust valve setup...

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I'm using PLA for the first time around... I'm really just testing the concept at this point. I'm thinking the piston can be printed as well, less...
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Mon Aug 15, 2022 6:50 pm
the air cartridge we wanted

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by Anatine Duo » Thu Mar 10, 2022 4:27 pm

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Joerg's new toy.

I fooled around with this cartridge design decades ago but gave up because it was long before 4500 psi handpumps were available....

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Take a look at this thread , plenty of examples on the same concept.

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Mon Jul 18, 2022 9:58 am
Austro-Hungarian valveless pneumatic mortars of World War I

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by jackssmirkingrevenge » Mon Apr 09, 2012 1:11 pm
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I had touched on the subject of these devices here , and posted some details of French launchers of the same era here .

The Austro-Hungarian empire...

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If I had a couple of grand to spare...
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Sat Jul 02, 2022 6:12 pm
pneumatic spearguns...

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by jackssmirkingrevenge » Fri Aug 17, 2012 2:19 pm
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... are actually valveless single stroke captive piston pneumatics!

This was news to me.

No need for an external air supply, push in the spear...

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An example of the Crosman Rocket Spear Sea Gun came up for sale locally, were it a different economic climate I would have contemplated purchasing it...
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Thu Jun 23, 2022 10:09 am
GGDT down?

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by Daltonultra » Thu Jun 23, 2022 12:52 am

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I just tried to download a copy of the old GGDT program, and he page won't load for me. Is the download page gone?

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I've uploaded the files to spudiles and links to the archived pages here

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Thu Jun 23, 2022 6:17 am
Anyone seen this PROOF yet if so or even if Not check it out

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by Theonepbs » Mon May 02, 2022 2:07 am

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I finally am back at least for a few mins to post!!, Doing a lot of stuff!!

anyhow anyone see this yet if so thoughts and opinions

not my design...

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Fascinating device!

From what I can tell, it's a variation on the detent BBMG using a flexible seal as a detent.

I had made several experiments...

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Thu Jun 16, 2022 7:19 am
More Nerf Rival fun

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by farcticox1 » Tue May 03, 2022 6:16 pm

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Running at upto 600fps @150psi, stainless steel barrel and chamber, 1/2 pilot air valve triggered by miniature 3/2 button valve, all hand made except...

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Some build pictures and parts.

Trigger valve, 3/2, is threaded straight into chamber, 1 stainless steel Sch40 tube, and piped to air pilot valve....

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Thu Jun 02, 2022 4:44 am
I need of dire help (Air Solenoids valves)

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by AlexHD » Sun May 08, 2022 3:30 pm

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Hello there!
I've been searching now for about 36 hours, and I cannot find a proper solenoid valve for my planned Supersonic Nerf cannon (Which could...

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Watch this first

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Tue May 10, 2022 3:29 pm
Food Mold-Gas pneumatic build

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by Moonbogg » Fri Apr 01, 2022 2:57 pm

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I'm nearing the design completion of a mold-gas pneumatic build. It has a larger than typical pressure chamber and a large cleanout-style threaded...

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Lasagna cannon fired while in oven.

Hey, as long as it taste good and lands on my plate! ;)

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Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:39 am
Throwbag Cannon

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by Aaroneous » Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:11 pm

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Built this for my volunteer FD. We're going to be using it to launch a throwline over a roof and pull over an anchor rope when dealing with flue...

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More important for me is the failure mode. PVC makes sharp shrapnel, most ABS yawns or makes squared off pieces.

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Sat Apr 02, 2022 7:46 pm
Looking for design feedback

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by Aaroneous » Thu Mar 24, 2022 12:13 pm

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I drafted this up to shoot 3/4 potato plugs. It's different than anything I've built before, so I'd appreciate any feedback anyone can give before I...

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It looks good to me. Keep us updated!

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Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:51 pm
A bit of Nerf fun

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by farcticox1 » Sun Mar 20, 2022 2:41 pm

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Using a magazine and adapter from one of my Nerf guns I have made a bolt action magazine fed launcher, just needs painting and trigger guard making,...

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300fps is at the upper end of hardcore nerf performance. That's awesome.

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Mon Mar 28, 2022 2:45 pm

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