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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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Sat Apr 13, 2013 10:53 am
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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Thu Feb 22, 2024 2:18 pm
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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"Sabotless" Semi-Automatic Shotgun Concept

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by jackssmirkingrevenge » Sat Feb 23, 2019 9:03 am
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An idle thought that is basically the unholy marriage of a nailgun and paintball marker:

The benefit is that it will fire whatever fits in the...

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Gettin lost in
What proposed to do.
If drive piston quik.
Would this work.

Disregard.
Force output would be significantly less.
Guess at :
If...
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Mon Jun 29, 2020 4:02 am
QEV CO2 valve

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by keks2033 » Mon Jun 15, 2020 2:05 pm

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Hello everyone. I made a new valve, it will work on CO2. How it looks inside can be seen in the diagram. The turner made the blue part for me on the...

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The turner made the blue part for me on the machine

Very cool!

I think it is time for you to get your own machine and become a turner yourself ;)

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Fri Jun 19, 2020 5:56 pm
Browning Airstar 200

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by hectmarr » Tue Jun 09, 2020 4:11 pm

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I am struck by this spring compressed air weapon, which compresses the spring with an electric motor and reduction gears, using a chain similar to...

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I have often wondered why the electric airsoft guns didn't use a sear. It would give the trigger a more realistic feel, completing the firing cycle...

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Fri Jun 12, 2020 5:45 am
I found a gatling cannon

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by kunkmiester » Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:44 pm

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Not exactly like how I want to make it, but glad to see I'm not the only one that likes the crazy stuff.

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that's a nice one

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Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:49 pm
question about valves

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by Backspace » Tue May 05, 2020 3:13 am

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hello everyone

i'm going through my first built of a spudgun, and i'm gathering the parts and doing research. I'm gonna use a 75mm barrel, but the...

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127mm or 12.7mm

Good catch, edited.

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Tue May 19, 2020 3:42 am
PNEUMATIC GUN WITH VALVE QEV

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by keks2033 » Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:50 am

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Made a gun of 40 mm caliber, used a piston valve. The gun works well at pressures up to 20 atm, no longer possible, because the rubber on the piston...

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A few days ago, I managed to make and test a piston valve with a caliber of 40 mm. I managed to make an exit into the barrel with a diameter of 14...

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Sat May 16, 2020 2:12 pm
Small pirate cannon

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by saveitforparts » Tue May 12, 2020 10:47 am

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Some friends talked me into chipping in on a horrible pontoon boat from Craigslist, so I figured it needed a cannon.

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Youtube vid of...

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I'll look into swapping those out, I try to use all pressure-rated stuff but I have an assortment of pipe hoarded and might not have been paying...

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Wed May 13, 2020 2:21 pm
is my valve good?

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by Backspace » Mon May 04, 2020 7:26 am

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hello, first time builder (and poster) here,

i'm planning out to build a spud gun using compressed air, the classic tank - valve - barrel design,...

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It's more work but if you really wanna go electronic you could make a piston valve that is vented with an electronic solenoid.
Also look into...

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Thu May 07, 2020 2:54 pm
Pnuematic Cannon Making Very Loud Noise....!

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by humedm » Thu Apr 02, 2020 4:15 pm

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Hi! I recently made a pneumatic cannon using a 1 sprinkler valve. The build is basically two feet of 3 PVC for the chamber to the sprinkler valve to...

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You can search these forums for honking for a number of posts about the problem.
There is also a brief page on the wiki at and

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Fri Apr 03, 2020 1:10 pm
Large commercially available exhaust valves

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by D_Hall » Sat Jun 08, 2019 3:34 pm

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I have a decade old memory of somebody selling a 4 quick exhaust valve (or similar) that was rated to something like 400 psi. A quick google isn't...

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Perhaps pneumatic direcional valve for IG541 fire suppression system can do it,as it can handle 2,500psi at 3' or 750 psi at 6'

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Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:23 am
compact precision launcher

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by Anatine Duo » Fri Jan 17, 2020 6:41 pm

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Velocity test on a can of water:

Almost finished...

It has a 1/2 qev, 0.875 barrel. My first breechloader I think. Barrel short enough to...

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Stain is drying on the stock now. I'm going for something like...

but more plant based, sustainable, carbon neutral and stuff. Also better...

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Tue Jan 21, 2020 12:42 pm
Airsoft "rocket launcher"

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by brandon2513 » Mon Dec 23, 2019 1:52 pm

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Hi i made this airsoft rocket launcher it is essentially a giant shoulder mounted shotgun made out of a sprinkler valve and some pressure rated pvc...

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Hi i made this airsoft rocket launcher it is essentially a giant shoulder mounted shotgun made out of a sprinkler valve and some pressure rated pvc...

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Last post by NeoSpud
Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:22 am
Side lever for the hammer

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by bravootome » Wed Dec 04, 2019 1:58 pm
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I can not figure out how to connect the side lever to the hammer, the parchment, how is it connected.
Cuz when I arm the hammer, the parchment(?)...

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That's some pretty good shooting for airsoft BBs!
Not good enough...
The bb is airsoft, not the gun.
I had absolutely no idea that the bbs does...
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Thu Dec 26, 2019 11:40 am
first post and models

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by kunkmiester » Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:24 pm

I've been prevented from messing with potato cannon for a while now, finances and such. This is looking up for 2020, so I've been looking into...

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Wed Dec 25, 2019 5:24 pm
Syncing of multiple valves.

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by D_Hall » Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:50 am

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Situation: I'd like to build a 1 bore pneumatic with full flow capability. Sure, I could make my own valve but I'm a lazy bum with other hobbies that...

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Larger pilot valve, equal fittings from both pilots to the pilot valve, inspect both for any significant defects on the casement/diaphragm and she'll...

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Sun Dec 15, 2019 3:52 pm
Triggered ball valves (Spring loaded)

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by Mitchza89 » Mon Aug 17, 2009 3:55 am

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Hey guys,

Lately I've been wrecking my brain over a good concept for a spring loaded ball valve. Yes I have seen a couple on here but I'm looking to...

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Seems to be an old post but here's what I came up with for a spring loaded ball valve with trigger and safety.

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Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:26 pm
Tennis Ball Cannon

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by Chuckd763 » Sun Nov 24, 2019 1:27 pm

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Hi everyone and TIA for any input on my query. I have High pressure tanks for my PCP Airguns, 5000 psi max that have a foster fitting on them. I am...

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So did you finish your cannon?

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Fri Dec 06, 2019 8:09 am
working on the hammer valve-VIDEO UPDATE!

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by bravootome » Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:45 am
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I had choose a fire extinguisher for the hammer valve as i noticed that it respects all the correct sizes for pin(they come in many sizes,,,you...

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So, i got back,. Any one ,. Wyzz.....
New project,. I ve found a vid on youtube, a Taiwan very skilled guy made a hammervalve , my experience tells...
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Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:44 pm
Introduction and My First Pneumatic

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by SloppyJoeES » Sun Nov 03, 2019 5:30 am
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Far too loose to work well.

When you sharpen your tube, be careful as you tend to bend the edge of the tube inwards, resulting in a smaller diameter...
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Mon Nov 25, 2019 8:36 am
Pressure testing hydro

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by Herwer » Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:41 pm

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Hi , i want to know more about hydro testing. I have some tanks and solid looking (for me) powder fire extinguishers and i want to see what pressure...

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Yea i think I will use Karcher 190 bar pressure washer and connect it to tank. ( but i want to test 0.2 liter tank and the pressure washer will fill...

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Tue Nov 19, 2019 12:26 pm
The "slingshot" hammer valve

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by jackssmirkingrevenge » Thu Nov 14, 2019 7:56 am

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I recently bought a Benjamin Maximus as a cheap PCP to mess around with, one of the things I'm looking at is the slingshot hammer valve as a method...

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The co2 / pcp mine gun compresses the hammer spring when the bolt is moved to the side of the firing cannon, I mean when you close the bolt and not...

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Last post by hectmarr
Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:57 am
Modifed Angle seat piston valve Pneumatic Cannon

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by wafen » Sun Jun 30, 2019 1:35 am

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I've built this one a few months ago .Originally it was designed as a ropethrower for rescue purpose,etc but it can also launch many other shell....

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I love it! Looks lethal :twisted:

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Wed Nov 13, 2019 12:01 am
DFTV Revisited and 3D Printing Pistons

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by akb » Fri May 17, 2019 10:48 am

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Hi Folks. Been away a very long time. Still making Antenna Launchers, but haven't been on the forum here since 2010, at least in terms of posting....

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Perfect, Thanks!

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Sun Oct 27, 2019 9:39 pm
Pneumatic Pumpkin/Apple Blaster Cannon

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by nhobbs » Fri Sep 13, 2019 11:17 pm

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Hey all, I know this is a spud site but I am hoping to get some feedback on building a Pumpkin/Apple blaster since the theory of how it works is...

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If you're looking for efficiency then a timed valve is a better idea.

Are you actually planning on having some sort of magazine feed?

What...

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Mon Sep 16, 2019 9:20 am
150 bar 15mm caliber piston valve beast

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by Vadim » Wed Aug 28, 2019 9:31 am

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Hi
I've made a very powerful pneumatic gun based on a piston valve. It looks ugly but it's a prototype yet, because i don't have enough money and...

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Holy crap, 1050 fps with 15mm bearings? You've got energy comparable to modern mid-caliber handguns.

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Tue Sep 03, 2019 11:50 am

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