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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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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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1st gun. Or rather conversion.

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by Procyon » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:46 pm

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About a month ago I built a rocket launcher. Air and water for vertical and flour for horizontal launches fueled the rockets. They weigh in from 1 to...

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Wow, i love it. It looks real! And it looks like performance is great too!

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Sat Oct 17, 2009 9:55 am
Solenoid Valves?

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by Northir » Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:36 am

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i was poking around and i found a valve type i havent seen before and was wondering if anyone has used this type of valve before

How it works

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Now that you say it... you might be right.

I don't think that anybody here have ever used one of this before. It's simply to specialized and hard to...

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Sat Oct 17, 2009 4:35 am
qev footage

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by Demon » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:35 pm

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That guy has made a very quick openeing valve
(the piston is extremely lightweight).

Just replay it, you can see the bullet going out.I cant get...

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Indeed, with context, I can partially fudge my way through a few European languages... and even Australian, believe it or not.

G'day mate! you up...

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:39 pm
XRV valve?(need help)

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by Demon » Fri Oct 16, 2009 6:06 pm

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The XRV valve:

(its not mine) That valve looks like it can be activated by only pression on the cooper tube with the nut on it.

I would like to...

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The sealing face would be having 1.5 square inches, wich means at 40 psi i should be forcing for 60 lbs or 30 kg...

Am i right? if yes, then i will...

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:05 pm
Paintball Regulator question

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by coryS » Fri Oct 09, 2009 10:41 pm

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Hi guys, this is my first post and i was wondering if you could help me. I was wondering if you could use a paintball gun regulator and hook it up to...

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1st post here as well. I'm working on a semi-auto revolver using co2. Here's a link to the site for the regulator. The guy is slow in filling orders...

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:58 pm
50 cal deer huntig air gun valve

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by twizi » Thu Oct 15, 2009 6:53 pm

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what kind of valve is this a hammer valve my guess but what do u think

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Though his final design is substantially different to that, as it ended up being a muzzle-loader. It is, however a hammer valve.

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Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:32 am
Camo Golf Ball Cannon

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by Reactor4 » Wed Oct 14, 2009 9:13 pm

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New cannon i just made. I used a 3/4 rainbird sprinkler valve, the chamber is 3 PW PVC. The thing i did different from a lot of other over/under pvc...

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Thanks for the comments and tips guys. I was originally going to use a 1 valve for the cannon, but i already had a 3/4 one layin around and I had all...

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Last post by Reactor4
Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:28 pm
1/4" anyone have one like this?

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by turner » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:04 am

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anyone have experience with this qev in 1/4 ? I was wondering if it could fill from the chamber side. it would look so much cleaner.

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Poland is right.
On the picture above: the top is the pilot, the side is the chamber and the bottom where it stands on is the barrel.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:57 am
Been a while

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by Mike_Hunt0420 » Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:06 pm

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I haven't posted in a while and I doubt I'll manage to finish before the deadline for the power contest but if I could get a little advice I might be...

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as always thanks for all the pointers, I'll get to work on finishing the beast up and let you guys know how everything worked.

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Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:41 am
All Metal Coaxial Sniper

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by jmadden91 » Mon Sep 07, 2009 12:53 am
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This is my latest gun, it has been finished for about a month now, but i have been mucking around with this and that adding aesthetics mostly.

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Very nice!
The shape overall, reminds me of a MG-42
Or no? 8)

Sorry mate I missed your comment, I guess it does lol thanks.

Anyway just a bit of...
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Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:40 pm
Dual Valve Cannon

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by kiwi of nitro » Thu May 21, 2009 8:11 pm
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It's triggered by a safety pop-up valve set to 165psi, pulling the trigger releases the air in both pilots FAST. It's really powerful and works...

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hyezzz! pumpkin chunker! great idea for the season! Oh, by the way tech, UHMW is some gooood stuff and I love machining it :D
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Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:21 pm
Piston Material and various other question

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by coryS » Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:08 pm

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Alright so I have a couple more questions for you guy's. What should i make my piston for my co2 cannon out of? I have access to a lathe and many...

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Last post by SpudBlaster15
Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:55 pm
Questions on Disposable Propane

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by The_Kangsta » Fri Oct 09, 2009 12:18 am

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Its been a while since i last posted here and this wasn't the post I would have liked to return with, but...

Can someone explain how disposable...

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tech was talking about using the tank as the main chamber, while I suspect The_Kangsta was discussing the use of propane as a pressurized gas in a...

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Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:33 pm
Multi purpose valve

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by MRR » Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:55 pm

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I don't think that this is entirely new but I'd like to give it a shot....

The idea for this valve came when I used one of these at work...
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Pullbutton valve then. :)

Would make a neat pilot.

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Last post by psycix
Mon Oct 12, 2009 12:58 pm
high velocity burst disc 6mm pneumatic

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by jackssmirkingrevenge » Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:20 am
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Not sure if this should be in the hybrid section, as that's what I intended this project to be - here's the original design idea , but I was doing...

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Quite disappointing actually, I'm guessing it's because the chamber is the small length of pipe between the pressure washer valve and the burst disk.
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Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:20 am
Audacity file

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by tghhs » Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:54 am

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Hey everyone, so i've done the hard work and all.

At 140 psi with this gun:
Distance between muzzle and target 40 metres.
Distance between muzzle...

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Wow thanks guys, heaps of help.

here's some pictures of ammo and all:

Sorry I don't have any scales so i can't tell you how much it weights. :(

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Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:31 pm
Mitcho's new gun! (Push button valve MkII)

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by Mitchza89 » Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:40 pm
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Hey guys,

I've been tinkering with the push button valve idea and this is the best I've been able to come up with. I think it's one of the best...

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I reckon I may have to get a nice slab of silky oak and carve the stock myself. I've already put this much work into the gun, I may as well put in...
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Sat Oct 10, 2009 7:24 pm
Finding and sealing piston leak

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by boyntonstu » Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:31 am

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My gun was leaking.

I pressurized it to 100 psi and dipped the muzzle into a bucket or water.

Nice bubbles.

I surmised that the leak was through...

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Seems good im suprised it worked on wood might have to get me some of that stuff :) as it seems that teflon tape can be a bit hard to get to seal....

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Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:28 am
New Burst Disk Design?

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by Lockednloaded » Fri Oct 09, 2009 9:35 pm

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I have been working on a triggered burst disk prototype, and have looked at all the designs on this site (that came up in the advanced search,...

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its been a demenstration for vacums for a while. even if you managed to get a perfect vacum you would only have 14.5psi pushing it. cool...

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Sat Oct 10, 2009 12:19 am
paint ball tank question

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by grock » Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:50 am

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on HPA paintball tanks, what is the built in regulator usually regulated to? i don't want to be dumping 3000 psi into pvc cannon for obvious reasons....

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450-850 on Compressed HPA depending on the tank.

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Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:30 am
I has semiauto ;-)

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by POLAND_SPUD » Wed Dec 24, 2008 6:57 pm
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ok I finally finished my semiauto marble QEV gun... I designed the gun over 1 year ago... it took me some time to finish it....

it's quite funny...

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The forced blowback seemed promising..

The blocker bolt I made would also be able to handle it, as long as the mag is spring fed.
Just a little...
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Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:08 pm
Can you analyze this .wav

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by boyntonstu » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:52 am
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Marble, 20ft, 400 psi

Thanks,

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Well done. Almost doubled the velocity and increased the power 4X.

That is what happens when I follow your advice.

:D

The one thing I did not...
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Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:10 pm
Vintage Potato Gun

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by Hubb » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:26 am

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I bought a potato gun for $3.99 over the weekend..... :D

This is the potato gun in it's package next to a medium sized spud for comparison....

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Spring-load and make it diesel! :D

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Last post by psycix
Wed Oct 07, 2009 5:03 am
Sprinkler Pneumatic Sniper

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by Northir » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:55 pm
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this is my second Air gun let me know what you think, and any improvements i could give my next one
the Barrel is a .40 cal blow gun with a PVC...

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alright then, great! :D
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Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:55 am
My GB cannon

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by jor2daje » Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:10 pm
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I got my sdr21 yesterday so today I got some 2 sch 80 and made a golfball gun. The pics are self explanatory but this is my favorite gun to date...

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very nice cannon! very clean too. and a muzzle break may be just a wee bit overkill for this lovely cannon. but hey, if you want to make one, make...
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Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:25 pm

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