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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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First test shots!

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by Alex345 » Wed Feb 10, 2016 12:41 pm

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Ok so i tried making this post 3 times in a row, accidentally closing this page and losing all i wrote twice... Third attempt, i don't feel like...

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The valve has always been a bit of a mystery... I found it in a junk store and basically paid for the weight of the brass. It has no brand or...

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Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:25 pm
full size football

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by sysTom » Wed Sep 16, 2015 5:21 pm

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Hello,

Has anyone ever constructed a cannon for a full size football? If so what materials did you use and where did you get them?

The largest...

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There is a combustion cannon firing a soccer ball on YouTube

skip to 2:30

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Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:24 am
QEV modding and pilot/tank filling

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by AlfiePB IanB » Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:25 pm

I got myself a couple of new QEVs (Humphries QE2 and QE4 iirc) due to reading positive comments. I am just going to set them up with a slide valve...

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Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:25 pm
Anyone tried to replicate the Tippmann a5 gas mechanism?

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by tiggles123 » Wed Nov 25, 2015 8:06 pm

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The main part I'm interested in is the tombstone and the valve that the gas enters into after exiting the tombstone - is that valve the same as a QEV...

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the closest I can remember is this but that's 2 valves instead of one

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Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:54 pm
Arrow Shooting Full Auto Coke Bottle Gatling

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by JoergS » Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:11 am

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OK, I haven't posted here for a while (used to be quite active in the non spudgun related sub), but this new toy of mine seems to belong here.

I...

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I did not know Joerg Sprave posted here, I was more active here in the late 00's I'm not sure of it's status now but back then I' would say without a...

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Fri Feb 12, 2016 6:11 pm
Do I need a normally open or normally closed 2/3way valve?

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by AlfiePB IanB » Thu Jan 28, 2016 4:53 am

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Hi, I want to use a 2/3way valve to fill and then fire my qev based launcher, do I need a normally open or closed 2/3way valve?

Many thanks Ian

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the thread is old but I wanted to share some knowledge if anyone searches this. you do need a normally open valve but many valves may not say. The...

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Fri Feb 12, 2016 2:14 am
multi barrel tennis ball launcher

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by funkymonkey » Wed Feb 03, 2016 1:11 pm

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Hi all.

Am working on a little project which a have a few questions about. Hope you don't mind me asking.
So its using very much the same theory as...

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Cheers Jimmy. The tennis ball will only need to travel in a nice 40 or 50 yard arc so doesn't need to be a distance machine like I know others aim...

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Sat Feb 06, 2016 4:56 pm
New Member Marble shooter

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by jeroentune » Thu Nov 19, 2015 3:23 pm
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Hello fellow pressure triggers ..

I am new here and i have still tons of material to read and discover but i just wanted to say hello,

My goal is...

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Well back again ..

update .. played a bit with my 2 red fire bottles and added a 20 inch barrel .. just to see what 120 psi would do wheni fire a...
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Mon Feb 01, 2016 1:09 pm
Gunfire Sound Generator

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by Digital941 » Fri Dec 18, 2015 5:16 am

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Hi Guys,

I am new to the forums, so hello! I would like to build a Gunfire Generator to sound like an AR15 shot. This is to somehow be mounted to a...

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Pulsing a 1/2 or 3/4 inch solenoid (can't remember size) with nothing attached to it and 60bar makes quite a bang, doubt it sounds like an AR15 but...

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Sat Jan 30, 2016 12:07 pm
At a loss here... Pressurizing my cannon

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by Alex345 » Sun Jan 17, 2016 7:04 am

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Here's my problem; I'm building a +-25 bar cannon with a rather large chamber and small pilot volume, so using any type of manual pump would have a...

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And it works! Just shot a rolled up washcloth at almost 20 bars! Made the cannon jump up quite a bit too :D

It fills the very small pilot in a snap,...

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Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:53 am
.50 Caliber Copper Air Gun

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by LivingSavage » Tue Jan 19, 2016 12:59 am

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I am currently working on building an air gun, and I just wanted to get some advice, and a few more pair of eyes on this project before I take it all...

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The smaller the better with regard to that! That volume of gas in spudding terminology is referred to as the 'pilot volume' the smaller it is the...

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Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:33 pm
Larger 3/4" QEV piloted by 1/4" QEV

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by AlfiePB IanB » Fri Jan 15, 2016 4:01 pm

A bit of background I have been using a Parker 3/4 valve at 400psi max (bit scary) but now want to built one using a Humphreyas heard many positive...

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Fri Jan 15, 2016 4:01 pm
Stainless and Painless UPDATE! Major Changes + VIDEO

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by auxiliary » Mon Jan 04, 2016 12:12 am

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a.JPG Hi Spudders!

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I want to show you all my latest pneumatic cannon! Here's a brief overview. The valve is a piston type housed in a...

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I remember most the handle on Copperhead Prime made out of polymorph. The trouble is the low melting temperature. I wanted something that was more...

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Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:57 am
Hammer Valve Question

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by 1nxtmonster » Sun Dec 27, 2015 4:33 pm

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I am planning on using this push-button valve as a hammer valve:

My question is can the input and output ports be reversed? E.g. does it matter...

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I used that one for my hammer valve gun... I do not believe it can be used either way though. Considering that it gets harder and harder to open as...

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Thu Jan 07, 2016 1:05 pm
19 round Fully auto Gatling gun concept (To be Built)

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by mrphilip246 » Mon Jan 04, 2016 11:23 pm

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gatling air cannon.png 19 barrel.6.png

the base model is a potato cannon on its own. I will briefly describe how it works, but for more...

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What would be far more effective is to link each cannon's pilot to the last cannon's chamber .
Your rate of fire will then depend to an extent on...

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Thu Jan 07, 2016 10:06 am
how does a qev work??

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by mopherman » Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:41 pm

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could sombody please explain how a qev works? i looked in the wiki but i still dont get what the second port is for

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Hey people I want to ask do I have to pump every time I will shot or? I mean If I put an air compressed bottle on the cord npt ball valve that goes...

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Fri Jan 01, 2016 4:23 pm
new year

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by bravootome » Wed Dec 30, 2015 10:56 am

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I wish you all a happy new year,
I want you spuders that replied to my topics that i think about you all, and how you prepare yourself for the...

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That was quite a story :) Happy New Year to one and all

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Fri Jan 01, 2016 10:51 am
Launcher with dual humphrey QEV

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by APB » Sat Dec 12, 2015 5:10 pm

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I have searched but been unable to find it, the member used a larger QEV which was piloted by a smaller Humphrey QEC, anyone remember the users name...

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Thanks for reply, I will do some searching.

I managed to find the cannon, it had just been posted as a response so unsure if it was actually theirs.

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Wed Dec 16, 2015 12:36 pm
PCP Pumps

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by n05gr0th » Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:26 pm

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I'm looking for a good multi-stage PCP pump capable of filling an approx 20 CI chamber to 35 bar/500 psi in under 2 minutes.

So far this seems like...

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I... I used google :oops:

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Wed Dec 16, 2015 7:16 am
agriculture aplication.

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by bravootome » Fri Dec 11, 2015 2:02 am

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I am in. I forgot my password for few months, but i am in.
I think i had asked for this once but i cant find the topic, so
I need a cannon to...

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a relay doesnt stay open 1-2 seconds
A relay will stay open as long as you're energising the coil.

You'll be lucky to find a how to for this....

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Sun Dec 13, 2015 3:58 pm
Pneumatic Pressures: The Safe, The Possible, And The Crazy

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by mako » Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:16 pm
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Hey, guys; I've been playing around with pipes, o-rings, solder, the Internet, and the GGDT trying to figure out how to get maximum ft/lbs from...

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Shallow pass with a 3/8 ball mill.
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Wed Dec 02, 2015 3:33 pm
Quick simple ball vaulve project.

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by 200BAR » Mon Nov 02, 2015 10:46 am

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Made this a while back as an afternoon project with my boys from used plumbing bits that were lying in my shed so material cost is basically nothing....

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Good luck with it, it's an opportunity to go into the intricacies of domestic plumbing and solvent welding with the boys :)

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Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:36 am
Question: Airsoft Silent Sniper

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by ace35 » Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:43 am

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Ok first off NEWBIE. But I want to have an either single shot, or semiauto style Airsoft Sniper that is almost completely silenced. I was hopeing you...

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6 years is a long time :)

either single shot, or semiauto style Airsoft Sniper that is almost completely silenced

If you want quiet, low pressure...

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Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:43 am
What is the mechanism of a cannon ? PHOTOS

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by johnydevil » Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:31 pm

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Hello
I need help because I do not know how the mechanism inside?
Please help make the image looks like exactly the mechanism , the compression...

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I do not have the cannon. I ask if my idea will work ?

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Sat Nov 21, 2015 10:39 am
Random idea - possible ridiculous power / velocity.

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by Tep » Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:55 am
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I had a random idea the other day while fiddling around with the shroud / silencer on my gun.

Basically what I am thinking is:

The air to charge...

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It simply slows down quicker, it's not going to be going at the sort of velocity that results in the superheating you would observe on an object from...
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Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:57 pm

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