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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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"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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Piston Valve questions - Chamber Sealing VS Barrel Sealing

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by carl1864 » Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:33 pm

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So I've been reading alot about piston valves and am about to build my first one, but I have about 3 questions.

1.)I'm wondering if there are any...

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1- Barrel Sealing>Coaxil>Chamber Sealing

If you check out the cross section of a barrel sealer and a coaxile, you'll notice the barrel sealer is...

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 11:55 pm
one of my pnumatics

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by blind909 » Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:57 pm

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ok now, i have made about 30 pnumatics, but non of them were good enough to be put on the site, they were pipe bombs, and held together with hot...

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i will upgrade it as soon as i get the money.

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 9:21 pm
QEV Burst-Disc cannon idea

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by Infernal Maveric » Thu Nov 01, 2007 5:36 pm

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I was looking at Rag's HEAL gun and was inspired, and decided to draw up plans for a future gun. I decided that a QEV actuating another QEV would...

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I have the interview tommorow, so I hop it all goes well. And yes, if i get the job, expect to see the whole thing looking alot cleaner and shineier...

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 6:34 pm
Gaus Lightning V 0.5

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by Infernal Maveric » Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:01 pm

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Decided to bodge together a moc-up of my final dual QEV rifle earlier on today. The concept drawing and topic can be found here .

This is not how...

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Ok, I wish I had a scrapyard near me that I knew where it was.

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Mon Nov 05, 2007 5:42 pm
a 3,000 psi cannon

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by grumpy » Fri Oct 26, 2007 9:27 am
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i am planning on building a new launcher that will operate at 3000 to 4000 psi ( no this is not a typo ) , the presure chamber will built out of a 2'...

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In case anyone didn't notice, the reason that the Mythbusters' launcher recoiled at high speed into a wall was the fact that the 10 pound projectiles...
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Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:18 pm
dual tank t-shirt launcher

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by patton » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:53 pm
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This was my first t-shirt cannon. I used a .75 in sprinkler valve with two parallel air tanks. I also used a 20 oz. co2 tank with a paintball air...

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thanks for the tips, the cannon was not stable at all without the wooden stabilizer becasue the entire weight of the valve and barrel would have been...
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Mon Nov 05, 2007 2:52 pm
The Eclipse semi-auto

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by Solar » Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:13 am
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Interchangeable barrel and volume chamber system. 40mm belt fed radial receiver.

Available in June.

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Yes, it replaces the oem piston that operated the main valve in the rear of the launcher which was only rated to 250psi.

I wasn't going to pick up...
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Mon Nov 05, 2007 4:15 am
Scorpion Class Platform.

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by Boz » Sat Oct 14, 2006 9:50 pm
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Scorpion Class Multi-barrel Platform
Type of Cannon- Pneumatic
Chamber Size- 3 by 2 1/2' tanks x 4
Barrel Size-
Long Tom Barrel is 254cm /...

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the more the air and the faster the air gets to the tennis ball the better. as long as you have the valve release at the same time your ok. But boz...
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:33 pm
QEV filling to chamber and pilot

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by blackhawk83 » Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:44 pm

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Ok, i have a 3/4 asco QEV. I was wondering if anyone has put a spring inside one of these valves allowing you to fill into the chamber? Also would it...

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Why don't you just have a small(er) firing chamber, and a reserve chamber? Put a check valve in between the two chambers, and tada! (This is if you...

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:01 pm
Coin Shooting (U.S.)

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by SpudUke5 » Fri Nov 02, 2007 7:58 pm
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From what i had heard, (This only applies to U.S. people only) It is illegal to deface any U.S. Currency, meaning that we cannont shoot holes through...

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@spudgunerrry: i shot a nail at a penny. Yea is see where this is goin, thanks jimmy and Benstern i understand, since i am not trying to defraud it...
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 11:29 am
CO2 setup questions??

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by cwazy1 » Sat Nov 03, 2007 8:14 pm

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So i am planning to get a co2 setup for my new pneumatic cannons because i've blown through 4 bike pumps and need something reliable.

what i was...

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i figured it out.

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Sun Nov 04, 2007 2:40 am
Co2 and blowgun

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by Acdcmonkey1991 » Sat Nov 03, 2007 5:09 pm

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Hi all, I am currently working on an airsoft cloud bbmg (just for fun) and i just wanted to know if it is safe to hook up regulated c02 to a blowgun,...

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I don't see why it can't go anywhere on the chamber. I would, however, try to adapt some type of filter to it so that the airsoft pellets will not...

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Sat Nov 03, 2007 9:15 pm
Sleeve/Slide Valve?

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by blackosprey » Sat Nov 03, 2007 2:10 pm

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This was recommended to me by Ragnarok here . Just because I haven't seen these anywhere else, I was wondering if anyone else had used them and could...

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Unless I have my setup wrong, seems like those two valves are the expensive parts. Unless of course I went back to using a blowgun.

By the way, we...

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Sat Nov 03, 2007 4:02 pm
Blue Thunder Tennis Ball Launcher

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by cwazy1 » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:12 pm
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So this is my first air powered cannon and i am starting to really like air instead of combustions. So as the title says, it shoots tennis balls, and...

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about 40-50 pumps. so not super long, but long enough that it gets annoying. but i made my new co-axial and its half the chamber voluime and it makes...
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 9:53 pm
Air Pressure Question

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by GrafixBoy » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:31 pm

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I can only get about 100psi in my steel cannon. How do you get more than that in there?. I have a regular ole shop air compressor.

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Yeah I figured it was your compressor that was just limited in the ability to pressre it up. Good luck with your new one

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Fri Nov 02, 2007 11:34 am
Frickin Awesome Valve

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by ammosmoke » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:25 pm
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I don't know about you guys, but I think this is a pretty frickin awesome valve!!!

Frickin awesome valve

Maybe perhaps it could be modded to make...

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This valve is nothing more then just big, its nearly useless for us spudgunners.
Make a 4 piston valve instead and you will be satisfied more.
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Fri Nov 02, 2007 6:45 am
High Volume Cannon

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by octane89 » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:01 pm

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Since I can't find certain PVC parts that are pressure rated. I thought of this and made a quick rendering on paint. Tell me what you think

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I do. Mcmaster has alot of stuff I haven't been able to look at yet. The idea just struck me but a little more in depth research will follow.

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Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:16 pm
Barrel Sealer Plans - Advice

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by Marco321 » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:56 am
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Hey
When my exams finish (5th November) i will begin work on my 8mm barrel sealer sniper gun. I have draw up plans, i posted them on the pellet gun...

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I like the picture of the crow snoozing on top of the silencer at the end of the hushpower page...
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:49 pm
New Gun or Old Gun Idea

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by Chuck » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:21 pm
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Hey Guys I'm not much into hunting, but I was reading an article on the Lewis and Clark Expidition. They had an air rifle. I did some reading on it...

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Well Guys I think I have come to a halt. I have made several rifles now. I have a 177, and a 22 caliber pellet rifle and a coaxal rifle that has two...
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:17 pm
silencer testing!

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by ALIHISGREAT » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:04 am
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today i built my silencer for my unfinished pnuematic paintball cannon, i use 3/4 pipe as an outer barrel with some b&q 22mm easyfit pipe as an inner...

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The j-cloth goes around the perforated tube and overlaps a little but not enough for a double layer,

The washers and springs go inside the...
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:14 pm
Piston on coaxial -- barrel not in center

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by psycix » Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:24 pm
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Hey,

Im making plans these days now to build a coaxial pneumatic (will be my first pneumatic) and since I live in holland (europe) I dont have acces...

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If you're using good quality epoxy, a 10mm layer should suffice, but I'd go overboard with the reinforcement.
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Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:42 am
Mini Piston Gun v2

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by ethal1222 » Mon Feb 26, 2007 8:35 pm
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I just finished making a few improvements on my mini piston gun. They are:

-A smaller, lighter piston that sits farther back in the gun giving it a...

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That looks sweet!

Could we have the barrel/chamber sizes? And till what pressure do you pump it?
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Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:35 am
new idea?

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by jon_89 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:43 pm

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what if you put a burst disk after a sprinkler? would this have performance gains?

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In my book louder -> air coming out of the barrel faster -> more power.

Agreed..but by how much. Like I said, I couldn't notice any additional...

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Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:59 am
Does a floating barrel help?/RIFLED BARRELS FOR $14

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by Zen/// » Mon Oct 29, 2007 9:03 pm

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Most sniper rifles have a barrel that touches nothing but the scope and loading mechanism, the barrel doesent touch the rest of the stock.
Most real...

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It's a good thought, but no. It would be more of a hassle to input onto a launcher than it is worth.

The purpose of a free floating barrel is to...

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Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:07 am
Where to Purchase a piston Valve?

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by MICHAEL SLOAN » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:44 am

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It appears that Spud Tech is no longer selling their SGTC Supah-Valve. Where can I purchase one of these? Not sure I have the know-how to modify...or...

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You can buy a piston valve from almost any hardware store, its just not assembled. You have to do that part yourself.

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Mon Oct 29, 2007 11:56 pm

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