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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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a little last post of this year--plastic pellet

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by bravootome » Tue Dec 31, 2013 3:01 am
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It would of been nice someone build plastic 6mm pellet just like lead pellet .

i made few from bb's, but they are not accurate still the boom is...

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some fancy projectiles :
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Sun Apr 06, 2014 2:53 am
Seven barrels in a coaxial ? Volly gun concept ?

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by dajoro » Wed Mar 12, 2014 6:35 pm
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Ive been researching revolver mechanisms for another project and saw an OLD volly gun
with seven barrels. Now I searched here but found nothing. Why...

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I've been too busy with life to finish my hammer mechanism , but I made this update incase someone is interested.

Re-worked pump and chamber...
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Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:59 pm
Planning a build, quick question.

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by Pilgor » Fri Apr 04, 2014 3:00 am

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I'm in the planning stage of a build, and have a quick piston valve question. I want to keep the piston as light as possible, but want it to work...

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Are you using this piston inside of a tee fitting? If that's the case, have a look at my piston valve from my hybrid.

For a pneumatic, you don't...

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Fri Apr 04, 2014 1:55 pm
Is this a bad idea?

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by vng21092 » Thu Mar 27, 2014 9:07 pm

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Hey guys so I've never built a hammer valve before and now I want to build one. I've done a little homework snooping around the site and it seems...

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I need help making a stem, I don't have any fancy metal cutting machines/tools and I can't seem to find anything that would seal off the chamber. I...

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Sat Mar 29, 2014 11:49 am
How to make a bolt action?

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by hydrolyzer » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:36 pm

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Hi guys, I've been searching the forum for a month trying to sort out how to assemble what I'm going for. Hopefully one of the more experienced...

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That was exactly my question!

*phew*

didn't want to sound like I was treating you like a simpleton :)

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Thu Mar 27, 2014 4:57 am
dart rifle idea, do me a favor and look at the last post

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by dart guy » Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:31 pm
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this is my new idea for a spud gun.
specifications i am looking for are:
1/2 copper barrel
airtank that holds enough air for 3-5 consecutive shots
a...

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what would make a good chamber for pressures that reach higher than 1000 psi.

Do you even realize just HOW vague that question is? :lol:

To be...
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Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:38 pm
Water balloon launcher questions

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by oakman26 » Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:52 pm

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I have built some 1/2 ball valve cannons to shoot paintballs and some custom foam projectiles. I have previously tried a 2 sprinkler valve cannon...

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Are there QEVs that can fill from my chamber, so I can just have a trigger valve coming out the back of the QEV? You can poke a small equalisation...

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Tue Mar 25, 2014 4:32 pm
how does this work

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by RAYZOR51 » Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:51 pm

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Can someone explain to me how this works?

I tried to contact the author but no luck.

What is the reason for using a tyre inflater instead of just a...

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Thanks JSR

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Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:51 am
Take down Sniper Rifle

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by RAYZOR51 » Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:34 pm

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Is this concept feasible?

Air pressure in bottle 700 psi via fridge compressor.

chamber size 100 mm x 13 mm.

Bore 8 mm

barrel 600 mm

Ammo 7.5 mm...

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Zeus, thanks for the invite I will take you up on that.

You are right about the No of shots. Using 700 psi and regged to 90 psi I got 7.

I also...

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Sat Mar 22, 2014 7:21 am
chamber volume to barrel volume

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by RAYZOR51 » Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:06 am

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I have a 600mm barrel with an id of 8mm which works out to 30171 cubic millimetres.

Firing chamber is 100mm id of 12mm = 15085 cubic millimetres....

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cubic millimetres

:D

30.17cc vs 11.31cc

That's not much for 150 psi

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Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:16 am
A Quick Pneumatic Build

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by PeteS » Fri Dec 20, 2013 9:34 am

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Nothing fancy, but I threw together this sprinkler valve pneumatic mostly with parts I had laying around. It is intended to be used with a variety of...

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very nice!

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Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:22 pm
First cannon

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by Juggernaut12121 » Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:05 pm

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Alright well this is my first halfway decent cannon, I built it a while ago but just got around to posting it. My actual first cannon broke and...

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Not bad for a first effort, here's to bigger and better ;)

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Sat Mar 15, 2014 7:54 am
Variable pump coaxial

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by dajoro » Sat Mar 08, 2014 3:06 am

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I present to you all a simple .30 caliber coaxial piston gun with floating o-ring pump and custom trigger. My intent with building any air gun is it...

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The execution is different but the concept of a self-contained coaxial is there. Great stuff!

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Wed Mar 12, 2014 5:45 am
Quick loading mech for coaxial?

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by sagthegreat » Sun Feb 09, 2014 4:11 pm

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So I built my coaxial a bit to quickly to think about a reloading mech. Does this seem like a good idea? The bolt is manually moved up and down to...

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sadly, I don't like your idea because without an air tank to fill the chamber right after the shot, it would still be better as a muzzle loader.

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Tue Mar 11, 2014 5:01 pm
Help with a coaxial

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by fractal » Thu Mar 06, 2014 5:21 pm

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I am building a coaxial with cooper tubes, and observating some drawings about the sistem, i noted that the piston had a controles bleeding to the...

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Tiny works great. I use a drill designed to drill holes in printed circuit boards for component leads.

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Sat Mar 08, 2014 5:03 am
Help finding a part name

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by maur747 » Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:51 am

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Hi there,
I need a basic pressure hose for a project I'm making (the one that you use hose clamps to tighten it on the hose barb).
I live in an area...

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I haven't bought the hose barb yet. Should I buy a smaller one? maybe 1/4 ?

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Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:49 am
pcp airgun from fire extinguisher

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by human » Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:56 am
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Today i finished my airgun! thought i'd share it with you guys.

Tank is filled up to 14 bars using a bicycle pump, then i can shoot 20 times or so.....

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the last post on this thread is from 2011 ... :P I don't think anyone will answer
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Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:51 am
The Goblin; a QEV paintball gun

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by Xenophile » Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:07 pm

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photo (4).JPG Hello spudfiles. I have recently created perhaps my greatest pneumatic cannon to date! I call the beast The Goblin . As far as the...

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Easy Detent system to keep your paint from rolling out of the barrel:

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And sorry for late reply, but...

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Wed Mar 05, 2014 5:32 pm
.5" and 1.5" Piston Valve Cannons

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by Trauts » Fri Feb 28, 2014 8:09 pm

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Hello all! I've been chipping away at these cannons for a while and they're finally operational. I decided to stay away from pvc for my first cannons...

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I'm mostly wondering if my qev solution will work

Short answer is yes, you have an o-ringed piston so a super high flow pilot is not critical.

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Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:50 pm
Double QEV 1"1/4 cannon

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by Brice » Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:15 am

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Hi,
I'm a new poster on spudfiles, to introduce myself a little bit : i'm from France( excuse all the mistakes, my English is far from perfect,) I'm...

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Compared to french cannons it's powerful, but compared to spudfiles' standards it's probably not so much ;)
the piston is currently made out of bolt,...

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Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:39 pm
Can A Maglite take unregged co2?

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by sagthegreat » Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:54 am

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I have a maglite coaxial gun, and I was wondering if they could take unregged co2 from one of those bike filler co2 things. Co2 pressure around 800...

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This had a wall thickness of 0.02 and survived 850 psi with ease.

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Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:51 pm
need help with coaxial!!

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by hawktalk » Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:54 am

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i cant get the piston to seal when i charge the gun up. I have to put a bit of rubber of the end on the barrel and wait till it reaches 100psi the it...

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how would you fix it?

Teflon tape.

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Sat Mar 01, 2014 3:58 pm
Coaxial sentry gun

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by oilfieldtrash21 » Sat Feb 22, 2014 10:25 pm

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What's up guys! This is my first time posting but I've been a long time lurker. I've built a few projects from the information in this forum and it's...

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That's a simplistic solution to the sentry gun idea, seems to me that will work very well for that application. I appreciate the advice. Using the...

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Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:36 am
Really dumb QEV piston question

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by 1nxtmonster » Sat Feb 22, 2014 6:51 pm

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On a QEV with umbrella shaped piston, which way does the piston face?

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I think he likes our American women and the vj! L0L

Actually I've been actively avoiding women, there are certainly a lot of fine looking ones in...

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Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:16 am
coaxial so far need some help.

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by hawktalk » Sun Dec 22, 2013 10:33 am

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need help with sealing surface, piston design.
because its so close to Christmas its going to be impossible to get any more materials, so this is...

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just got a load of solid neoprene rubber in as well as some ammo

here is my rifle so far

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Wed Feb 26, 2014 6:09 am

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