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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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Semi-auto paintball gun idea?

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by Pyroteddies » Tue Dec 03, 2013 11:53 pm

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So basically, the gun i want to make is a semi auto paintball gun, i want it to be bolt action, but i need to know how to connect the hopper to the...

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th QEV needs a slide valve which is inconvenient with the way i need to hold it.
By no means. Certainly, a slide valve is one of the better options,...

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Wed Dec 04, 2013 3:29 pm
First timer with a barrel but no clue what to start with

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by bigteddy » Mon Dec 02, 2013 1:36 am

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Hey guys, I have a stainless steel 2.25 x 3.5' heavy wall pipe that is threaded at one end with 2.5 threads. Its a feed tube from a large centrifuge...

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Large commercially available valves are expensive. One thing you might want to consider is a simple coupling in which you can sandwich a disk of...

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Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:34 am
Chamber to barrel ratio question.

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by nortonn » Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:32 am

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Hey guys!

Long time lurker, first time poster...

Thanks for all the valuable info guys! Im building my second launcher. its a european QEV piloted...

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The stored energy given by Ragnarok assumes an isothermal process
You're quite right, but it's the only equation I could remember at the time. I've...

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Mon Dec 02, 2013 6:23 am
ideas on what I could do with this.

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by hawktalk » Sat Nov 23, 2013 10:42 am

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reducing tee (640x480).jpg I ordered a reducing tee and they sent the wrong one as they wont refund the return or the price I paid for it, I need to...

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I would probably make it into a loading breech.

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Sat Nov 30, 2013 8:53 am
BBMG Questions

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by 1nxtmonster » Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:22 pm

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I was planning on building a cloud bbmg for airsoft. I was going to do a design like this, but in PVC and with a better barrel:

But then I saw...

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After watching the videos, especially the first one, I think my minigun project might be back on. :bounce:

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Thu Nov 28, 2013 6:06 pm
Piston Construction help : bumper, piston &, overall design

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by lazercatz286 » Mon Nov 25, 2013 9:15 pm

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Hi guys I'm a new user and I would like some assistance with the construction on my piston and some help with the bumper

1) I'm thinking about...

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Mine's pretty heavy as well, although I was mostly concerned with using jellybean parts without any special tools rather than having a lightweight...

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Tue Nov 26, 2013 8:24 pm
Tips on quick exhaust valve (QEV) paintball gun?

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by AK47 » Mon Nov 18, 2013 9:10 pm

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Hey Spudfiles,
I've been making pneumatics for a while, and recently I've been revisiting paintball guns. Keeping in mind that in my area, no...

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Jugs of Truth! Sweet...

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Tue Nov 26, 2013 9:05 am
Dart gun barrel help

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by tigerblues28 » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:40 am

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I'm working a new gun, my first QEV with a hammer valve.

Anyways I was looking at a .40 cal smoothbore blow dart gun for a barrel. 36inches to be...

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Yeah I figured that out too. The long skinny darts that came with the blow gun get stuck in a penny, but no penetration yet.

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Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:09 pm
First Piston airgun and first airgun in a while.

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by turkeypig666 » Tue Oct 01, 2013 5:04 am
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Hey guys, I haven't been here in a while, but anyways. Here is my first piston airgun. I made on before, but it never worked, so I got pissed off at...

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that weldind gas tube you got there in your pictures, i used as an airchamber for my gun. it holds pretty well and look nice.
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Thu Nov 21, 2013 4:31 am
200PSI QEV Co2 Rifle, 8mm ID.. Not 100% Finished

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by warez.wally » Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:09 am
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Hello ..
Finished this today its about 4 months in the making.. Combination of laziness and a few issues that came up.

I started off wanting to...

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i seen your penetration tests, i got a 8 mm one and the damages are a lot bigger at same pressure. i think you should use it without a regulator....
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Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:49 am
my pvc shoot gun

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by oneocim » Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:03 am

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Hi guys, this is my new gun, scaling up from my previous gun. It is 3/4 inch piston inside 1 inch brass T with 1/2 inch seat. The barrel is 1 inch,...

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e. According to GGDT I should be able to plant tree 185 m away.

if so, i should of plant a forest till now,ha. you should use more pressure, like...

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Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:39 am
qev proplems ! ANSWER FOUND

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by bravootome » Thu Nov 14, 2013 1:30 pm
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i am working on another qev fully machined so i avoid all those problems i had before, i mean a perfect piston in a perfect body. it is a...

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a good qev like my 8 mm one opens perfectly with the piloting semiauto i got, at every pressure, rather 5 or 30 bar . still if your piston would be...
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Sun Nov 17, 2013 1:00 pm
Building a pneumatic multi shot rifle.

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by nathan9117 » Thu Sep 05, 2013 6:14 am
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Okay so here is my first proper post on actually making something. I will upload pictures in a couple of hours but I have been awake all night again...

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Talk about... pop music... talk about...

*ahem*
Next time use this for the Ultimate trolling experience ->
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Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:05 am
My First Piston Air Cannon! - Safety Concerns

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by KurlyQ » Fri Nov 01, 2013 2:53 pm

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Hi All! I'm planning on assembling my first piston air cannon very soon. I just had a few safety concerns before I move forward.

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may i suggest some darts be put into it and fired at a board, it may go all the way through.

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Fri Nov 15, 2013 8:27 am
Balanced QDV

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by killerbanjo » Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:35 pm

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This can be done MUCH more efficiently but the same theory applies. Was checking my laptop and found this pic from a while ago and though I would...

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if what you want is a mechanically triggered spudgun/piston you should focus on an unbalanced QDVs not balanced ones

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Wed Nov 13, 2013 11:26 am
High pressure compressor

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by wyz2285 » Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:59 pm
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Well, my hi-cap gas mags are selling quite well so part of my customers asked if I could charger their paintball tanks.
For both commercial...

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Hey man, would something like this not be easier? The large piston would be better off being almost balanced at first so it allows the front area to...
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:50 pm
coaxial air gun design will it work?

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by hawktalk » Sun Aug 11, 2013 7:04 am
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I have been thinking about making a airgun/combustion rifle but still cant decide what to do all my attempts making a pneumatic air gun have resulted...

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They will make a grinding cutting noise when being tightened - they do after all work by digging the olive into the copper pipe.

I inspected the...
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Tue Nov 12, 2013 12:30 pm
Reliable pump build!

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by andrew67 » Sat Nov 09, 2013 8:31 am

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I'm tired of breaking bicycle pumps!does anyone have a proven method of building a bulletproof hand pump?

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Thanks! I'd forgotten to look in there!

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Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:01 am
Barrel Piston attempt with questions

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by air_dannon » Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:55 am
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Working on second gun, in the picture you can see the setup I'm attempting...

I've watched wyz2285's YouTube video on the QEV/piston valve and...

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Working on second gun, in the picture you can see the setup I'm attempting...

I've watched wyz2285's YouTube video on the QEV/piston valve and...
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Sat Nov 09, 2013 2:06 am
8 mm multishoot Qev sniper rifle

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by bravootome » Mon Oct 14, 2013 12:44 pm
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Qev 8 mm multishoot sniper rifle. i got some prob with accuracy but its the barrel. when it was new i had pretty good precision like 0.5 cm spread by...

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well, i didn't made the 8 mm gun to shoot for cola cans. it is way to powerfull for that... . it must be pretty good darts if you mention it, does...
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Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:06 pm
Hammer valve winchester.

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by s0ka » Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:00 pm
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Hy everyone, i'm from patator forum the french spudgun forum hope you remember me . I'm still making spudguns and i've managed to make one wich works...

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it did take about 2 or 3 shots from like 12 inches but i got it,and i really not sure if i can do it again i haven't played with my blowdarts in a...
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Wed Nov 06, 2013 4:29 pm
Something I was thinking about

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by Jack_Hogg » Sun Oct 13, 2013 4:31 pm

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Hi there,

Its been a while since I've been on here, but there are always those periods I am thinking about a idea. I was wondering if there is a...

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With a captive piston and an arrow i doublt you'll have the recoil you've had with your 40 bar launcher and a solid lead slug...

Because on top of...

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Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:32 pm
Experimenting with a REAL DIY vortex cannon!

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by highvoltagefeathers » Mon Jan 07, 2013 3:55 am
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:idea:

You've all heard of the airzookas and the vortex-generators they make out of trash cans and some canvas, but that all bores me a bit...

I...

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oh yeah, i have been in a few airsoft gearboxes before,
but its just the issue of the barrel length and head speed, or even the sheer volume inside,...
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Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:05 pm
easy darts for a 0.5 inch barrel

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by air_dannon » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:45 am

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Playing around with ammo and this combo is pretty solid for my pirate pistol.
- yellow twist-on wire connectors are quite snug in 1/2 copper
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Use the cone method, it is much more economical and is also destructive as well.

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Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:49 pm
Airsoft gun plans.

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by jake321 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:56 am

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I have done up some plans for an airsoft gun tell me what you think. I need some 6mm ID aloy tube dose anyone know where to get that? The blue lines...

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Hey mate im also from au. If you've completed this gun or have any further plans let me know cause i need a little help, cheers.

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Sun Nov 03, 2013 9:31 am

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