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SpudFiles Potato Gun Commercial

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by PCGUY » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:54 pm
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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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Sparker Reference Guide

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by rcman50166 » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:19 pm
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OK. Everyone always seems to know more than me in almost every topic on this site. But this is my domain! High voltage electricity is what i know...

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great job how can i help the fourms
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Simple Pump Action Design

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by jean » Wed Sep 28, 2016 1:55 pm

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Hi,
i am a rookie with cad, but it will be enough to understand the whole concept.
Hopefully your will leave a comment or critique

The design comes...

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Looking good. It's coming along nicely. I am looking forward to how your project works out.

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Tue Nov 01, 2016 1:35 pm
Garden Sprayer Cannon (Chappy)

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by auxiliary » Fri Oct 14, 2016 9:58 pm

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Hi Spudders,

Construction:

This is my weed sprayer cannon! The most noticeable feature is that the chamber is made from a 1 gal. garden sprayer...

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The next installment is TBD and will be a completely new cannon! I decided to scrap Chappy since it doesn't work reliably due to insufficient venting...

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Mon Oct 24, 2016 9:53 pm
Displacement Fueling/Venting Concept

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by auxiliary » Thu Oct 06, 2016 4:20 pm

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Hi Spudders!

I thought of a way to fuel/exhaust a combustion potato cannon is a simple way. I originally came up with the idea when I decided I...

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Ok Gotcha! Check out the thread below this one. I made the cannon it's it's called Chappy. I hydrotested the chamber though out of curiosity and it...

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Sat Oct 22, 2016 6:16 pm
Help with a combustion mortar please

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by rescue341 » Thu Oct 06, 2016 2:05 pm

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hey all.

im in a pickle i have a big airsoft game next sat. and thought hey ill build a potato gun mortar. I believe i underestimated these boom...

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i tried the touch hole and i think im almost there. the touch hole ignites the entire chamber if the barrel is pluged and the end cap is off but if...

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Fri Oct 07, 2016 4:10 pm
Help with metering setup?

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by cfb_rolley » Sun Sep 25, 2016 9:50 pm

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Hi, it's been a really long time since I've lurked around these forums, although I'm still launching vegetables and things. But, I'm hitting a dead...

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Awesome! I think you covered all bases for me. I do occasionally lurk through the showcases from time to time, and although I've been here a long...

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Mon Sep 26, 2016 10:21 am
Rifle combusted "Alcoholerito 2"

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by hectmarr » Sat Sep 10, 2016 5:45 pm

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I'm new here and this is my first post.
First, I apologize for my English is basic ... Despite this, I wanted to share with you this project.

This...

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This is a basic video performance of this little weapon. At this present time, it works qunque must solve several problems.
After three or four...

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Tue Sep 13, 2016 12:26 pm
propane gun

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by alabama mike » Wed Jul 27, 2016 9:18 am

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Ok, my plan is to build basically a propane fired musket, 36 inch long 1/2 copper pipe as the barrel, and 2 inch pvc chamber, I have an old stun gun...

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Syringe Fuel Metering is your friend, especially for smaller launchers.

I'll be shooting a lead ball instead of a marble.

I'm afraid your muzzle...

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Sat Aug 13, 2016 5:43 am
Maximum PSI of a hairspray explosion

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by Doombot1 » Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:41 pm

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I recently bought a 2ft length of schedule 40 PVC pipe. It is rated at 180 PSI. Is there any possibility at all of this failing as a result of a...

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Your signature is how I one day hope to reproduce.

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Sat Aug 06, 2016 8:13 am
Design help for propane valve

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by Futterama » Thu Feb 18, 2016 8:22 am

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Hi forum,

I need to build a propane valve that can be actuated by an RC servo. This means that the range of travel of the controlling surface is...

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Now with servo operation :D

The servo has no problem opening up even with a inlet pressure of 8 bar.

Total weight: 73g. I am very pleased with the...

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Wed Aug 03, 2016 3:57 pm
Slow Motion Combustion Video

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by ToasT » Thu Jun 23, 2016 6:02 am

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Came across this on youtube.

Several things here, that if not of general interest, could be useful when designing combustion cannons.
Like the...

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Yea i forgot to mention that the effects here are maybe the last few things to optimise to get the best performance. These are still things that you...

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Mon Aug 01, 2016 4:50 am
bolt action sniper rifle concept

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by HobbyEngineer » Tue Apr 26, 2016 4:02 pm

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Hi guys
I am new to this forum and need some advice from you experienced guys.
(btw please forgive me my bad english, not a native speaker)
So I want...

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This is incredibly detailed. And I like the general idea but may I suggest a simpler way?

With the right mechanism you don't need shells. Find a way...

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Wed Jul 13, 2016 9:04 am
5 Newbie Questions: Liquid Fuel, Buttstocks, and Operation

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by Jellydonut » Sat Apr 23, 2016 8:09 pm

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Howdy!

Complete newbie here, and I just had some questions about fuels and operation before I start building. I had a Howitzer-style cannon several...

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Here is a quick calc using HGDT. I assumed an 8 barrel and 8 chamber both at 1.5 diameter and a 1.4 oz round (about 40grams). The estimated muzzle...

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Sun Jun 26, 2016 3:17 pm
homemade hydrogen gun from plumbing

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by keks2033 » Sat Mar 26, 2016 2:21 pm

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The camera transmits sound bad, but it was very gromko.HYDROGEN I received chemically, mixed alkali and alyuminiy.Ya afraid to use a small barrel...

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Nice heart shot ;)

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Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:52 pm
Yet another topic begging for help: Metered propane edition

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by madmarcs » Mon Apr 04, 2016 1:55 pm

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Several weeks ago I set out to build my first metered propane cannon and up until actually trying to fire it things were going well. Every system...

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I say this every time but metering fuel with a syringe at atmospheric pressure is also a viable option with less variables.

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Sat Apr 09, 2016 7:18 am
Ebay 5$ ignition combustion

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by wyz2285 » Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:43 pm

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Bought few of these after someone posted the link here.
One of them arrived and wanted to test it out. Used few airsoft parts what was in my trash...

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Hi, sorry for bringing up an old thread. I bought 3 of these back in October 2015 on ebay from different sellers. 2 of them are of the size 24 x 65mm...

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Fri Apr 01, 2016 6:29 am
Spudgun won't ignite even with blowing into chamber

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by Tijn_416cs » Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:48 am

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My friend and I recently made a spudgun around 4 feet long give or take, using a little piezo electric ignitor from a lighter, we tried the...

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Thanks Matti, I am switching to pneumatics for the bb gun, as for my friend, his cannon almost exploded yesterday and he got some minor burns on his...

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Last post by matti
Sun Mar 06, 2016 3:08 pm
Noise Cannon for gunfire imitation

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by Digital941 » Sat Feb 27, 2016 5:48 am

Noise Cannon for gunfire imitation.

Hi all, sorry for posting another thread on a topic that is currently in discussion, but I would like to do it...

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Sat Feb 27, 2016 5:48 am
Oxy/propane combustion

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by matti » Thu Feb 04, 2016 4:58 am

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Hey !

quick question.. Do any of you remember if there is cannons here that work with atmospheric oxy/propane mix ? (open chamber, not hybrids).
I...

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I don't have any links offhand, but I did build one back in '07, before I joined Spudfiles. The maximum combustion pressure in such a mix can be...

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Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:19 am
Anyone going to try carbide this year?

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by BowerR64 » Thu Jun 25, 2015 3:45 am

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I really enjoyed the thunder mug design and i think i shot it the most last year being so simple and portable but still has a decent bang for what it...

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I don't think that's very practical. I believe it's made in a carbon arc
furnace at very high temperatures. Just from memory I think it's made by...

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Tue Feb 02, 2016 2:05 am
Chamber and barrel ratio

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by topelitemarine » Wed Dec 02, 2015 10:57 am

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What is the best ratio of combustion cannon? I did some research on forum and some said 80% of chamber and 20% barrel? is there any differences...

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Hadn't it been established that beyond a certain barrel length for a given chamber performance actually begins to go down? No, BurntLatke showed the...

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Tue Dec 08, 2015 3:06 am
stun gun not working, should I change the battery?

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by jsefcik » Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:29 pm
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i ordered a stunggun for my big combustion cannon, its 100,000 volts, i had the old wires still on my gun and the screw i have inside there isnt much...

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Or, another likely problem is that the internal gap is cooked. Hook a piece of wire to one of the electrodes and bring it near the other and try to...
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Tue Nov 17, 2015 12:44 pm
worked twice now nothing

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by 3percenter » Mon Aug 31, 2015 5:26 am

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I recently built a spud/tennis ball cannon out of steel pipe and a propane tank, and after a few failedattempts to fire it with propane, I vented my...

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an Oz of 87 octane

The best question is how exactly are you adding that ounce. As Fnord suggested, some kind of atomizing spray bottle is your best...

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Sun Oct 04, 2015 7:41 am
fuel question H2 O2 or Hair spray

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by topelitemarine » Mon Sep 21, 2015 3:16 am

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H2 o2 has more explosive power or hair spray? can you compress h2o2 with household item? what kind of fuel do you guys use? :)

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Not however the same as H2O2, which would be hydrogen peroxide.

... which is indeed itself used as a rocket fuel. With the right catalyst, its...

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Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:11 pm
Combustion Guns Made from Trash

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by cowscankill » Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:14 pm

So easy a cave man could do it, or something.

These are two designs I made from scraps of whatever I had lying around. This is a pretty old video...

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Fri Sep 25, 2015 2:14 pm
New guy from PA, first spud gun.

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by PAweaponTech » Tue Sep 01, 2015 10:17 pm

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So I'm building my first gun. I need some technical advice. The guns barrel is 16 in long, 1/2 bore. How long would a 3/4 combustion chamber need to...

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I have yet to find out myself. I was performing testing last night and my igniter began to fail. Less than 40% of my trigger pulls actually generate...

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Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:30 pm

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