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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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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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Video shooting 2" chuckit tennis balls using carbide

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by BowerR64 » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:13 pm

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If you go on youtube and just search carbide cannon, carbide, carbid even karbid you will see a ton of videos with this stuff. The majority are all...

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I went ahead and painted it, my thought was to sort of match the color scheme of the balls but then i went with a sort of Nerf color and then photo...

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Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:30 am
Goal: maximum noise

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by mdmbkr » Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:20 pm
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Greetings!

I'm returning to this hobby after a multi-year hiatus. My first foray was a spray-and-pray propane fueled cannon with BBQ ignition, two...

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How loud woul dyou guess it is?

Im using calcium carbide like Labtecpower sugest the dutch have been using this stuff for years im almost tot he...
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Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:57 am
Combustible Gas Indicator?

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by BowerR64 » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:53 pm

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Is there any cheap sniffer thing we could mount to the top that would signal or show an LED when the gas is at its best mix?

There are a few...

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The gas sensor used to detect Carbon Monoxide, Natural Gas, etc are generally based on the same semiconductor sensor. If you get the datasheet, you...

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Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:11 pm
1:1 C/B Ratio

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by Kilash » Sun Jan 05, 2014 12:36 pm

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I have a build in mind that involves the barrel and chamber being of the same pipe. The projectile would be located halfway in the pipe, creating the...

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Just right click the program, and select Run as administrator , I run it all the time on 64 bit computers

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Wed Mar 26, 2014 8:38 pm
Is a fitting stronger then a pipe?

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by BowerR64 » Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:57 am

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Say a 4 tee versus a 4 pipe in the same class sch40

Say i make a cannon using a tee or one using just pipe and a cap.

What are the weaker parts to...

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No flag but that sounds cool, maybe a skull and cross bones on the side of it. The tennis balls seem light enough and im thinking about painting them...

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Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:28 am
Should i paint it?

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by BowerR64 » Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:00 am

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Ive built about 15 of these carbide guns now (mostly smaller pistols) im getting a little better at it. I decided this time to make a rifle. The 1/2...

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I went with tactical black.

The body and handle are a textured black has a kind of gritty texture to it not really rough but not smooth and shiny....

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Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:04 pm
My Big Bang pop guns

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by BowerR64 » Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:49 am
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My friend has a big bang cannon when i checked it out it was so simple i figured i could make something like that with PVC. His is one of the...

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Did you see the class room example on the youtube videos?

Yes... must be awesome to have a professor who is a member of the Bloods!
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Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:34 am
My first spud gun! Need input please

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by AnCap » Thu Feb 06, 2014 12:22 am

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Thanks a lot to this website, and a few other sources, I've been motivated to make my first ever spud gun. I decided on a propane injected...

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I would say a flyback transformer is overkill for a simple combustion, even a piezo ignitor from a cigarette lighter is sufficient to give reliable...

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Sat Feb 08, 2014 8:17 am
Q's re: my 1st. attempt

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by teebone66 » Sat Feb 01, 2014 3:24 am

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I've had a go at my first one and it has worked a few times thus far.
Any input re: the following greatly appreciated.
Ignition - Well I guess you...

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Syringe fuelling FTW! Science is always a better idea than chance.

Because of that piezo lighter the much important of matches turned it into less....

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Sat Feb 08, 2014 4:12 am
Best way to syringe gas in?

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by teebone66 » Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:03 am

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I'm wondering what goog ways there are to inject butane into a chamber with a syringe might be.
I have seen some clips of guys using screws to block...

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Do you have a needle for your syringe? If you do any small hole can be used as the injection port. I've even used a 1mm diameter hole (which a...

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Mon Feb 03, 2014 4:06 pm
Newport butane refill cans

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by Jose Arcadio Buendia » Sat Jan 25, 2014 4:23 pm

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I bought a 250ml/139g Newport butane refill can. I measured with a syringe 9.5ml of butane for a ~3.2% mixture in my 290ml chamber combustion cannon...

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Propane is a slightly more energetic fuel anyway, it's not a bad thing :)

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Fri Jan 31, 2014 6:49 am
Glue for aluminum barrel into plastic chamber

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by teebone66 » Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:26 am

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I'm hoping to insert and seal barrels in the following scenarios:
Aluminum into plastic pill bottle.
Aluminum or copper into soda or Gatorade...

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Yeah 5 minute epoxy should work just fine, rough the metal and plastic surfaces with sandpaper to help the glue stick. Also im assuming you are...

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Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:49 am
second combustion gun

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by nibbler125 » Sun Jan 26, 2014 1:09 am

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Ok so I took a break from spud gunning but now I decided to come back and what better of a way then with an over under design. The gun is made with...

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Looks great! Nice simple combustion gun. Do you use propane/butane or is this a spray n' pray?

Its spray and pray at the moment but there is lots...

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Sun Jan 26, 2014 11:07 am
The Driver *video update

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by deathbyDWV » Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:58 pm

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Advanced Combustion GB Launcher

Hi spudfiles, I used to frequent this site with my creations but then things came up... (girlfriend, jeep, work) But...

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Thanks man! Nice to hear from you again.

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Sat Jan 11, 2014 10:50 am
.50 cal machine gun style gun from SPUD COMMANDER

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by SPUD COMMANDER » Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:15 pm

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Our first gun we built. It was built from a 24 x 4 combustion chamber and a 50 barrel. It does pack quite a punch. We also mounted it on a lumber...

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only because of him putting it out here!
How much difference did the burst disks make for this cannon?

Oh and nice cannon, looks like fun.

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Tue Jan 07, 2014 5:29 am
Whats your favortite fuel?

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by vng21092 » Sat Dec 28, 2013 7:30 pm

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Would you guys recommend butane? Or propane? Or something else...

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so my chamber is 1 1/4 pipe x 6 inches, the volume is 7.36 inches which equals .121 liters, which is 121 ml? so I'm suppose to be using (3/100) * 121...

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Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:28 pm
my paint became conductive?

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by vng21092 » Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:00 pm

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I don't know how to explain this honestly, I had the chamber painted, had the bolts installed to create a spark gap. The spark gap formed flawlesssly...

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yes sir but ONLY to show to paint was conductive, even with two wire the result was the same

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Sat Dec 28, 2013 2:18 pm
My second combustion cannon

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by Jose Arcadio Buendia » Thu Dec 26, 2013 1:20 pm

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This is my second combustion cannon:
Update:

I bought some pipe and made barrel extension; I sanded down the division in the coupling so there...

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How did you attach the fan to the plug?

Looks like tubes wedged into the cap.

It is pieces of tube from a windex bottle. I wrapped some tape...

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Fri Dec 27, 2013 8:47 am
teach me how to science?

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by vng21092 » Mon Dec 23, 2013 12:38 pm

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ok so wierd thing, The first picture is my firing chamber from the outside, the second is an internal view, the spark generates.... but under one...

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and his groin as the recoil buffer.

Made me think for this for some reason:

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Tue Dec 24, 2013 1:40 pm
Injection Port

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by vng21092 » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:49 pm

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Whats the best way of turning a hole that goes through 2 layers of pvc pipe into a fuel injection port? the hole is around 1/4 inch in diameter
For...

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You can also use a standard tire stem (from a car tire). A rubber stem costs a buck or so, a nice metal one perhaps $2. Get a stem removal tool and...

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Mon Dec 23, 2013 4:21 pm
Cannon ignition question

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by vng21092 » Fri Dec 20, 2013 5:16 pm

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Would this create a spark gap? The first image is the chamber, that is a stripped solid piece of 12 gauge wire. The second image is a screw cap with...

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Looks good, make sure you have around 1/4 between bolt and wire.

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Sat Dec 21, 2013 8:42 am
Spare parts Copper Combust

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by tigerblues28 » Tue Dec 17, 2013 11:56 pm

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I saw the Ghetto combustion cannon contest start up in October/November so I picked up a lighter and gave it a go. Turns out, after the JB Weld...

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Shame it's not a hybrid :)

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Wed Dec 18, 2013 7:52 pm
O-Rings in combustion cannons

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by vng21092 » Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:05 pm

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Would O-Rings melt inside of a combustion cannon when it's fired?

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PVC doesn't burn, or melt, so O-rings won't either. Indeed a PVC closed chamber doesn't even warm up significantly during and after firing.

EDIT:...

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Sun Dec 15, 2013 5:47 pm
Question about setup for Combustion cannon

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by vng21092 » Wed Dec 11, 2013 1:29 pm

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Is a coaxial setup more/less/equally as efficient as a setup where the barrel is at the end of the chamber? Also, I understand that a silencer...

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Just don't buy it with little flowers. :lol:

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Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:22 pm
Want to build first combustion cannon

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by vng21092 » Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:46 pm

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Is PVC strong enough to safely handle the expansion of the gas/fuel when ignited? Also, can the chamber be the same size pipe as the barrel as long...

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I'm not saying it will explode, but an unprimed joint is weaker than a primed one. You might want to try it out from behind cover for the first could...

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Thu Dec 12, 2013 4:35 pm

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