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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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My Gun

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by Mitchy » Thu Aug 30, 2007 2:20 am

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Hey guys,
Not sure where to post this but here goes!

I have made this gun with a ramset powder actuated nail gun. I fires 8mm ball bearings and uses...

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Interesting creation, however this is VERY illegal, and VERY dangerous!

You have created an illegal firearm, not a spud cannon.

I will have to...

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Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:30 am
The Antimaterial Cannon

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by FiveseveN » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:18 pm
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The Antimaterial Cannon

Finally took some pics and finished the description page (lots of info on it: AMC homepage ).
Here's the AMC in all its...

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Dude thats awsome. You should make metal bolt slugs for it.
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Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:54 am
Hahaha First combustion

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by Mr.Russ » Sat Sep 08, 2007 7:50 pm

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thursto came over yesterday and we built a combustion.

My school was cleaning out the observitory and there was 90mm PVC fittings. i got a t with...

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why are there 2 posts? looks kinda cool but also a little um.... uncomfortable to hold.

Well to me its really comfy, just use the palm of my hand...

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Sun Sep 09, 2007 4:56 am
WD-40 or Triflow as a fuel??

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by JDP12 » Thu May 03, 2007 6:08 pm
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Hey all,

Well mom won't let me use hairspray..lp stuff won't be comin for a while now..So I need to find a fuel..

I did a quick search..But never...

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgh

Pick up the F'ing can and read the label .

Does it says it is flammable?

Hey somebody has to take DRs place and be...
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Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:24 am
Best Bang For My Buck?

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by G-town » Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:44 pm

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i have built a cannon already. i was very inprest with what i was able to do. i now have a electronic sparker so i want to build something rely...

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That bosen clip is infamous

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Sun Sep 09, 2007 12:16 am
Best Aerosol Fuel

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by FLspudman » Thu Nov 02, 2006 4:41 pm

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Hello everyone. I am a relatively new gunner and I feel I am not sophisticated enough for any of this metered propane or butane stuff. I have done...

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Just my $0.02 ...

You really should completely forget anyone ever told you about any fuel that has anything in it other than propane or butane....

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Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:20 pm
RC stun igntion

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by CannonCreator » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:48 pm

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I am going to make a RC stun gun igniton for my cannon, but I need help with how you hook up the RC to the stun gun. Does anyone have experience on...

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Take a look at Singularity 's Wiki page on remotely fired pneumatics.

Scroll down to the wiring section. Replace the solenoid (that operates the...

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Fri Sep 07, 2007 10:53 am
Adding Fan

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by CannonCreator » Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:00 pm

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Hey guys, My combustion is getting very warm and I decided to get a fan to put in it. Im going to also make a whole control box for it to. But on my...

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If you just wedge it in there, or behind the endcap it will be fine. i suggest a fuel alternative, but if you consist on useing hairspray just dont...

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Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:17 pm
Theory on Fast Combustions

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by noname » Tue Sep 04, 2007 7:44 pm

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I just had this random idea, but since only H2O is left over from a hydrogen combustion, if you could meter in the stoichiometric volumes of air or...

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If you are adding oxygen (or air) via an injection system than there is really no advantage (or disadvantage) to using hydrogen versus any other...

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Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:14 am
Piezo question

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by Hubb » Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:27 pm

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I was just wondering if a piezoelectric igniter could be used to supply current to devises instead of batteries.

Example: The piezo is wired into a...

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Hi

If you want to generate low voltage electricity from stuff moving, use a magnet (those you can pull from hard disk drives are really powerful)...

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Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:37 pm
semi-automatic combustion cannon

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by Tom » Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:40 am
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This is my first project in combustion cannons, the goal is to make a semi-automatic combustion cannon. The reloading of the ammo wil be with a...

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Do you still have the diagram of it?

go here
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Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:57 am
Flex-Lighter: Simple $9 ignition method?

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by redchigh » Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:02 pm

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My mother-in-law used to have one of these, and I remembered it... I recently saw it in wal-mart for 9.00.

I figure it would be easier to click than...

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Of course, you could just connect a wire to the hot electrode of the lighter, another to the metal flex tube and then run those two wires to...

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Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:36 pm
Fred's new stainless beauty

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by Dumbascii » Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:35 pm
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Fred asked me to post this. It is not quite ready to fire yet. Should be capable of scary fuels like acetylene. All smooth bore stainless steel...

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I wonder what's gonna happen W/ that tripod When you fire that thing :roll:
Should be fine. It is very rigid though it doesn't look it. The...
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Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:11 am
Ultra-Easy Alternate Ignitor? Possible cartrage use!

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by Hailfire753 » Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:55 pm
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Hey everybody, I was surfing the net when I found this vid:

In it, they use a piece of pencil lead to create a light. The lead is attached to a...

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actually I tried this with .7mm graphite-aka mech. pencil lead.

I got it to reach incandesence through the use of two nine volts, however I had an...
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Sun Sep 02, 2007 11:27 pm
Is that stungun really dead?

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by jimmy101 » Sat Sep 01, 2007 2:11 pm

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The cheapo stungun most of us use are really not very well made. (What do you expect for ~$10?)

Folks have posted that their stunguns quite working...

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yah. flybacks tend to hurt/burn.

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Sun Sep 02, 2007 8:14 pm
PL-02 Stormbringer

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by niglch » Mon Aug 20, 2007 12:00 am

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I've been working on this gun with my friend for a couple weeks now. You can see my original post about it here from before we had constructed it. It...

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niglch nice vid mate :D and nice cannon too. Was that filmed at your moto track? It looked as thought there were some jumps there?

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Sun Sep 02, 2007 3:36 am
Automated fuel injection for Taternator II

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by Dumbascii » Thu Aug 30, 2007 11:21 am

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You're all probably sick of hearing about Taternator II improvements. I guess it's like people who have a baby and tell you every stupid thing it...

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this is just crazy dude whats next?
Besides future full-auto, I'm thinking of switching back to pure oxygen. I've beefed up the fuel...

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Sat Sep 01, 2007 8:30 pm
$0 combustion

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by Fnord » Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:01 pm
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$0 combustion

I made this a while back, (shortly after the contest) but never bothered to post it until now.
This was meant to be a test of my...

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Haha, Ya half a kilo of lead IS very lethal at 150 fps.
Actually, just film yourself firing a potato straight up and time how long it takes for the...
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Sat Sep 01, 2007 10:07 am
chamber shape

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by <WOG> » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:49 pm

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just a quick question

does theshape of the chamber effect how the gun shoots or its recoil or anything?

thanks

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Not so sure about the spherical chamber being optimal.

A closed spherical chamber burns faster than other closed chamber shapes.

But a spud gun is...

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Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:27 pm
Yet another stun gun question...

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by Dornep » Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:54 pm

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I searched to try and find my answer but I got 6009 results on 201 pages.

I'm planning my next cannon and I want to go with a spark strip with at...

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I will be ordering one sometime Tomorrow BC. Right now I have exactly one dollar... blew last weeks paycheck on PVC :D

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Thu Aug 30, 2007 4:31 pm
Of interest?

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by Hubb » Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:00 am

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Just putting this out there for you guys.

I recently built a small combustion and quickly realized I had a slight problem. The chamber is 1.5 sch...

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I actually thought of that, too. But my little cannon is running off of propane. I probably could do without the fan and still get a goo shot but...

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Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:14 am
Lack of Power

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by Dornep » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:36 pm

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I have a combustion which uses metered propane, BBQ sparker ignition with a single spark gap, and a 50mm chamber fan. The gun's chamber is made of a...

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There is a major difference in the forces the fan will experience when comparing front and rear chamber placements. Simply put, if the fan is...

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Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:04 am
Two Combustion-Related Questions

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by Velocity » Mon Aug 27, 2007 12:07 am

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1) Right now, I have an automotive ignition coil. It works fine, but it is really way too bulky for my taste. The diameter is over 2 , and the height...

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You cant use a pocket rocket ignition coil, unlrss it's from a superbike, and even then I'm not sure. Regular poscket bikes use magneto ignition...

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Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:45 pm
Ignition box.

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by iPaintball » Sun Aug 26, 2007 5:45 pm

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I am almost finished with my ignition box for my combustion, but there is one part of the box I can't seem to figure out. It has a keyed saftey...

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Actualy, LED's don't really care about voltage as long as it's in the right direction, its just current that's the problem.

Almost but not quite....

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Wed Aug 29, 2007 12:12 pm
First Cannon

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by Spedy » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:08 pm

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This is my first cannon, And I think it turned out pretty well. Credit goes to whoever it was that knocked some common sense into me and reminded me...

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real nice cannon :)

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Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:54 pm

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