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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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Sketchup Model Library

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by dewey-1 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:12 pm
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Over the last year I have made a lot of CAD drawings for
Pneumatic Launchers.

I have imported several of them into Sketchup format.
Here is the link...

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Bollocks. Dewey put them out in the hope that, and I quote

some of you can make use of these!

There's absolutely nothing wrong with using them,...
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Solvent Welding Course Recommended For ALL

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by sgort87 » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:18 pm
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Originally posted by DR on the Spudtech forums:

IPEX Solvent Cements ONLINE Course can be found here:

It is recommended that you download and...

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Your earlier post about just scoring the surface, has me wondering if that is why OATEY makes a brush tool that scores the inside of a fitting, and...
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Simple 1/4" BB Barrel Sleaving

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by SpudStuff » Sun Apr 23, 2006 7:20 pm

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Making some what good BB barrel is easy.

Materials:
1x Prefered length of 1/2 sch 40 pvc
1x equal length of 3/8 inch air hose(the orange kind)
1x...

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copper is expensive and requires compression fittings to get it to a 1/2 threads. copper is at the highest price ever

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Sun May 28, 2006 11:22 pm
Aluminum Pressure Rating

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by bjbrokaw » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:06 am
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Anyone have a list of pressure ratings for aluminum piping?

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most companies say the minimun is sch 80 for threading pipe.
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Sun May 28, 2006 4:38 pm
Fan

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by snoix » Sat May 27, 2006 10:13 pm

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Whats the best way to position a fan in spud guns to get the best feul mixture?

Btw Im new here:P Made a POS spud gun a year back and it exploded =/...

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Stupid canadian tire. Dont sell any of the PVC parts I need.

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Sun May 28, 2006 2:26 pm
Semi auto bb gun.

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by Cole » Tue May 31, 2005 11:38 pm
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What would i need to make a semi-auto bb gun that ran off of a paintball tank and had a modded sprinkler valve.

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no wonder you have made so many posts,and now i have to catch up to you
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Sun May 28, 2006 4:22 am
info please

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by )DEMON( » Thu May 25, 2006 3:07 am

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right now i do not have allot of time on my hands,so if you would be so kind as to help me it would be greatly appreciated.
I am making a...

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:x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :x :oops: :oops: :cry:

**ok next time i wont be lazy :D

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Sun May 28, 2006 3:50 am
Using a propane tank as a pressure chamber

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by drac » Thu May 25, 2006 5:26 pm

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Basically, you unscrew the torchhead and replace it with a 1/4 by 1/4 male compression fitting. Feed that into a tee, and attach a fill valve and a...

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If you won't go past 100psi why don't you use a coke bottle?

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Sun May 28, 2006 1:12 am
damage pics

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by ProfessorAmadeus » Thu May 25, 2006 2:45 pm

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what type of materials do you shoot to get some really good damage pics :twisted: . ive try alot of things but it looks like my bb gun shot it.if you...

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haha thats funny. i do have steel pipe so i could try that if my arm survives the massive recoil :D!! i cant even think of how cool that looks!i...

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Sat May 27, 2006 9:56 pm
Potato Union

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by Atlantis » Thu May 25, 2006 4:44 pm

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I may have come up with an idea of how to use a potato as a burst disk. Have the barrel stick part way into the chamber, stab a potato onto it about...

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As for the burst disk idea, it should work if you can find a way to breech load that's big enough, like 2inch in a 4inch male and female, because...

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Sat May 27, 2006 9:36 am
Piston help

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by Cminion » Mon May 23, 2005 11:32 pm

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i have read a bunch on pistons and the help but could someone explain exactly how they work, how to build the piston and the chamber , and how much...

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What about the hard styra foam pushbike helmets have inside of them,its hard,but not quite hard enough.What if your joke turned out to be the next...

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Sat May 27, 2006 8:06 am
Rotating Shell Loader

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by Atlantis » Thu May 25, 2006 10:25 pm

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I was experimenting with Galfisk's pump-action design and strapped on a piece of pop bottle to move both parts of the rod at the same time when I...

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Well I built a prototype. I added a bolt onto it so it can lock into place. Think of the bolt like a backwards L.

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When the bolt is at the...

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Fri May 26, 2006 6:32 pm
valve help

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by shadowmaster123 » Thu May 25, 2006 6:49 pm

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okay so yesterday i made my 2nd potato gun. its air powered (pnuenmatic) and it was working great. today i go out to shot it and the he valve is...

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oh bugger, the power just went off and on again.... any way i heard that if you put seartain lubes on ball valves, thay have sealing problems.

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Last post by Benny
Fri May 26, 2006 5:34 pm
what size of pipe fits into 3"?

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by Shrimphead » Sat Feb 11, 2006 1:23 pm

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I was wondering if there's a common pipe size that fits into 3 sch 40? Also does say 2.5 fittings fit? I need something that fit in well for a piston...

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Yes, that's because he edited it because he posted 3.5. (The OD)

tonymann22: (Link: Your kidding right?
sgort87: no, i dont see what the hell you...

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Last post by WOW!!
Fri May 26, 2006 3:23 pm
AWSOME!!!! =\

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by nabu92 » Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:16 pm

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I finally got my spudgun work thanks 2 PCGUY!....I used rightguard deodorant.....thats why it didnt work b4...Im using butane right now and my...

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well, that made a lot of sense.

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Last post by Benny
Fri May 26, 2006 3:44 am
pump action..

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by )DEMON( » Thu May 25, 2006 10:21 am

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this is a simple pump action mechanism that i came up with,it can be spring loaded or gravity fed(depends on which way around you have it)

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i dont really look through the old posts,i didnt see that.

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Fri May 26, 2006 1:53 am
[I'm new!] Looking for plans to build an 18th century naval-

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by MadAnneFlint » Tue May 02, 2006 6:31 pm

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potato cannon.

Hello guys, I'm a n00b here, but a rather civilized one so no need to worry. :)

So, I'm a bit hooked on the pirate phase, and I hope...

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Backyard ballistics is an excellent book. i recently purchased it this year, and it sort of got me into all of this. pick that book up sometime. i...

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Last post by WOW!!
Thu May 25, 2006 7:56 pm
Spudding Fans

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by VIR3NT » Sat Jul 02, 2005 10:55 am
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in my spud gun (I have a dual chamber) I have a computer fan for each chamber. The first time i launched with the fan, the fan melted and the wires...

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heh, that is a cool page.
My barrel is 5'
I didn't have the potato sucking back in, it shot really far.
However, for my combustion chamber it is .25...
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Last post by WOW!!
Thu May 25, 2006 6:48 pm
Air Chamber idea

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by roughboy » Thu May 25, 2006 12:34 am

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Has anyone bought a real air chamber A.K.A. Air Tank to put to there air cannon or are everyones air tank homemade out of PVC, Coz What if you buy an...

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If the air tank you are talking about is a paintball tank then the only thing that has 3000 psi in it is the actual tank and that is not the output...

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Last post by JoeSmoe32
Thu May 25, 2006 4:45 pm
My potatao website

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by WOW!! » Wed May 24, 2006 8:10 pm

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Here is a link to my site were you can by parts, potato guns, BBMGs and pipe. It is still a work in progress so some of it is messed up. Email me if...

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Iam sorry about that, my friend sayed he was going to take care of the pictures. The we etc is me and my friend.I will be changeing the pics to the...

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Thu May 25, 2006 3:17 pm
Toro Sprinkler valve - performance issues

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by zvallance1 » Wed May 24, 2006 6:37 pm

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So i made a new mini pnuematic about a week ago...little soda bottle chamber, modded valve, etc.

now, usually its a beast and shoots 100 yards at 60...

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actually pimp, what you said was right...all those steps were dead on...
couple things to metion though..the little leak seems to be coming out of...

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Last post by zvallance1
Thu May 25, 2006 1:51 pm
Gatling Idea

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by Atlantis » Wed May 24, 2006 10:03 am

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Would it be possible to make a gatling gun with the Slider valve to fire each part off? Have the spiral groove trigger the slider and move the bolt,...

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With these index valves, if they can pick which barrel the air vents to, couldn't you just reverse it and have multiple chambers for multiple shots....

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Last post by Atlantis
Thu May 25, 2006 11:57 am
stupid question

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by x.X.Cpt.Rollhart.X.x » Wed May 24, 2006 7:34 pm

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I know, this is a stupid question ...

How does the air go on the other side of the piston (in ther camber) ?

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yea, i had trouble how the hell that worked at first too.

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Last post by Benny
Thu May 25, 2006 12:13 am
bernz-o-matic torch head connections

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by ScoH » Tue May 23, 2006 6:47 pm

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Greetings,

I'm planning to make my first propane cannon. I've seen 3 options for connecting a bernz-o-matic torch head (yes, cut off below the bend)...

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Yes, that's what I've been looking for. Do you know what the exact name is, of that piece in the picture above? Or do you have the serial number for...

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Wed May 24, 2006 6:38 pm
Good 2" diameter resevior size?

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by Mihlrad » Tue May 23, 2006 6:59 pm

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Whats a good tank size for a 2 diameter barrel and resevior?

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I assume that, because you are calling it a resivoir , this is to be a pneumatic?

That being said, download the GGDT, and play with the values until...

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Last post by boilingleadbath
Wed May 24, 2006 3:50 pm
Gamo supersonic air rifles?

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by shockwave » Wed May 24, 2006 2:35 am

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How can gamo make air rifles that break the sound barrier?

From what i've read, it is impossible to break the sound barrier with a pneumatic...

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Its probably because of the method of providing compressed air: they compress it with a piston as they are firing the gun. This heats the air, and...

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Last post by boilingleadbath
Wed May 24, 2006 3:36 pm
Valves?

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by Flinchy » Tue May 23, 2006 10:25 pm

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im just curious, but are there any other valves that can be used for pneumatic cannons besides ball valves, sprinkler valves or even joels supah...

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ok thanks, ill check that out. im interested in the quick exhaust valves, i believe i've heard of em before on a few cannons. i think that i can pick...

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Wed May 24, 2006 2:16 pm

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