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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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cannon barrel ratio

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by FlyingTaters07 » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:05 pm

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do air cannons have a good cannon : barrel ratio? if not is their any rule of thumb to how big the chamber and barrel should be?
Thanks, Mark

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Like saladtossser said, download the GGDT, and use the gun optimizer to get your ratio.

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Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:10 am
Idea

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by brumby » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:59 am

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i had an idea the other day. A simple way to see if th ignighter is sparking. connect an LED to the bbq ignighter, so u don't have to look inside the...

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Not only not enough power, but if you hook the dieode up the wrong way it won't let any power through.

I believe the couple thousand volts the BBQ...

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Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:12 am
i need a good sparker or piso or however you spell it

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by poo on a plate » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:36 am

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iv'e made this spudgun but it doesn't quite work, the piso isn't strong enough, i got the piso out of a bbq lighter.
where can i get a larger one....

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i had the same problem too
stun guns are illegal in calif. i used the chamber short design on mine to get the best igntion from the piesio

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Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:55 am
psi-damage

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by )DEMON( » Fri Apr 21, 2006 3:09 pm

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I am trying to find a psi to damage relationship for a pnumatic .eg if you pump your gun up to 'so much' psi ,it will do 'so much' damage.
please...

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ok, i didnt take some factors into cosideration,i will try the ggdt

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Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:03 am
fan placement

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by FlyingTaters07 » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:03 pm

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Hey, its been a while since i posted on here, but anyways im back and with a new gun.

i built the chamber with a 3inch wye with a 1.5 inch piece...

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im guessing at the back of the 3 inch section.

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Last post by Benny
Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:53 pm
ok this is problably the hardest questions...

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by demon5000 » Sun May 22, 2005 9:10 am
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youll ever answer.ive never made one of these guns and they look easy to make.i dont have any experience with wires and stuff.i want to make the mini...

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Ya, but it's important to learn to do your own research without having people spoon-feed you the answers.

Yes, very true.
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Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:44 pm
Help with Propane

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by zvallance1 » Thu Apr 20, 2006 10:41 pm

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Well guys...I've decided that I'm going to put together a simple metered-propane combustion gun while I wait for the school officials to give me the...

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Go Propane, They are cheaper, use less parts(in most cases) more fun, and if you can figure it out, it makes you look smart becasue you really are,...

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Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:17 am
Spring on Ball Valve

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by msg72391 » Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:45 am

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I have an idea that would make a ball valve open at a much faster rate. If you positioned a spring on the handle it could pop right open therefore...

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You may look at this

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Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:08 am
silencer

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by Mini Khan » Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:14 pm

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whats a good way to make a pnematic silicened without the bulk and wieght of a huge silencer at the end of the barall. ( dont u just love my...

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Dont just drill holes in your gun! did you even bother to read that page!!

(This is from burnt latke

Just for grins, a 1.5'x56' vented barrel was...

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Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:15 am
Cellular PVC Question (New)

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by Atlantis » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:22 pm

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Is cellular core safe for combustions I don't remember? If it's not is cellular core PVC safe if it's completely covered by connectors? My parents...

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I'm probably not going to use it for a cannon. because it has a few twists and turns glued together and they sit flush with each other. I might use...

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Thu Apr 20, 2006 7:38 pm
Help with Mounting pistol grip

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by crcowboyfan » Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:50 pm

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Can someone give me some detailed instructions on how to mount the lighter into a pistol grip as shown in the picture? I would like to know where the...

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just make a handle for the ignitor, and use screws for electrodes, the ignitor can leak or launch out of the hole and injure you

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Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:55 pm
PVC Union Question

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by Atlantis » Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:45 pm

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Are all PVC unions pressure rated? I found a 2 union at United Hardware for $8.99, it's dark gray. The same Union on costs about $20, if this is good...

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The advantage of a faster opening pilot valveis mainly consistancy, and there should be no percivable inprovment in that from such an exsesive firing...

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Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:27 pm
Triggered Burst Disk

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by Atlantis » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:50 pm

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If you made a burst disk cannon and added a trigger operated, spring loaded disk penetrator, you could build a triggered burst disk cannon. When you...

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To my knolage, no nail puncture system has ever provided any sort of good flow - they tend to simply perferate the material instead of causing it to...

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Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:08 pm
Distance = hop-up?

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by CrazyCarlos » Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:25 am

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Does anyone have any good ideas for generating hop-up?

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jrrdw said about the valves, also you can go over 100 psi safely.

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Last post by Benny
Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:29 am
Potato cannon ignitor question

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by magic » Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:09 pm

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Im trying to make my own ignitor, by making an arc between wires. I believe it could be done with a 9 volt battery, capacitor, and switch. Anyone...

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I had a stun gun that wouldnt open. Easy solution: stick it in a vice. No joke. Align it so the thin sides are in the jaws of the vice. (Not the...

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Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:03 am
60 mm mortar need to propell ammo ?

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by sgt pauley » Fri Jan 13, 2006 1:43 pm

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Hello all, I re-enact WWII I also just bought a 60 mm mortar. Right now i`m in ned of idea`s on how to proplel the rounds? Ican use rockcts but...

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no I sure don`t bro i live in southern Maryland on the Bay. If you live in baltimore or close to it i live about 2 1/2 hours south down Rt. 4 point...

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Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:39 pm
Combustion gun won't fire... nothing seems wrong though.

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by Pete Zaria » Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:31 pm

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I have a pretty typical combustion gun, 24 x4 chamber > 1.5 x5ft barrel, propane meter and direct injection (but with no regulator), dual spark...

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yes, to accuratly gauge the volume of propane you are dumping into the chamber you must be sure of the pressure, the $25 regulator will solve that...

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Last post by nicholai
Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:33 pm
1" sprinkler valve

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by Cole » Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:57 pm
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I am looking to buy a 1 sprinkler valve. I am trying to create a mad caddy/zooka style cannon. None of the stores around my area seem to have one so...

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Did you find it? Becasue you can try a irregation company that installs sprinkler systems and they might be able to get you one.
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Last post by WOW!!
Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:22 am
Possible rifling made easy?

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by zvallance1 » Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:28 am
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Just had a totally random idea, so bear (bare?) with me as I try to get it all down before i lose it.

Would it be possible to rig up some sort of...

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first off, thanks to pimpmann for this, he's a god =)

so, heres whatt you're seeing in these pictures

red-gear which rotates the pipe
green - gears...
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Last post by zvallance1
Tue Apr 18, 2006 11:25 pm
Expanding Pipe

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by jrrdw » Tue Apr 18, 2006 5:41 am

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When useing a pneumatic cannon, How much expantion is caused by the pressure?

Does this expantion cause slop in the piston?

Does anybody allow...

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did some one say education???BLB stop making the rest of us look dumb!lol

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Last post by rna_duelers
Tue Apr 18, 2006 7:39 pm
General Paint Question

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by pneumaNINJA » Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:23 pm

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I have a basic over-under pneumatic cannon that i would like to paint, but I am not really sure what paint to use. I have heard good things about...

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thanks for the links Atlantis, I was planning on black anyway, but now that Ive seen the camo, I was thinking maybe the blue-grey-off white camo...

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Tue Apr 18, 2006 6:09 pm
which is faster

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by McThrust » Tue Apr 18, 2006 4:48 am

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which is faster, a homemade piston assembly, or a modded sprinkler valve?

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How big of a chamber? A piston or diaphragm is going to outperform a sprinkler valve even in a 1 chamber cannon, but it will make a bigger increase...

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Last post by Shrimphead
Tue Apr 18, 2006 10:16 am
Meter for propane

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by Ballad_Black » Mon Apr 17, 2006 12:16 am

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Okay, I've been reading around on Burntlatke and trying to scout through the countless pages threads here about metered propane. I even looked on...

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Thanks guys. I know im not the best with guns and devices for them, and Im still constantly learning. As pimpmanns theory or idea for one, I had this...

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Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:13 pm
Inline Piston Idea

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by Atlantis » Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:44 pm

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I came up with an idea for how to make an inline piston valve. The bolt is modified from Clide's. The exhaust valve can be routed to wherever, in the...

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Yeah, it'll work. A couple things though:
1: the pilot vent tube has to be connected to the end of the piston movment tube.
2: this requires O-rings.

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Last post by boilingleadbath
Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:08 pm
Big Banger

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by marilynblack » Mon Apr 17, 2006 1:45 am

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my first gun has left me grinning with a grin that will wipe a frown off any ones face

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I'd say just delete it, unless that's what locked means.

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Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:34 pm

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