The Little One

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:10 pm

So, this is my little gun, you can build it in 5 minutes, and it costs about $5. $10 if you get the good oarnge juice. There is an article about how to build it here

[Link removed, link pointed to a Wiki that is now full of porn] -PCGUY
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Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:22 pm

I Swear ive seen that somoehwere else on this fourum. Anyway, thats pretty ghetto. sounds fun.,.
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Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:38 pm

It's on the spudwiki i think, looks like it anyway???
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Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:39 pm

Yeah. the video is great though......... lol. you should try putting a sparker in there so you dont have to stick a lit match up against the hole......
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Thu Mar 15, 2007 7:08 pm

yeah that was posted some where with a simply orange bottle they used rubbing alcohol as a fuel by evaporating it over a stove
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Sun Mar 18, 2007 6:24 am

cute... but why not use a piezo or something its safer(and faster) :P
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Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:42 pm

HAHAAHHAHAAAHAH this kid got put on the Podcast Around the Net which is part of the show Attack of the Show on G4-they made fun of him so bad. Sorry dude. :D
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 3:50 pm

looks pretty goofy to me. I would never opperate somthing like that.
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Fri Jun 15, 2007 1:21 pm

The way that kid was holding the gun, you could see that coming from a mile away. He is lucky he didn't seriously hurt himself.
That was a very funny clip, and hopefully the kid learned to be a little more careful.
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Sun Jul 01, 2007 4:23 pm

I tried this with a coke bottle and an extremely small barrel and it had a huge kick. It was also really freaking loud especially since the end of the barrel was right next to my ear. I had it pointed down though so it didn't get a nut shot on me lol. I also almost burnt my fingers they looked charred at first, but they weren't burned somehow.
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:24 am

these things are fun untill you get first degree burns, still fun at first
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