Initiation into Spud Gunning

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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TalonXxX
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 5:14 pm

I recently found myself researching spud guns and I wanted to build something small first to see if I was really interrested... now I'm hooked! This is my first dinky little gun. Made with travel size Tylenol bottle, pen casing, 2 thumb tacks, electrical tape and BBQ ignitor. I use Old Spice body spray to shoot Q-Tips aprox. 55 feet. Very simple yet fun toy! I have plans now for a much larger spud gun... hope to begin work on the electrical system this week :) cheers
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Every spudder should make one of these. For about $5 and 15 mins, it's well worth it!
Every spudder should make one of these. For about $5 and 15 mins, it's well worth it!
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Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:52 pm

nice mini, but tape down those tacks
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Mon Oct 17, 2005 2:10 am

i like it,but dont get a shock off the peixo :D
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Mon Oct 17, 2005 12:23 pm

My first gun was also this same design, and it is still one of my favorites for some reason. But i've built two more since then, working on a rifle now :twisted:
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Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:45 pm

Nice mini :!: Pill bottle cannons are a must for first time must (just like you said. Only problem is that there a [your mom] to get working. Like the avatar Ballad_Black infact I think Im going to look for a black white pic like that to put in my sig.
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Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:34 pm

Yep now just make a $10 combustion, then you could move up propane and stunguns and such. Or you could go pneuematic. Good job btw.
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Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:58 pm

i made a mini and i use bianca breath spray to fire it, my question is, would that work on this because the chamber is like 1/4 of the size
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