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Launcher as a Chef's tool
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:21 pm
by ralphd
I can't wait until this takes off......No wonder Emeril Lagasse says "BAM!"
http://gizmodo.com/5099843/uber-tuber-t ... oka-system
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:35 pm
by LCTChamp
Wow that is absolutely awesome. Too bad they used DWV pipe fittings. It just goes to show there are tons off ways to use potato guns. "I challenge them to make them curly" hahaha
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:39 pm
by PCGUY
Cool, but is it really practical?
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 5:59 pm
by MrCrowley
Yeah it is a shame about the DWV. Especially if people decide to try and replicate the cannon.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:00 pm
by LCTChamp
I don't think it is practical, but its still a pretty cool experiment.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:05 pm
by SEAKING9006
Now, if it was the GB semi they were using......
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:36 pm
by nibbler125
i can see how firing a potato thru a screen can be used practical
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:05 pm
by TurboSuper
Sorry to burst your bubble guys, but I can think of much more practical ways to automate french fry making, a pneumatic ram comes to mind.
Nonetheless, it's a pretty cool invention...I guess you can get away with DWV at these pressures.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:50 pm
by pizlo
I've speculated on doing this for years, but my ideas all involved shooting the oil in a sabot infront of the potato and having it catch fire as it flew... but shoot for the moon eh?
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:57 pm
by frankrede
That's how real fries are made...they are shot through a water pipe at a grate.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:33 pm
by Pete Zaria
It's quite a Rube Goldberg invention, but I like the humor of the concept.
Hmm... How could we build one to make curly fries?
Peace,
Pete Zaria.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 8:42 pm
by rp181
A fast rotating grate, but slow enough not to shred the potatio. GL with that.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:23 pm
by FishBoy
if I owned a reastaurant I would have a big air cannon in the back of the dining room to fire steaks at a wall so customers could pay like 5 bucks extra to have their steak "cannon tenderized" (yes I know this was done on mythbusters)
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:25 pm
by SEAKING9006
By the way, Zaria, I'd have to say I have a 1-up on your gun there. (2-up, actually.) When I shoot ESP, I use an STI Eagle 5.0 double stack. When I shoot .45, I shoot a Thunder Ranch stainless 1911.
Posted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 9:31 pm
by Pete Zaria
SEAKING9006 wrote:By the way, Zaria, I'd have to say I have a 1-up on your gun there. (2-up, actually.) When I shoot ESP, I use an STI Eagle 5.0 double stack. When I shoot .45, I shoot a Thunder Ranch stainless 1911.
Good stuff. I like STI's, although a single-stack fits my hand better.
I shoot some IDPA, but no ESP.
If I may ask, do you have a concealed carry permit?
Peace,
Pete Zaria.
PS - sorry to have hijacked this thread....