hey guys... man it's been forever since I did anything with spud guns. The other day I was feeling nastalgic and went on a search for all my old spud gunning material online.. and sure enough the hobby is still alive and thriving!
I've been out of the game for 2-3 years and WOW... some of the cannons on here are simply mind-boggling.
I remember when I drifted out of the hobby Hybrid cannons had just been "discovered" and were in their experimental stage...
My old screen names included "spudmaster_of_mtwashington" back during spudtech.com's glory days... and then "smomw" during the last year of spudtech's forum activity.... then when this site started I believe my sn was "smowk" (spudmaster of westernky)... since I couldn't get my old account password and everything working Kyle, PCGUY, hooked me up with the new account...
anyways,
If any of you guys from the good ol days remember who I am and are still into this I'd love to chat with you guys. I have a new e-mail under
devincherry(at)hotmail.com....
does sgort87, burnt_latke, boogieman, and the other spudtech guys still floating/lurking around!? I'd love to hear from you guys.
Well... I'll be lurking around but I probably won't post much. I havn't even shot one of my potato guns in over a year. I believe the last time I shot them was at the 2007 western Kentucky shootout. Man that was a blast... I hope to be uploading some video footage from that shootout as well as the 2006 shootout to my youtube channel. (also under the SN of spudafett).
Man... I think the only cannon that even works any more is the Kraken.. and I don't remember the pressure at which I built the regulator so I would have to figure everything out from scratch with it... last I remember I busted my golf ball barrel and the regulator's pipe's seal busted and I never fixed the beast... But... I still have them all. ONE day... I will put them back together and resurect them.
unfourtunately life gets in the way and screws up the good rewarding little things in life......
anyways... like I said... I'll be lurking and checking in now and again, and if any of you guys remember me from the good old days, I say howdy and it's good talkin to ya again!
howdy, this is SMOMW, SMOWK, Killer_of_spuds...etc...
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AngryChauncey
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Are you from Washington State? and how long did it take you to write that post 
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jackssmirkingrevenge
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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
Yeah! Another Kentucky Spudder! Where in Kentucky are you?
"You can't be friends with anyone if you aren't friends with yourself."
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Give me a lever long enough, and a fulcrum on which to place it and I shall move the world.
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Defeat is always momentary.
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Current Project: None, I'm in Spudremission.
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not." -André Gide
Give me a lever long enough, and a fulcrum on which to place it and I shall move the world.
–Archimedes
Defeat is always momentary.
–Carl Denham
Current Project: None, I'm in Spudremission.
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jackssmirkingrevenge
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As a non-US resident that conjured up images of you floating around in a large tub of lubespudafett wrote:I'm located in KY.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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SEAKING9006
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Heh, I remember when I was on Spudtech. I was but a wee little scrub in the spudding hobby, I came up with this ridiculous cartridge combustion design that would have NEVER worked. I was there for a good three months before I quit for some reason.
Completed projects:
CA1 SMSS Basic Inline
CA3 PDAB Airburst Cannon
Current Project: Bolt action rifle (25x140mm + 1in shot)
CA1 SMSS Basic Inline
CA3 PDAB Airburst Cannon
Current Project: Bolt action rifle (25x140mm + 1in shot)
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mark.f
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Good to see you again SMOMW. I remember that 2007 meet and the video of Gort's 'contraption' (can't say any more here. )
I haven't built much, but I still tinker with the hobby between my 40 hours of work and 12 hours of school.
)I haven't built much, but I still tinker with the hobby between my 40 hours of work and 12 hours of school.