Briliant New Cannon Design

[darkpyro]

hey i was bored and wanted to make a small pneumatic cannon so i came up with this.it is one of those twist top honey bottles with a tire valve screwed into the bottom and a barrel attached.

cant seem to add pics
also i use pearl head pins for ammo

[jrrdw]

pins ouch, be carefull not to aim wrong/missfire ever see a straight pin all the wat through some ones finger OUCH!!!
P.S.- pulling it out really sux!

P.S.S.-GO AHEAD ! ! ASK ME HOW I FREAKING KNOW!!!!!!

[guitarfreak]

be very careful with it,and i wouldnt go over 20psi with it. i an tell you now that it wont take the pressure that is need to launch a spud/bolt/marble. id stick with metal or pvc

[cardinals08]

How much pressure have you used? I wouldnt go very high with a honey bottle either, and why cant you add pics?

[drac]

P.S.S.-GO AHEAD ! ! ASK ME HOW I FREAKING KNOW!!!!!!

How do you know?

[saladtossser]

i have got to buy one of those gag "nail through finger" thingys from the dollar store...

[darkpyro]

i have taken it to about 35 psi at the max but i want to pressure test it to 6o to see if it can take it. i will be very care ful some other ammo i have used it tiny nails they work well and pen cartrigedes act as paint balls they explode with ink evey where when they hit !!!!
also i want to make the same type of thing with a tomato sauce twist top bottle they look like they are a bit thicker plastic.

P.S. i made this type of cannon because i could not seem to get the combustion minis to work the right air fuel mix and all that.

[guitarfreak]

dont take it above 35,the chamber will rupture,or the lid will blow off.

[theregoesthewindow]

I don't know if you should be using it at all, I mean, correct me if I'm wrong but those bottles really aren't that thick, I'm surprised to see that it held 35

[darkpyro]

i said id pressure test it to 60 i mean hide behind a big peice of wood while the compressor pumps it up so no one gets hurt and i see if it is safe to take it that far plus i scraped that cannon to make my new air rifle.

[jrrdw]

well drac it's like this-my friend made a small cumbustion out off some kind of alumium tubeing and wrapped napkins around hat pins (6"s long), to shorten the story up-he shot me the first time,(misfired), 5 minutes later i had ahold of it, got it ready to shoot, misfired again-shot that same freaken pin through the same freaken finger, during the second removel the napkin and plastic head came off, so i had to go get plyers--OU-FREAKEN-CH !!!!!

the trick is---PULL STRAIGHT !

[darkpyro]

that sounds like it realy hurt did it go the whole way through your finger or did it just stick in a little bit