my first mini

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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this is my first combustion mini cannon ive ever made. i simply glued(pvc pipe cement) a pvc pipe to an adaptor i found in my garage and the other end to an old airsoft cylinder. i glued a pen to the cylinder. then i used a bbq ignitor. you can jsut put a soda bottle cap on the back of the adapter. i havent really experimented w/ fuels but i used some cologne and it seemed to work pretty well.

what do you guys think?

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/ ... x/spud.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/ ... pud001.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"> two nails.
<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/ ... pud002.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com">
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Good job on your first mini. I like it.
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Same here looks good. Are you going to give it a paint job? You should make a bipod for it or a stand! Nice work.
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yeah, i think a paint job and bipods would look pretty cool. thanks
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very nice looking mini! pretty sweet for a first gun. what you shoot out of it? q-tips? talon-tips? ;)
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what are talon-tips ?
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viva la mini revolution
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Wow, that's the first mini I've seen that actually use PVC.
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you take the end off of one end of a q-tip and jam a toothpick in there
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I cant get the toothpick into the q-tip so i just break it in half, line the q-tip and toothpick up and tape them
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i just made two more after i got home from school, they both work well.

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/ ... pud004.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"> another mini. pvc pipe and a water bottle. and a washer inside the combustion chamber.

<img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v429/ ... pud006.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"> this is a bad pic. its a clear cannon about 3 ft. its really loud. eee.

anywho. for the first mini ive been using nail polish in a nasacort spray bottle (nose stuff) i usually just shoot qtips at my little sister but i made some rockets out of sharpies that work pretty good.
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Hey the bottle one looks really nice but how do you find airing it out? I mean there is no endcap so it must be fairly hard?!? Nice guns though!
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yeah nice gun i liked your first one the best though
dont shoot your little sis thats mean and inhumane :(
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