My first pneumatic/ gun ever!

Cannons powered by pneumatic pressure (compressed gas) using a valve or other release.
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Ok after trial and error I decided to go simple.

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http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k163/elementtensor27/ THANKS to everyone who helped me. I would not have been able to do it without you!

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the awesome power of pneumatics has pulled u in!!

hehe i built one combustion...then one pneuamtic..ever since i have seen the power difference i have bee nbuilding pneuamtics....now i am building an awesome hybrid...yea! great job btw!
4" piston valved cannon-half done..( i spilt my cement...)

Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
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Thanks man! I am waiting for my better camera to charge until then I have a crappy web cam...How much does a decent air compressor cost?
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This was a marble. What can i use that is .5 barrel?
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a decent air compressor cost arount 150- 200$
Nice gun!
Here ar some examples of some decent and very good compressors...
http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisear ... compressor

P.S. you can also check ebay :walk:
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nice job,
what do you mean by going simple
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its had to tell but do you have any dwv on there? it looks like that might be a bell reducer if not its pretty cool and im sure this wont be your last pneumatic
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A simple compressor will run you a 100 bucks that will easyily manage that cannon.
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iknowmy3tables wrote:nice job,
what do you mean by going simple
My orginal plan was to have it resemble a m4a1 and I had all the drawings ready but then I got to Home Depot and thougt "Why not go simple"
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