My little Spudgun

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor.
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Hi there !

On youtube i saw those big spudguns and wanted to build one by my self.
Yesterday i made a little one of PVC.

The barrel (16mm PVC) exists in two parts so you can load a paper arrow easily.

Screw the bottom of, fill it with gas from a light, screw the bottom on the gun. Ignition and BANG !! the arrow fly's beautiful through the air. :)

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For ignition i use two different things.

One is a Piezo ignition from a lighter.
But it doesnt work that good.

Other one is a coil from a car.
It works very good but it has many wires and needs 12v.
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cool..what is teh chamber and barrel made out of? and the reducer? and the end cap? i havent ever seen them before..unless its conduit...

but hey nice gun! how did you wire the coil up?
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it looks great! good job for your first! i like the silencer too. its awesome. what is that tube in the middle of the barrel? is it for breech loading? bolt action? good job though. :D
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Well i live in Europe so i think thats why you never seen them before :)

same as the parts i see in spudgun video's. I cant find those big white tubes over here :)


btw.. how do you make a preview picture ? mine hasnt


photo's for explenation
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oo i c...but i am thinking that you ca can get "those big white tubes" :wink: in europe... but im not sure..most euro pneumatics are metal arent they? you could always go with metal...especially if you make a pneumatic...
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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Well you can get white PVC tubes, but there to thin.
I only looked at one hardware store. Maybe other stores have them.

pneumatics with metal ? i dont know :oops:

I will stick it with combustion ;)


btw made a video with no ammo.

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