Reuse of a CO2 Tank cannon

[brplatz]

this cannon me and sddds13 made for 10 bucks.

since he works at Ace Hardware and gets a sweet discount!

anyway i had a old CO2 20oz tank and took of the silver nipple thingy and brought it to the store and bam! Amazingness

[potatoflinger]

Very cool! Were the threads on the CO2 tank 1/2" or were they some odd type of threads? Also, how did you modify the valve on the CO2 tank?

[brplatz]

it was a 3/8 flare fitting that went into it. it fit perfectly.

there is no valve besides the modded sprinkler

[sddds13]

Man i love this cannon...and my sweet ace discount lol. I made some wood slugs to shoot out of it tommorow. They have 13/16 gaskets on them and they seal like a champ. we will drill a hole for a nail and start tree hunting lol.

Nail didn't work out too well so we filled them with lead lol. Check it out>>> http://www.spudfiles.com/forums/viewtop ... 6fd#190182

[brplatz]

hell yah

i cant wait for the tree hunting! lol

[Eddbot]

yeah, ya left a lot out of the description, kinda like the yada-yada episode of seinfeld
but i think i got the jist of it

[blind909]

it was a 3/8 flare fitting that went into it. it fit perfectly.

there is no valve besides the modded sprinkler

I see a sprinkler valve, blowgun valve, and a shrader valve. LOL

[sddds13]

Blind909 has a point brplatz. Im going to kick your butt for not being able to count tommorow lol. OR you let me shoot you with a tree dart lol.

[brplatz]

Whatev! i can count if i want to!

yes there is 3 valves sorry, one modded sprinkler and a blowgun(not modded) and a 1/8 screw in shrader(not modded)

[starman]

Not bad! You probably could have piped the tank to hug the sprinkler a little more...not have the long gangly iron connection. However, a good effort overall! ....and good usage of the CO2 tank.

[brplatz]

i said the exact same thing about the pipe!
i wanted a shorter one for it to be more sleek/portable or whatever
but sddds13 had the final decision since he worked there

whatev! its still pretty awesome.

i want to upgrade to a 3/4 QEV and crank up the pressure on this baby!

[sddds13]

400 psi would be Awsome. lol then we can see how far we can snipe a tree. Or launch more (paper wrapped bang bangs) but this time accross the block. HAHAHAHA we are going to start a fire.

[brplatz]

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the rules my good man!

[sddds13]

I didnt discuss fireworks. I discussed fire works. Notice the space between fire and works. That makes all the diffrence. Its a loophole lol.

[battlemonkey]

Better watch it, or the moderators will be bringing some ass-whipping to your loophole