| Author |
Message
|
| haulinick |
 Posted: 08/26/2006 22:16 PM Post subject: Bamboo??? |
 |
|
Corporal
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
Posts: 62
5.88 Spud Bux
|
I got a little bored today. I have bamboo growing in my backyard so i cut down one of the bigger pieces and started thinking about what to make. I realized that the sections of bamboo might make good and interesting air chambers. So i cut out one of the small sections which is naturally a closed cylinder. I then drilled a whole for a quick connect. I covered with a very strong container and a garbage can for safety, turned up the pressure from the air compresser and..
nothing. I took it up to 130psi and left it there for about 10 min. It held fine. I just thought it would be interesting to share. I might make use of this in a cannon in the futre. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
|
|
|
| killagorrila99 |
| Posted: 08/26/2006 22:29 PM Post subject: |
|
|
Captain Obvious
Joined: 25 Jul 2006
Posts: 1103
152.60 Spud Bux
|
| holy. man u could make one ghetto gun with that! try makin a valve out of it too! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| haulinick |
| Posted: 08/26/2006 22:31 PM Post subject: |
|
|
Corporal
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
Posts: 62
5.88 Spud Bux
|
| i dont know bout a valve. it might be possible if u drill it out slightly so its perfectly round so u could make a piston. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Atlantis |
| Posted: 08/26/2006 22:48 PM Post subject: |
|
|
Brigadier General
Joined: 03 Sep 2005
Posts: 954
5042.87 Spud Bux
|
| Would'nt it get weaker once it dries out? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| pimpmann22 |
| Posted: 08/26/2006 22:49 PM Post subject: |
|
|
Donating Moderator
Joined: 18 Feb 2005
Posts: 1607
4968.40 Spud Bux
|
Why is the word 'Eco-Terrorism' popping in my head?
Im generally not a huge fan of 'ghetto-ish' ideas, but a gun completly made of bamboo would be cool. Not to mention there hasnt been much 'intresting' conversation of late. Maybe cheat though and use a modded sprinkler valve with 'slip' fitting ports...
About the home-made piston. To aviod scaring the looks of bamboo, possibly you could sleeve the interior of the bamboo to house the pistons and projectiles so the seal would be rather smooth. What is the ID and OD roughly of the bamboo that is available to you? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| killagorrila99 |
| Posted: 08/26/2006 22:51 PM Post subject: |
|
|
Captain Obvious
Joined: 25 Jul 2006
Posts: 1103
152.60 Spud Bux
|
| haha yea ud have to keep makin spare chambers |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| haulinick |
| Posted: 08/26/2006 23:45 PM Post subject: |
|
|
Corporal
Joined: 13 Jun 2006
Posts: 62
5.88 Spud Bux
|
| i hav all differents sizes. i think im just gonna play wit it. See what I come up with. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| MrCrowley |
| Posted: 08/27/2006 0:37 AM Post subject: |
|
|
Blizzard of Ozz
Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 5949
2657.43 Spud Bux
|
| i was wondering that the other day as i have some bamboo thats fits a PB perfect and i thoguht if only i could use it as a barrel... |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| )DEMON( |
| Posted: 08/27/2006 1:44 AM Post subject: |
|
|
Air head
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 1392
5185.24 Spud Bux
|
Make a didgerie doo (how ever the hell you spell that), I love those things and would like to have one.
Hmmmm, mabey you could start making eco-barrels  , Grown to your own specifications 
I don't think it will be a good idea to use the bamboo as a permanant air source because it will likely weaken. Mabey you can find some use for a one use spudgun, a few things come to mind. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| ProfessorAmadeus |
| Posted: 08/27/2006 1:49 AM Post subject: |
|
|
Running with Scissors
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 1046
280.78 Spud Bux
|
| I think its called an atalatle. Its a spear thing that cave men used. Use the small stocks of it in a 1/2 barrel. That would be awesome. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| MrCrowley |
| Posted: 08/27/2006 3:43 AM Post subject: |
|
|
Blizzard of Ozz
Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 5949
2657.43 Spud Bux
|
but just think about bamboo exploding  not a pretty sight.......
 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Benny |
| Posted: 08/27/2006 3:54 AM Post subject: |
|
|
Brigadier General
Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Posts: 845
144.97 Spud Bux
|
One word:
Flecking eww.  |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| )DEMON( |
| Posted: 08/27/2006 4:04 AM Post subject: |
|
|
Air head
Joined: 12 Mar 2006
Posts: 1392
5185.24 Spud Bux
|
Bye bye Balls. Shame, that guy will never be the same.
Wonder what he did. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| MrCrowley |
| Posted: 08/27/2006 4:22 AM Post subject: |
|
|
Blizzard of Ozz
Joined: 23 Jun 2006
Posts: 5949
2657.43 Spud Bux
|
parachuted from a plane at 16,000 feet without the parachute  jk
edit: not many people are the same when they get a 6" tree trunk shoved through their "upper thigh" |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Benny |
| Posted: 08/27/2006 4:27 AM Post subject: |
|
|
Brigadier General
Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Posts: 845
144.97 Spud Bux
|
| Quote: | | parachuted from a plane at 16,000 feet without the parachute jk |
Thats what he probadly did, it went strait through him. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
