Electrician on his day off + extra fireplace lighters =

85Dave · Posted: 02/06/2007 3:45 AM Post subject:

A Mini highlighter/pen spud gun.

This is my first mini spud gun fresh off the line, I have yet to even fire it as the super glue is curing at this point.

First off the images

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y22/moody07747/Completed%20Projects/M ini%20Spud%20Gun/

This is made of 3 basic items:

1 - Bic pen
1 - "Avery Hi-Liter"
1 - Cheap fireplace/grill lighter from ebay (10 for about $10)

The one thing I always see people do is take the sparker out of the lighter making it harder to hold and having to tape it to the gun itself.
my lighter had a nice way of attaching the wire to the bottom silver stub on the sparker so I just left it in there and ran the wires out the top.

Another thing I did for this was used the fuel from the lighter to fuel the cannon. I can set the fuel knob to give a short burst of fuel followed by the spark. The great thing about that is the even rate of fires I can do...no measuring fuel or guessing getting too much or too little....great amount each and every time.

Just thought I would share this little spud gun with everyone.

Thanks,
Dave