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by Major Woody
Thu May 15, 2008 5:53 pm
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: Stun Gun Ignition Problems
Replies: 11
Views: 3965

I have that exact same unit. Of course I also removed the guts and am just using them. I was getting arcs as well, but only when the guts were all packed in tight amongst other wires in the grip of the gun. I was using automotive wire. I am going to switch out the wire leading off the coil to the sp...
by Major Woody
Thu May 15, 2008 5:34 pm
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: random stun gun sparking
Replies: 27
Views: 4615

I am having a somewhat similar problem with my gun. I crammed the guts of a 100kv stungun into an ignition handle made of 2" PVC and ignored the many suggestions I had read about using heavily insulated wire (such as flyback wire from a TV tube) to connect from the stungun's coil to the terminals in...
by Major Woody
Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:05 pm
Forum: General How-To & Discussion
Topic: Push button Fuel Metering
Replies: 14
Views: 2530

this is alittle dead but I just wanted to say that gort did not use a 3way solidnoid, its a minature control valve with fingertab activation just so people can research the right term because its hard to reaserch pictures This is true about it being a valve not a solenoid. But it is a three way val...
by Major Woody
Thu Oct 11, 2007 2:15 pm
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: Where to buy propane regulator?
Replies: 7
Views: 2085

Your typical $10 mini compressed air regulator is not balanced. Output pressure is affected by input pressure, some units more than others. With a compressor, that is not usually an issue. However, with propane, the pressure of the tank decreases as the tank empties. The result is that you need to m...
by Major Woody
Mon Oct 08, 2007 7:00 pm
Forum: Combustion Cannons
Topic: Gort's Blue Flame III (Don't forget to watch the video!)
Replies: 43
Views: 11003

Gort, Beautiful work, nice attention to detail. Way to innovate. Couple of newb questions for you--I did a forum search but can't seem to find the answers. First--the Latke style venting...is there a thread somewhere you could point me to which gives a bit more detail on how the plug thing is constr...