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2" Golf/Tennis Ball Shoulder Launched Cannon + Damage!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:43 pm
by Jabingo19
Alright, so this is my second pneumatic gun, the first one I made was a 1.5" piston valve gun which was... well, quite frankly, it was crap. Now, I present the fruits of my labor:

2" piston valve with 1.5" porting, piloted by 3/4" sprinkler
~5' chamber, 2" PVC
Interchangeable barrels
-4' 2.5" Tennis ball barrel with 1.5" female adapter in the base
-4'8" 1.5" SDR-21 barrel, threads into the tennis ball barrel for support
Ergonomic to hold
Pressure gauge (yeah, it goes to 300 psi... It was for an older gun I had planned :wink: )
Quick disconnect with a check valve (might replace it with a ball valve, haven't decided)

And now, pictures (+ some damage shots!)


EDIT: Videos!!!

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Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 7:58 pm
by saefroch
Wow... that's... amazing. Don't know what else to say. Incredible all-around build. Awkward chamber dimensions may be hampering flow, but that's the best I can come up with for helpful suggestions.

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:13 pm
by Technician1002
Piston face (my camera hates focusing on what I want it to) I would take out the piston but I just tightened everything up, nylon piston with half a tennis ball bumper
Edit found better photo
Camera trick. Move the camera away from what you want by the distance it is improperly auto focusing. For example if it is focusing on the end of the pipe, let it. Half press the shutter to lock the focus, and move the camera back closer so it focuses on the desired piston, then finish pressing the shutter. Many of my QDV piston and port photos were taken that way.
Sample photo taken by focusing on the end of the pipe and then moving the camera in close to move the focus to the piston.
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The cannon looks to be made with a bunch of short socket DWV fittings. The street elbows and other parts is a serious safety item. There is no sign of primer. Was that used? Other than problems with materials used, it is looking good.

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:16 pm
by mattyzip77
Holy crap dude, that thing has more fittings on it than McMasters has in stock, lol!!! Awesome build though. How many p s i are you running that at?? Now you just need to paint it and give it a name!! Scale of 1 to 10 I give it a 8!! You may be losing power with that long length of hose you got there!!!

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:17 pm
by Jabingo19
I actually work at a swimming pool distributor, and all of the PVC we get is required by state law to be pressure rated, so they are pressure rated street elbows and all of the fittings are correct length. This also explains the primer issue, everything is clear primered. Appreciate the concerns though (that sounded really sarcastic, I'm not trying to be :lol: )

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:19 pm
by Jabingo19
And matty my compressor goes up to 115 psi, that what I'm running at.

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:33 pm
by saefroch
Probably no power loss at all due to the long hose, since that's the pilot's pilot volume. :p

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:35 pm
by Jabingo19
Haha yeah I'm not too worried about the pilot's pilot causing a loss of power, and oh and sorry I forgot to thank you for your comments before saefroch, appreciate it.

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:28 pm
by daniel0663
Yeeeh man, looks really good.
Never really seen this kind of shape and design before, on a spudgun. :wink:

Not bad at all for a second cannon. :P

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:34 pm
by Jabingo19
Thanks daniel yeah I was trying to do something that both made sense and I hadn't seen before.

Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 11:52 pm
by MrCrowley
Nice build. Unique design, must've cost a lot in fittings :wink:

Looking forward to a damage video.

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:12 am
by Jabingo19
Yeah luckily at my job spare fittings are readily available, the whole gun only ended up costing me $50, which I don't think is bad at all for the (okay slightly ridiculous) amount of fittings I have. And I will get a damage vid up when I can, problem is that I work early to late (sunlight) most days of the week. But I'll do what I can for sure.

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:47 am
by jackssmirkingrevenge
All that for $50? Good job if you're into spudguns :)

Nicely put together, and well thought out ergonomics. With those specs it has a lot more destructive potential than simply perforating relatively weak pine boards.

Remember, the joy of pneumatics is that practically anything which fits in the barrel is suitable as a projectile ;)

With a side-mounted scope, muzzle brake and suitable paint job... just sayin'

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Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:33 am
by Jabingo19
Yeah trust me, I know how lucky I am to work there. But yes, I would hope it would have more destructive potential than a few pine boards with the muzzle energy of a colt peacemaker :lol:

And I absolutely plan on painting it up and a side mounted scope would be amazing.

Also jsr, when you say anything that fits down the barrel, do you mean something...

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:31 pm
by Jabingo19
Bump for damage videos!