My Second Cannon
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:36 pm
Here's the cannon I recently built. I got into cannons at the end of school this year and built my first the week after school got out. My first cannon was a Green Hornet, from boogieman's site. So for this one I decided to do some major modifications. Sorry the pictures aren't the best of quality, I'm not much of a photographer.
http://img269.echo.cx/my.php?image=brig ... vin4yh.gif
That's a picture of me with the cannon. I figured, possibly incorrectly, that reducer couplings help to direct/funnel the hot gases into the barrel. So I made the chamber such that it would work on that principle. There is only one spark, so I figured this design would work best. It's basically a Green Hornet, plus an addition in the back, and a wider barrel. As you can see, it has a clear chamber piece, ordered from SpudTech, and also features an LED fan. Here's a picture of the gun layed out on my floor. The frisbee is there for a size reference.
http://img269.echo.cx/my.php?image=full ... iew1ej.jpg
The next picture is of the gun in its 2 pieces:
http://img269.echo.cx/my.php?image=cann ... led4qx.jpg
The cannon was painted with Krylon Fusion paint. The flames were made by initially painting the barrel blue, letting it dry a bit, and then making flames with contact paper and placing them over the end of the barrel. Then I painted the barrel black, followed by removing the contact paper to reveal the flames.
In case you didn't notice, there are 2 switches, the back one turns on the fan, and the front one is a safety switch. The safety is slightly confusing though, because when it's on it allows it to spark, while when it's off the cannon will not fire.
I'd say it's a fairly nice cannon considering that i started building cannons about a month ago.
http://img269.echo.cx/my.php?image=brig ... vin4yh.gif
That's a picture of me with the cannon. I figured, possibly incorrectly, that reducer couplings help to direct/funnel the hot gases into the barrel. So I made the chamber such that it would work on that principle. There is only one spark, so I figured this design would work best. It's basically a Green Hornet, plus an addition in the back, and a wider barrel. As you can see, it has a clear chamber piece, ordered from SpudTech, and also features an LED fan. Here's a picture of the gun layed out on my floor. The frisbee is there for a size reference.
http://img269.echo.cx/my.php?image=full ... iew1ej.jpg
The next picture is of the gun in its 2 pieces:
http://img269.echo.cx/my.php?image=cann ... led4qx.jpg
The cannon was painted with Krylon Fusion paint. The flames were made by initially painting the barrel blue, letting it dry a bit, and then making flames with contact paper and placing them over the end of the barrel. Then I painted the barrel black, followed by removing the contact paper to reveal the flames.
In case you didn't notice, there are 2 switches, the back one turns on the fan, and the front one is a safety switch. The safety is slightly confusing though, because when it's on it allows it to spark, while when it's off the cannon will not fire.
I'd say it's a fairly nice cannon considering that i started building cannons about a month ago.