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Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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Thu Nov 15, 2007 12:54 pm

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I meant do you make your own shels for your mortar rack?
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Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:03 pm

What kind of hairspray works best? I tried some of my mom's but it just gunked up my igniter, so i'm stuck using axe. :?
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Hairspray will always gunk up you guns, just don't do it!!
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Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:38 pm

that cannon is awesome.
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gwoloshyn
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Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:10 pm

bob-a-lu wrote:that cannon is awesome.
Thanks for the compliment.

I do not make my own shells no, I usually buy excaliber shells to load the rack with!
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Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:56 pm

dangerous design, the leads for the spark breach mid chamber and compromise the structure of your chamber, a tough to launch load can split your chamber in two, any screws should pass through the couplings to maximize thickness on the faults, love the trigger setup though, very nice using the wood to form the mounts, 4 out of 5
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Sun May 11, 2008 4:55 pm

A very nice adaption for the igniter most people who try to mount one do a poor job and it ends up looking terrible but nice placement and a great simple cannon.
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