My First Cannon!

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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SpudBlaster15
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Sat Aug 18, 2007 2:11 am

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Sat Aug 18, 2007 11:20 am

It works fine with ABS, go ahead.
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Mon Aug 20, 2007 2:03 am

Keep up the good work, you will have a Hybrid in no time :twisted:
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spudzuka
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Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:39 am

My buddy drilled a hole on the side to incert the bbq lighter easy stuff.... just put some pvc glew on the lighter as you put it in.... works well.
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frankrede
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Sat Aug 25, 2007 3:31 am

Thats not that safe. I would put some JB weld instead of pvc glue.
I used that method and the cannon came out real nice and clean, just need to pretty up the jb pool lol.
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spudgunnerwryyyyy
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Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:30 am

Looks a lot like my first cannon. I really like how you put washers on the machine screws adds strength.
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