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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:21 pm

ok well i was bored and decided to make a gunpowder cannon..and since im not discussing solid propellents in a potato gun this is not illegal on this site...so anyway this is basicall an awesome gun...and ill tell u right now with a teaspoon of gun powder this thing shoots a 3/4 ball bearing harder than my first inline did at 125 psi...now i fired this thing twice and it was like 9:30 when i did so i cant take a video or damage picks till mornign but i had cheap deoderent i was trying for my combustion and it didnt work so i shot at it...it blew the top completely off and i couldnt find it..i went out with a flashlite and found the bottom of the bottle 30 yards away..the boom this thing makes is unbeleieveable (sp?) i will have freeze frames and damage pcisk tomorrow...i cant upload vis to my comp for some reason...


btw does anyone know or know how to find out other than chrony or something how much psi black powder generates?? i believe on mythbusters they said that blackpowder normally generates 1000 psi in guns?? i may be wrong but i tihnk thats what i heard...but anyway tell me if u know...

edit: oops forgot pciks puutin up now
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it in all its ghetto glory
it in all its ghetto glory
dissasembld for easy carry...if it isnt small enough
dissasembld for easy carry...if it isnt small enough
buisness end
buisness end
looking up it
looking up it
freeze fram of my cannonball hitting the coors can...i found it 30 feet back like the pic below shows..
freeze fram of my cannonball hitting the coors can...i found it 30 feet back like the pic below shows..
coors light can after my cannon destroyed it..
coors light can after my cannon destroyed it..
half of deoderant can....wow..
half of deoderant can....wow..
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4" piston valved cannon-half done..( i spilt my cement...)

Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:25 pm

Ya i belive i heard that on mythbusters too, the black powder engine.

Lol everyone on here watches myth busters.

EDIT: you just posted pictures its awsome compact me likey.
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:26 pm

who doesnt watch mythbusters...mythbusters is the pimpest show there is...

edit: thanks pyro watch for damage picks tomorrow
4" piston valved cannon-half done..( i spilt my cement...)

Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:28 pm

thats so cool....
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:31 pm

How do you ignite it?

Also you just need a little handle on the wood now, then the ignitor.

That would be like a uber mini.
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:32 pm

mmk....thanks hey, hi...u looked at my polish mini cannon right?? well that was like 1:1 ratio this is like 2:1 if not higher the damage of this will suprise everyone tomorrow..althoguh it lacks in looks it makes up for in compactability and power


edit: pyro didnt see ur post...lol u wouldnt be able to hold this...

1. this has so much of a kick..it kicks like 10 feet back wehn i fire it...i am working on something stationary i can put it on

2. althoguh i highly dought that this sch80 iron would blow up it would be extremely stupid to hold it in your hand and u cant ignite it with an ignitor because gunpowder usually doesnt ignite with a spark only flint and such...

but yeah it would make a kick A$$ mini...
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4" piston valved cannon-half done..( i spilt my cement...)

Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:34 pm

That polish mini is halarious!
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:36 pm

oh and i ignite it via wick...notice the hole u can barely see in my last pic


lol pyro u should build one strap a handle to it and call me when u have a broken rib because the cnanon flew out of ur hand and hit you...or worse!!! ur M A L E G E N I T A L I A!!! i mean face....of course
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Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:41 pm

you cold use less black pwder and that would work.
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:43 pm

i could use sell black powder??? whats that...ill look at ur replies in the morning i am going to bed....btw if ur parents let u use gun powder (if ur under 18 and live with your parents) i would suggest building one but make sure to take all safety precautions....tell me how it works out..
4" piston valved cannon-half done..( i spilt my cement...)

Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:47 pm

thats less backwards. i dont think they would let me play with gun power.
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:32 pm

i like it alot. one of my friends is probly going to build a mini cannon for a civil war preoject. i intend on helping. :twisted:
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:43 pm

Isn't it still against forum rules if it uses blackpowder?
Who cares, eff the system.
That thing is bad ass!
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Sun Apr 15, 2007 10:46 pm

I think you should hook it up to some wagon wheels like the old artillery cannons. Then put on some pirate clothes and have a good ole time!
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