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Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:01 pm

my fucking potato launcher blew up in my hand. it was a massive explosion, shook the windows holy shit I think Im done with potato guns for good I still can't hear.
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:05 pm

don't tease us, photos! :D
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:06 pm

That means you did something wrong. Potato cannon dont blow up unless you do something stupid like use oxygen in pvc or something. Was it really cold when this happened? What happened is a better question.
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:27 pm

did you lose your hand? what actually happened? do you have an injury?? and as hi asked, what stupidity caused this?
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:36 pm

indeed, tell us the circumstances so we can learn and avoid it. or encourage you to not give up.
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chaos wrote:did you lose your hand? what actually happened? do you have an injury?? and as hi asked, what stupidity caused this?
I don't think his hand was seriously injured because if it was he couldn't type very well and would be at the hospital rather than on spudfiles. Im still curious as to what exactly you did.
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:56 pm

I stuck the wax slug in the barrel pushed it down with a broomstick, charged it up with propane walked out the door pressed the button and BOOOM I almost shit my pants it felt like somone kicked me in the chest
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:58 pm

If it was truly a massive explosion, how can you type?
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:14 am

I wasn't really holding it in the traditional way cap was on the ground and my hand was on the barrel luckily the large chunck that flew off went in the oposite direction of me, I found it 30+ feet away
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What was your cannon made of?
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hahahah thats funny as, hury up an tell us what the hell happend.
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:00 am

Seven (But spelled in the witty movie title way): It is not funny, at all.

Crsaz: A 'massive explosion' will destroy anything ina 50' radius. Sorry, but I am a bit peculiar about such hyperbole. (And I have a thing about explosives... bad combination ;) )
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:35 am

You used a wax slug? Could it have possibly turned sideways in the barrel or gotten stuck in any way?
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imjustpk wrote:You used a wax slug? Could it have possibly turned sideways in the barrel or gotten stuck in any way?
Wax wouldn't be able to hold back the pressure that well, if it got jammed or stuck, the air would blow right through it and bits of wax would go flying from the barrel.
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Modderxtrordanare wrote: Wax wouldn't be able to hold back the pressure that well, if it got jammed or stuck, the air would blow right through it and bits of wax would go flying from the barrel.
But if that is the case, what caused the explosion? This certainly is labyrinthine.
Just so it is confirmed, are you hurt in anyway? Apart from the shock, are you injured?
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