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Maxi-Mini Ghetto Gun

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:36 pm
by mikemurph
This is a gun mad from cardboard, a lighter, and a whole lot of duct tape. It can shoot ping-pong balls (weak) Super balls, and airsoft grenades.
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Tell me if you like it, and other ammo ideas. (For a point of reference, the barrel is a reinforced toilet paper roll.)

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:38 pm
by Gaderelguitarist
Ultra Ghetto!!

I do like that trigger assembly though.

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:45 pm
by mikemurph
Thanks, I told you i had more

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:51 pm
by Gaderelguitarist
You should try to re-create this very cannon out of PVC. It would be a lot stronger than cardboard and duct tape.

Do those "canisters" at the front hold ammo?

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:53 pm
by mikemurph
Yes the hold two shots each, but don't mistake them for a magazine

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 5:56 pm
by Gaderelguitarist
mikemurph wrote:Yes the hold two shots each, but don't mistake them for a magazine
Haha, I didn't think that was the case.

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 9:41 pm
by twizi
this thing is a fire ball waiting to happen make it out of pvc


cardboard+accelerant=romancandle

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 10:09 pm
by mikemurph
I know, I just haven't been able to get any pvc. Its not flimsy cardboard though, it two layers of shipping tube, but i know its hazardous.

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 10:30 pm
by Ragnarok
twizi wrote:Cardboard+ Accelerant = Roman candle
Actually, it should be fine. There's not the excess oxygen in the chamber to ignite the cardboard.

In fact, in many ways, cardboard is a safer material - although there is the slight risk of it igniting (although if it does, there should be no difficulty in extinguishing it), it is completely immune to shattering. It may still rupture, but there is absolutely no chance of it breaking apart into shards, and certainly not pointy ones.

Now, as for the launcher, I can't exactly laud it's technical prowesses, but if it meets the 1st law of spudding...
"If it's fun, and you're not about to kill yourself, that's the important things covered."

... then it doesn't really matter.

Posted: Fri May 01, 2009 11:39 pm
by inonickname
Whoa..That is so cool.

It's mega ghetto, but safe and looks very fun.

Good job, but you could consider pvc for your next cannon. I always like (most) ghetto cannons but can never bring myself to make one. I don't know why.