What the hell happened to spudtech.com anyway? I use to be active there then tooka break for a while and when I came back it was gone?

I will have to try pop bottles next time. If only I had an empty pill bottle...

Yup. I open up the caps and had a fan beside me and let the air blow into them.

It started melting around the screws that make the sparks.

I melted two bottles yesterday that I converted into mini's. The first was a shampoo bottle and the second was a Brisk Ice Tea bottle. Melted them both after about only 15-20 shots.

Are they melting cause tag burns too hotly or are other people having the same problems but with different fuels?

Wow, I gotta get back into making spud guns. Been quite awhile since I have built a potato gun, maybe a year?.

Nice looking gun. Some spray paint for the barrel would make it look much nicer. Great design and good skills to put that together.

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I can't use sprinkler valve because they are not available in my area.


Order on off the internet! I had a ball valve on my cannon and it launched pvc rockets a quarter mile and i switched to a sprinkler valve and now it shoots Almost a half mile. They are well worth the buy.

Love pneumatics! The first spudgun i made was a combustion and i kept getting too much or too little fuel. Only shot it once. Pneumatics are reliable and cheap. Go with a modded sprinkler valve. I had a ball and i switched and difference it made! I can shoot a PVC rocket nearly half a mile! I LOVE p...

Go with a pneumatic!!!!!!!!!!!! Combustions are hard to shoot. Either there is too much fuel or the spark isnt working. Pneumatics are relyable. You can adjust how far you shoot by putting more psi or more psi. If you make a pneumatic mod a sprinkler valve. They work much better than a ball valve. Y...

Hey Aaron are there any automotive shops in your area? Go there and ask for a brake lines. Tell them the diameter you want and they will most likely get it for you.

How do you mod a sprinkler valve with a guide rod? Ive looked everywhere but cannot find one. I found how to mod a sprinkler vavle with out a guide rod. Getting my supplies today for a sniper and need to know how to mod a sprinkler valve with a rod. Thanks.

I know sorry! I never spoke about that stuff at spudtech. I dont know why i talked about it here. Sorry if a caused any discomfort and dislike.

WOW! very nice! I love the design for the name. The sleeving is very nice and the coat hanger part is very genious! Have you shot it yet? If so you should post pics and vids.

I gotta few relatives that live in Iowa. What town do you live in. Des Moines?

Very nice! Very clean. If i were you i woulda went with a cloud. Vortex blocks where out and are not very consistant. The BB's where grooves into the block and that causes the bb's to not go into the barrel properly. When this happens there are skips in the firing. The bb's start flying everywhere i...

I like the style. Very nice! Do you happen to have ann0ying stray cats around? jus jk. Pretty cool darts where did you get them? Cabelas? I plan on making a sniper kinda like that but the stock will be different.