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The Spudding Handbook
Provided By The Users of SpudFiles
Types of spudguns:
History (A Brief History of Spud Guns)
This website is here to teach you about potato guns, also called spudguns, spudzookas, and spud chuckers. So far there are pneumatic, combustion, hybrid, and BB type cannons/launchers. Here you will learn all about spud safety, how to make things like breech loaders and what types of fuel to use in your spud gun (like propane, butane, hairspray, rightguard, etc.). You will learn the good and bad types of ammo to use as well as learn the best types of ignition (like stunguns, flint ignitors, BBQ ignitors, etc.) and how legal your cannon is. You just may learn how to get something totally free. You will learn about ABS and PVC pipe and how to correctly mount a pressure gauge into your cannon. You will learn all about the different kinds of valves and how to use them. (sprinkler valves, diaphragm valves, pistons, etc.) You will learn how to make a hybrid and a pneumatic/combustion cannon. You can even learn about strafers and submachine BB guns! Above all you will be able to find instructions on how to build things that you will love for years to come. All of this is totally free so be happy and get on to registering and posting!
-PCGUY (Kyle), maker of SpudFiles
External links
- BCVids (aka Utopia), video tutorials (in part by PCGUY)
- Air Cannon Barrel Length Numerical Analysis
- Gas Gun Design Tool, simulation program for pneumatic guns
- ATF Correspondence concerning spud guns
- Spud Files (aka The Spud Cannon Database)
- Great source of spudgun information
- UK Spudgun Community The place for UK Spudgunning
