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SpudFiles Potato Gun Commercial

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Posted in Combustion Cannons
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by PCGUY » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:54 pm » in Combustion Cannons
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I've been wanting to get in some spud shooting action this fall before the weather got cold. I know it's been a while since I filmed anything for...

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thank you for creating this website is there anything i can do to help
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Fri Feb 09, 2024 2:38 pm
Mug Shot Pics!!

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by Carlman » Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:14 am
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Hey all,

Saw a good thread on another forum and though id start the same kind of one here as well. Its basically to post your ugly mug on here so...

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Last night at my friends, some alcohol was involved :D
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Home bluing

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by inonickname » Fri Dec 25, 2009 9:38 pm

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I need to apply a finish to a small number of parts and I'd like to try my hand at bluing them. (I know it doesn't provide much rust resistance, and...

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Sorry to bump a very old thread, but I was wondering over this exact same problem today. My next project will probably be made entirely from DOM...

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Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:10 pm
Can anyone design me an animated intro?

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by qwerty » Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:02 am

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Hey guys, i'm asking for a favour off one of you.
Usually i go by the name qacermacer and as quite a few of you know i do alot of tricking and...

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Blender is free.

Elephant's Dream, Sintel, Big Buck Bunny and others was made in Blender.

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Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:51 am
Casio ZR100

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by LeMaudit » Sun Apr 03, 2011 3:50 pm
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I recently broke my camera... so why not going high-speed and all :-)

I wonder if the ZR100 is currently the best high-speed camera on the market...

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Thank you very much Hotwired for taking the time to share the info.
I didn't noticed the Fuji HS10 was also capable of 1000fps. Great :-)
I'm going...
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Sat Apr 09, 2011 6:56 am
What's been eating my time:

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by Brian the brain » Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:10 pm

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Yup..I have been wasting my time on something other than spudding the last few months:

Turned my moped into a true bobber style bike...

It was a...

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Got some more pics for those of you who enjoy bikes.
I have been cleaning up the looks a bit...

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Fri Apr 08, 2011 4:29 pm
Solid-state lasers

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by saefroch » Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:17 pm

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Laser technology was mentioned previously here , and I thought I'd try to expand on it. This is really NSGR, but I figure this forum is one of the...

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Dye cells can be made. Basically, it's a solution of some organic dye. The issue becomes, then, flash duration. As that link said, dye lasers like a...

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Thu Apr 07, 2011 8:52 pm
Uses for a large electric motor?

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by NatoHub » Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:39 pm

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Anyone have any cool ideas for what to do with a large industrial motor? There is a separate speed controller that allows the RPMs to be adjusted...

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I work in the electric motor industry and most of the time those motors are used on light industrial machinery. In recent years they have become...

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Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:43 am
Electronic scanning radar (ESR) sensor

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by JeffSinger » Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:24 pm

Is anyone here familiar with them?

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Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:24 pm
"Lightning gun" discussion

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by JDP12 » Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:42 pm
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I was intrigued by Fnord's thread regarding future possibilities for launchers. Especially by the idea of a lightning gun- or more specifically,...

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I'm seeing all but two of my classes disappear after AP exams so I'll have free time, but as for money... that'll be devoted to my upcoming hybrid,...
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Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:49 am
What i've been up to lately

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by qwerty » Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:59 pm
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Haven't posted in a while, i always go in and out of phases. Usually
RC cars - Spudguns - RC planes - Gymnastics/trampolining and other things too...

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It would enable those in urban area's to fire a couple of spuds away from people..over some lake....while remaining at home... :wink:

That sounds...
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Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:37 pm
Neat Gauss (Magnetic) Homemade Pistol

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by boyntonstu » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:49 pm
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Joerg, does the trigger look familiar?

Tech: Imagine a series of electromagnets controlled by breaking a beam of light.

I wonder how fast it could...

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Note to moderators: the syntax of the above appears to be correct, but it's not acting like it should...
Link . BBCode formatting gets funny if...
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Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:06 pm
Miniature artillary

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by mobile chernobyl » Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:52 pm
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This may be the smallest cannon I've ever made!

Its a minature field cannon with a 1/2 bore. I'm not sure how much more i can elaborate on this...

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I made a very simple stand for the cannon today. I wanted to be able to load the cannon vertically, and aim it by tilting up and down.

Thrown...
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Last post by Labtecpower
Sat Apr 02, 2011 1:31 pm
Homemade Radar

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by SEAKING9006 » Sun Sep 21, 2008 12:00 pm
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I've been interested in radar systems for quite some time, being an avid WWII tech fanatic, (A fact that causes me to drool over turbojet engines,...

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Warhead, first of all, aviation radar sets are prohibitively expensive. Second, radar sets are designed to work within a certain range of freq and...
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Last post by rpjacks
Tue Mar 29, 2011 10:35 am
Another Thingy Invention

Last post by jrrdw
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by boyntonstu » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:13 am
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Perhaps the E-Z Reach can save many lives and prevent falling injuries.

I had a 5 year old bring down a smoke detector from a 14 foot ceiling....

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More so:

Do you hold any legitimate patent's for any invention of yours? The answer to this question is either yes I do, or no I don't.

Thanks...
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Last post by jrrdw
Mon Mar 28, 2011 5:53 am
Limit to gas production by electrolysis of water?

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by saefroch » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:34 pm

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So being that I just finished a short review of electrochem, I decided it'd be interesting to calculate how much gas, as a mixture of H 2 and O 2 can...

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My result is simply based on the enthalpy of formation of water. It yields a result in joules per mol of gas production which is a lower bound. This...

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Last post by DYI
Sun Mar 27, 2011 2:17 pm
Home roasting coffee.

Last post by jrrdw
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by boyntonstu » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:14 am

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I LOVE coffee.

I buy green coffee beans and roast them to my taste in my homemade roaster.

Do you LOVE coffee?

What is your preference?

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Coffee

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Last post by jrrdw
Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:55 pm
Servos with LabVIEW

Last post by Technician1002
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by PVC Arsenal 17 » Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:25 pm

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Another school project I've been assigned requires me to control a DC motor using a PIC board and LabVIEW. My professors have provided us with a sub...

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By using a resistor from a data pin on the uP to the threshold pin on the 555 or 556, the trigger value can be modified so the pulse width can be...

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Last post by Technician1002
Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:35 pm
Table Saw Invention

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by saefroch » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:04 pm
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I don't mean this to be insulting to anyone, but I find it ironic that we were having a discussion about table saws recently, and this video appeared...

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Either you're on drugs or you're trolling. Either way, thread locked because this is just ridiculous, Stu.

Got a problem with me locking this, talk...
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Last post by MrCrowley
Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:17 am
motorcycle....

Last post by mark.f
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by cannon monkey » Tue May 11, 2010 3:14 pm
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hey guys im leaving some time next summer. I live in Tampa bay FL area and looking to visit my friends in Elizabeth town KY. It about 900 miles, 15...

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Buying a bike is definitely a scheduled item waaaayyyy later down the road, so I've got plenty of time to think. At the moment, though, if I all of a...
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Last post by mark.f
Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:54 am
Photon hand gun

Last post by USGF
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by jagerbond » Tue Sep 14, 2010 6:42 pm
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Flashlight is a Mag Lite 2D LED.

Pull trigger and get momentary light, push for constant on. Time to order in some 250 lumen Malkoff drop ins. :)...

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Wow, that thing totally needs a scope on it lol! :lol:

Any idea on specs and pricing or is it early days yet?
Over 9,000 dollars.

JSR, Re: AR-15...
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Last post by USGF
Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:56 pm
I think that we can all sleep better now.

Last post by MrCrowley
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by boyntonstu » Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:36 pm

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Westport’s Swing Set Rules Get Second Look

Rules regarding swing sets and play sets in Westport will go under the microscope Thursday night at the...

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While the table saw stop invention thingy and your other inventions fall under the requirements for this forum section, this topic does not. I'm not...

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Last post by MrCrowley
Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:44 pm
Is this a good compressor? (water cooler)

Last post by POLAND_SPUD
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by Gun Freak » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:49 pm

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I have this water cooler that we're getting rid of, and I would like to know if the compressor inside is good to use... it has the number 22 on top...

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yeah, it should

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Last post by POLAND_SPUD
Wed Mar 23, 2011 6:31 pm
My invention may help the Japanese

Last post by jimmy101
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by boyntonstu » Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:39 am

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3 Mile Island inspired the invention.

Teledyne was our overseas sales rep.

No one else besides NIH were interested.

Were we 30 years ahead of the...

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I've got a GM counter (CDV-700) and a pancake ion chamber survey meter (CDV-715), and several dosimeters (CDV-750) with their charger, all are cold...

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Last post by jimmy101
Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:31 pm
Craftsman 10" Radial Arm Saw Conversion - Upside Down T

Last post by Ragnarok
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by boyntonstu » Wed Mar 16, 2011 8:14 am
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Craftsman 10 Radial Arm Saw Conversion - Upside Down Table Saw

This is a Craftsman 10 Radial Arm Saw converted into an upside down sliding table...

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Turning it over would put the bevel on the wrong edge.
If you want me to reverse the bevel , then what exactly are you asking me to do other than...
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Last post by Ragnarok
Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:08 pm
QEV and Pop Off Valve Shop?

Last post by MRR
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by CommanderI » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:41 am

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Hi,

I've seen that many of you got these QEV, not these selfmades.
I'm searching for a QEV and a pop off, but here in Germany i couldn't found...

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You should find Überdruckventile in the plumbing section of your local DIY store, they are very common.

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Last post by MRR
Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:36 pm
Increasing Efficiency of Engines

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by Jimmy K » Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:49 pm

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Another one of my hobbies is modifying internal combustion engines to produce interesting and dramatic results, which is actually a lot more...

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It throttled decently, as much as the old engine could allow. Oil was getting into the cylinder so I tore the engine down and am waiting for new...

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Wed Mar 16, 2011 4:03 pm

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