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by PCGUY » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:54 pm
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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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OK. Everyone always seems to know more than me in almost every topic on this site. But this is my domain! High voltage electricity is what i know...

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Howitzer project

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by thunderskunk » Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:59 pm

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Hello Folks!

This is a post I made on a machinists forum, so bear with me a bit.

I saw a post about someone wanting to rifle a barrel for a PVC...

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This is the final build post. I scrapped those canisters for an even simpler shell, but there's no way to make it hybrid, only combustion.

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Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:30 am
My 2nd one. (With some probs) :(

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by GeoNet » Mon Jan 06, 2014 6:48 pm

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OK guys. Hello. Im pretty new in this forum (but not new to combustion cannons), so I will make my topic as constructive as possible....

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Clean out adapter may be a better idea, that idea with screws was pretty dumb. If you think about it the big clean out adapter has a huge surface...

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Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:11 pm
Semi auto (possible full auto) combustion gun

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by Dijit80 » Wed Jun 18, 2014 2:03 am

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My first post here. I've built simple combustion spud guns and pen cannons before, but I'm wanting a good summer project and thought of a more...

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What about a qev? If you where to make a container for a hybrid like 1x fuel mix at 120 psi (a mixer fan would be needed in container) and then run...

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Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:07 pm
Lazy day build

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by Juggernaut12121 » Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:12 pm

Today I got pretty bored and decided to throw together a little combustion gun (seeing as my other pill bottle one broke)
Anyway, everything was...

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Sun Jul 20, 2014 2:12 pm
Picture of all my toys

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by BowerR64 » Mon Apr 21, 2014 4:09 am
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Dug out all my toys and set em all up on the kitchen floor, i think ive fired just about all of them a time or 2 and put the videos on youtube. Its...

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Well i'm still here, no mishaps or problems everything went very well. I didn't shoot them all but there are a few that i think are better designed...
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Sat Jul 05, 2014 4:29 am
Interrupted Screw

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by thunderskunk » Sat Jun 21, 2014 11:59 pm

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Evenin folks

So I had a change of heart. I can't get my ignition to work in the shells I've been trying to get my howitzer to fire, so I'm giving up...

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Just in case someone looks at this and wants to do the same thing:

I've fired the gun on several occasions now. My shells work awesome, and the...

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Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:55 pm
Calcium carbide is so dangerous!

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by BowerR64 » Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:23 pm
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Check it out, lucky no one was hurt.

Careful sir, our coffee is extra hot today! :alien:

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I really dont understand how it can shoot a tennis ball 100 yards in the air yet it can push a paper cup out without ripping it apart.
What does...
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Mon Jun 30, 2014 6:19 am
Best ways to use ether as fuel?

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by oldmanbeefjerky » Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:19 pm

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Hi,

as soon as i discovered the wonders of using ether, from engine starter spray i fell in love immediately, it works well in my relatively small...

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Ether really isn't any more (or less) powerful than any other hydrocarbon fuel. It might be a bit easier to get a consistent amount of fuel in the...

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Wed Jun 25, 2014 6:44 pm
FINALLY Completed Howitzer

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by thunderskunk » Sun Jun 22, 2014 9:50 pm

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Good evenin folks!

I've been waiting months for this. This gun has gone from a vintage-looking wooden carriage with shells the size of large spud...

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Sweet, sweet build!

My only complaint would be that the skinny bicycle wheels make it lack a bit of gravitas, but otherwise fantastic job!

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Tue Jun 24, 2014 9:13 am
New Golf Balls or Used Golf Balls

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by WilsonMat » Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:21 am

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Hello All,

Which one is better new or used golf balls ? I have found two sites for used golf balls like lostgolfballs.com and golfballhogs.com....

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Since I typicaly get only one shot per ball, definately used. Free preferable.

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Sat Jun 14, 2014 6:49 pm
Anyone try a PVC Rocket?

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by BowerR64 » Mon May 19, 2014 11:19 pm
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Found a how to on youtube to build a 3 motor and a Rocket using a foam pad and the top of a 2 liter pop bottle.

I built a couple a few weeks ago,...

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This is all the further you can put the marshmellow down the barrel, hopefully this will be ok. Ill try it but i doubt ill get much velocity from...
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Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:16 am
*NEW* My M-55 Mk. IV Metered Propane Cannon

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by Tombstone » Mon May 26, 2014 6:53 pm

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Here is my latest and best big gun!! Meet the M-55 Mk. IV !
*BTW, the roadsign was straightened and re-attached to the post after that massive...

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Hehe, thx !! Me too man, i like to make my guns, solid, badass and lookin' good, although, it still aint perfect finish-wise, cause i've had to...

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Mon May 26, 2014 9:51 pm
hey this my first video in youtube

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by satriyo » Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:27 am

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thank you for watching

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thank you sir. this is my first spud gun. the fuel is alcohol 70% + methylated spirit. but i have problem with attach the dot sight scope to my gun.

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Mon May 19, 2014 8:03 pm
Could you find weak spots with video?

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by BowerR64 » Wed May 14, 2014 5:00 pm

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I shot a little carbide canon i built last night around dusk, when it fires it really glows and as i look i can see all the little sections i have...

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Great shots!

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Thu May 15, 2014 7:41 am
Design advice, would this work?

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by vng21092 » Sun Apr 27, 2014 7:24 pm
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Hey guys, so this is an outline of what I want to build

Chamber will be 1 1/4'' x 6'', barrel will be 1/2'' x 24'' sleeved inside of a 1 1/4''...

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BowerR64 clearly knows what he's doing, but in general the use of carbide cannons is frowned up on the forum as being potentially unsafe.
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Tue May 06, 2014 6:53 am
428 cubic inch combi cannon

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by sw5amped » Sun Mar 23, 2014 6:17 pm

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My new beast!!!!

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Video request seconded. Somehow I don't think the pictures justify the scale of this thing...

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Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:18 am
2 at the same time?

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by BowerR64 » Fri Apr 18, 2014 4:56 pm

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The larger sparker i got from either lowes or walmart i cant remember has 2 output leads for it. So ofcorse i had to make a set of cannons to go with...

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I saw the topic title and thought I still had the nudevista tab open :roll:

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Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:05 am
First combustion(Bouncy Ball-zooka!)

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by Boomer58cal » Mon Apr 07, 2014 9:07 pm

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Hello SpudFiles!

This is my third cannon and I'm in about my 5th month of spudding. My other two cannons are pneumatics. The first was a compact...

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Not bad, metering and everything! You should be happy with the benefits of the fan.

I love the propane meter! The few spud guns I played with when...

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Wed Apr 16, 2014 9:18 pm
Digital PSI gauge?

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by BowerR64 » Sat Apr 12, 2014 7:04 pm

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Can you convert a cheap tire PSI gauge to work on our cannons some how? Im thinking about putting one on one of my carbide cannons to gauge the...

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I've tried the static ones before and they don't quite work. The problem is that the pressure rise is very fast (compared to what the gauge was...

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Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:49 pm
Awesome Ignition - Cheap and easy!

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by TedC » Wed May 29, 2013 3:59 pm
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Hi All,

I've been lurking long enough - time to go legit.

I've made two spud guns with the advice gathered here and elsewhere.

I've been using the...

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Too bad those are illigal where i live :(

Are these illegal too?

;) Interesting page, but the guy doesn't know jack about electronics,...
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Sun Apr 13, 2014 4:36 pm
My second youtube video (shooting 3 cannons)

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by BowerR64 » Tue Apr 08, 2014 1:09 am

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I took 3 of em to this road/overpass that gets little to no traffic. A guy with a crotch rocket was flying back and forth between shots teaking his...

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I shot the Nerf one again today 5 more times i about lost another ball because of the wind. Im down to 5 balls now i lost one at a friends last...

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Wed Apr 09, 2014 8:26 pm
help on butan and oxygen powered cannon

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by Brice » Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:40 pm

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I have been a big fan of pneumatic cannons for a long time, for me a decent cannon was air powered, and all my cannons were air powered, pneumatics...

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Damn, it's scary
That's a big issue if oxygen is so dangerous, but those airguns were using HP, you think it could detonate even at atmospheric...

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Tue Apr 08, 2014 6:25 am
Video shooting 2" chuckit tennis balls using carbide

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by BowerR64 » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:13 pm

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If you go on youtube and just search carbide cannon, carbide, carbid even karbid you will see a ton of videos with this stuff. The majority are all...

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I went ahead and painted it, my thought was to sort of match the color scheme of the balls but then i went with a sort of Nerf color and then photo...

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Sat Apr 05, 2014 5:30 am
Goal: maximum noise

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by mdmbkr » Sat Jun 22, 2013 5:20 pm
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Greetings!

I'm returning to this hobby after a multi-year hiatus. My first foray was a spray-and-pray propane fueled cannon with BBQ ignition, two...

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How loud woul dyou guess it is?

Im using calcium carbide like Labtecpower sugest the dutch have been using this stuff for years im almost tot he...
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Tue Apr 01, 2014 2:57 am
Combustible Gas Indicator?

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by BowerR64 » Wed Mar 26, 2014 10:53 pm

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Is there any cheap sniffer thing we could mount to the top that would signal or show an LED when the gas is at its best mix?

There are a few...

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The gas sensor used to detect Carbon Monoxide, Natural Gas, etc are generally based on the same semiconductor sensor. If you get the datasheet, you...

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Thu Mar 27, 2014 8:11 pm

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