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SpudFiles Potato Gun Commercial

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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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thank you for creating this website is there anything i can do to help
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Sparker Reference Guide

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by rcman50166 » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:19 pm
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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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great job how can i help the fourms
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Golf Ball Cannon - Suggestions Please!

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by mgv2 » Sun Aug 26, 2018 11:32 am

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I have just recently built a simple design combustion golf ball cannon mostly of ABS material. While the combustion chamber consists of 4 inch ABS...

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A little inefficient but cool stuff!

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Thu Jun 17, 2021 10:32 am
Ignitor not working/no spark

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by PhantomCougarJT5 » Mon Jun 14, 2021 2:47 pm

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I decided to make my spud gun so there is 4 different sparks in the combustion chamber. The problem is when i first rigged it up it was making a...

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The sparking may be unreliable because the gap is pretty big and there's 4 of them that the electricity has to jump across. If it worked reliably...

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Thu Jun 17, 2021 12:31 am
Valvegun

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by Hessenbanger » Tue Apr 20, 2021 3:16 pm

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My new toy. It shots nerf darts and everything attached to a dart. The Problem with the uncompressable venturi mix is solved by some valves. .
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Very post-apocalyptic, I like it :D

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Sun May 02, 2021 7:55 am
Build Log: MFIC

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by Blitz » Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:01 am
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So, here I will be documenting my progress on my newest project.

I can't say there's much that is overly innovative about this, I would say the only...

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I'm familiar with 40mm grenades and 37mm, and other projectiles, but that doesn't make 40mm any less of an odd pipe diameter in the United States....
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Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:53 am
ElectroThermal Cannon

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by headslammer » Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:00 pm

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Hello everyone!
I've been a lurker for a year or so now, having come here for help and research on multiple occasions on nearly all of my projects....

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In my personal opinion, I believe that hybrids have the advantage of needing less air than tires, to achieve the same power. This is attractive. On...

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Wed Feb 03, 2021 4:12 pm
Arduino automated spudgun fuel injector

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by GalFisk » Tue Aug 04, 2020 4:52 pm

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Hi all, I've been away from the forum since forever, but I'm still firing my old cannons now and then. They all reside at the airfield where I...

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Thanks. The transistor for the solenoid actually burned out last weekend, so I put another MOSFET there, same kind that I used for the blower. Now it...

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Wed Oct 07, 2020 4:08 pm
An Attempt at Comparing Different Spud Guns!

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by saveitforparts » Wed Sep 09, 2020 5:27 pm

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I haven't seen a lot of side-by-side comparisons of different potato cannon designs. Since I have a bunch lying around, I figured I'd do some...

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LOL. Cool video! If you want to blow your own mind, build a metered propane cannon with a chamber fan. Probably get around 120 meters per second with...

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Thu Sep 10, 2020 4:55 pm
Colinfurze makes a combustion repeater

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by Moonbogg » Thu Jul 09, 2020 2:36 pm

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It looks awesome. Only question I have is how does he vent if before the next shot?

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Only question I have is how does he vent if before the next shot?

Good question, there doesn't seem to be a fan or anything. At about 11 minutes...

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Sun Jul 19, 2020 5:50 am
Happy 4th to you all

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by KannonKing » Sat Jul 04, 2020 12:08 pm

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Wishing you many sharp reports!

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Happy belated 4th! 😀

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Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:37 am
Using Burnt Latke's fuel tool

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by thejackal » Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:17 pm

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Greetings fellow spud chunkers, I've recently restarted a project (a golfballer similar to a BL-520 our friends in Hawaii used to make) after putting...

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Correct, meter pipe volume needs to be approximate, with the fine tuning of moles of propane to moles of oxygen being done by adjusting pressure in...

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Wed Jul 01, 2020 3:04 pm
Multiple ignition points?

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by speedster » Sun Jun 14, 2020 6:15 pm

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Im thinking about making a spark strip, but I was just wondering if there is really any evidence to support that miltiple ignition points are better...

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I wonder if the benefit of 2 gaps vs 1 is greater than the benefit of 3 vs 2. I'd imagine diminishing returns would be kicking in at 3 gaps. As you...

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Thu Jun 18, 2020 12:03 am
New member... my baby, Big Red

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by KannonKing » Fri Apr 24, 2020 10:26 am
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Bolt-action sniper with metered injection, mixing/exhaust fan, 12 round mag. Thoughts?

The barrel is what slides rather than a bolt, and when the...

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Pickle me grand mother.
big belly laugh .
Dunno about ya tech thing variables golf balls.
Yeah 750 mtr range...
I av golfer, smak em 240 mtrs....
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Mon Jun 15, 2020 6:09 pm
I was hoping for some feedback on my oxy-propane combustion cannon.

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by uninc4life2010 » Sun May 24, 2020 3:21 am

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I built a standard combustion cannon with an auxiliary fill chamber and an integrated pressure gauge. I was disappointed with the performance when I...

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The biggest I usually see is 150 ml. That's big enough for 1x in a 3.75 liter (229 in^3) chamber, which is a pretty big chamber.

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Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:58 pm
Propane failing to ignite reliably.

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by uninc4life2010 » Sun May 24, 2020 11:27 pm

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Hello,

I have been using a blue canister of Bernzomatic propane as fuel. My propane fill chamber is 1/2 ID and 12 long with an integrated pressure...

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Easiest way to understand C:B ratio is that if the barrel is too short, the projectile is still accelerating when it leaves the barrel (sub optimal),...

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Mon Jun 15, 2020 4:50 pm
New to this all

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by whitt » Fri Jun 05, 2020 9:59 pm

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I am very new to this all and I was hoping someone could explain some stuff to me. Just what seems to be basic stuff, like what is the purpose of a...

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Fri Jun 12, 2020 5:48 am
Question regarding fueling, fan, and ignition.

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by speedster » Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:59 pm

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I am making my third combustion cannon, which is more advanced than the others and I have a few questions. My chamber is 3 inches in diameter and 18...

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I see what you're saying about the spark in the middle not doing much for performance. I saw a smartereveryday video where it actually resulted in...

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Sat Jun 06, 2020 2:16 pm
Propane fuelmix problem solved.

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by Hessenbanger » Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:46 am

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IMG_20200412_144212.jpg We all know, how tricky it is to get the perfect air-gas mixture out of a propane torch inside a System with a loaded...

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This is pretty interesting, is there any loss in performance from the valve needing to close during combustion rather than before?
And how about...

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Sat Apr 25, 2020 1:39 pm
The Coronator - Pure mechanical combustion NERF Blaster

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by Hessenbanger » Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:40 am

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I ever had the problem, to get the mostly perfect mixture of a Butane Torch inside the combustion chamber with a loaded and...

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Nice, but we're gonna need some more pictures to explain what's going on here. ;)

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Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:40 am
How I'm killing time during coronavirus

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by blk94f150 » Tue Mar 24, 2020 1:10 pm

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Pun intended lol. I'll get to some more spud gun stuff that you all requested soon!

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#meetoo (^^) IMG_20200414_151300.jpg

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Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:12 am
Can't download GGDT. You have?

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by mrfrozzer » Fri Mar 20, 2020 11:15 am

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Hi! I'm building my second combustion spud gun, and i need to do some calculations.
I want to download GGDT from this article , but the site, that...

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Welcome to the forum! You can find them here, for a combustion spud gun you want HGDT:

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Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:20 pm
Shooting more stuff with my spud gun! Watermelon and a couple boards

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by blk94f150 » Sat Mar 07, 2020 3:51 pm

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I got a request to blast a watermelon so I did that, some osb, and plywood. Enjoy!

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I'll note all of these. I have an old clock that needs blasting and I'm probably gonna do a shotgun series like legos, dog food, paintballs, etc.

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Thu Mar 12, 2020 11:29 am
Shooting various materials with my spud gun

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by blk94f150 » Fri Feb 21, 2020 11:44 am

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Hi guys! I made this video of my spud cannon shooting through a bunch of different materials. Enjoy!

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Thanks for the comments! I did get some suggestions from the video comments and I'll have more in the near future.

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Sun Mar 01, 2020 3:32 pm
Are these parts adequate for Oxy/Acetylene or Oxy/Propylene?

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by SpudGunNoob » Sat Jun 01, 2019 10:51 pm

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Are these parts adequate for an Oxy/Acetylene or Oxy/Propylene build? I'm planning my first serious build and want to make sure this is safe enough...

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As an aside, if you have a commercial plumbing supply house near you most have sch 80 steel nipples/fittings in stock and in my experience are much...

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Fri Dec 13, 2019 12:45 pm
Why not to use acetylene as spud gun fuel.

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by Extrusion » Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:22 am
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I think this video will probobly sum it up for anyone who would ever think of using it without doing some reserch.

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The Air Force just did a test using a bunch of different fuels and acetylene one by a mile. I have been using acetylene in my spud guns for years...
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Thu Dec 12, 2019 6:59 am
Self contained 40mm propane grenade

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by Wyrlok » Thu Nov 14, 2019 5:57 pm
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Hi all :)

I plan on making propane combustion 40mm grenades. As a first step I want to make the a simple M79 style launcher, breach action and all,...

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It would be a master weapon ... it can even be done semi-automatically or repetitively, in its humblest version. It is a project for someone with...
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Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:30 am

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