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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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Sketchup Model Library

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by dewey-1 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:12 pm
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Over the last year I have made a lot of CAD drawings for
Pneumatic Launchers.

I have imported several of them into Sketchup format.
Here is the link...

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Bollocks. Dewey put them out in the hope that, and I quote

some of you can make use of these!

There's absolutely nothing wrong with using them,...
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Solvent Welding Course Recommended For ALL

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by sgort87 » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:18 pm
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Originally posted by DR on the Spudtech forums:

IPEX Solvent Cements ONLINE Course can be found here:

It is recommended that you download and...

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Your earlier post about just scoring the surface, has me wondering if that is why OATEY makes a brush tool that scores the inside of a fitting, and...
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full auto??

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by iamthewalrus » Sun May 29, 2005 9:06 pm
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ok, i just thought of somthing crazy. this probly wouldnt work, but has any one ever tryed making a vortex gun with a huge, and i mean huge camber...

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i think its pretty much the same as a blowforward design used in paintball guns, not sure though
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Sun Jun 05, 2005 12:44 pm
Best Gun

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by true2blue92 » Thu Jun 02, 2005 6:42 pm
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I have about $50-$70 dollars to spend on a gun. What would you say is the best? I would like to build a newmatic gun. Also would like interchangeble...

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Oops, I also made the mistake of combustion chamber/barrel. Sorry Cole, I thought you said barrel. EXTREMELY sorry.

Man, do I ever feel like an...
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Sun Jun 05, 2005 11:15 am
Combustion Or Pneumatic?

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by julz » Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:33 pm
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Hi, I am about to start making a normal sized spud cannon with my Dad. i have some inner conflicts about what type to make. Below I have written the...

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ill try cleaning the valve. also ill was the inside of the chamber so the dust is removed. how exactly does the dust stop the phram drom closing...
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Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:03 pm
casting custom slugs

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by unoriginalusername » Sat May 28, 2005 10:42 am

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i was just pondering.
you know how tin solder is really soft and has a low melting point, perhaps you caould form some kind of mold, be it some...

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lol, umm well lets be honest, how often do u look inside ur barrel? as far as im concerened ur either stuff in the ammo or shooting it out, lol, but...

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Fri Jun 03, 2005 8:06 pm
Size question

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by niceguyjps131 » Thu May 19, 2005 8:47 pm

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Can anyone tell me if they think a spud gun wih a 5ft, 2in pvc barrel and a 4ft, 4in pvc conbustion chamber would be TOO big, wouldnt work or...

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NSF-PW is a marking that is on any pressure rated pipe or fitting, those that arent will say NSF-DWV. with such a large gun the 8 has a fairly low...

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Fri Jun 03, 2005 4:14 pm
CO2 without a regulator

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by saladtossser » Fri Jun 03, 2005 12:34 pm

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Can I just use a really (4 dia. and as long as a car) big chamber so the CO2 wont have as much psi as it was in a tank? not the 12 gram ones.

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um why? it would cost about the same to order PW endcaps for it as it would to buy a CO2 regulator, an adapter fitting, and an on/off adapter from a...

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Fri Jun 03, 2005 1:20 pm
Metering Pipe

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by niceguyjps131 » Wed Jun 01, 2005 9:13 pm

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I just had a question about the propane meter I just built. First I have a 3 1/2 ft combustion chamber and a 10 ft barrell, would a 3/8 10 in...

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you'd need 151 psi in a 12 x 3/8 pipe, and you'll never get the propane tank to that pressure. i would go with a 3/4 x12 pipe that way you would need...

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Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:17 am
new burst disk?

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by iamthewalrus » Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:16 pm

yeah, i was just at walmart and i saw something crazy, a PVC pancho. i was wondering if anyone has ever tryed one of the to use for burst disk...

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Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:16 pm
How to register on the spud tech forums.

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by rsgpit » Tue May 31, 2005 1:36 pm

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I feel like such an idiot, because i cant register for the SpudTech.com forums. I go to the agreement page, read the whole thing, and click agree,...

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disable ur firewall, it worked for me

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Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:13 pm
Barrel Portability with saftey

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by No.Va » Tue May 31, 2005 1:31 pm

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Im planning on making a combustion cannon, but Im not entirly sure of the saftey of it. I have a few reasons that I want to be able to store it easy...

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Well, the thing aboutt he short cannon lenght is that i cant really store it in many places, i have a small room and my other one takes up alot of...

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Last post by No.Va
Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:58 am
Crayon Ammo

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by iamthewalrus » Tue May 31, 2005 5:49 pm

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iv got my crayon slugs
all u do is take some crayons, break um up and make a little tin foil stove around um but leave a hole open on the tin foil...

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well i didnt even heat the pvc on the second try its only black bacause i didnt know what i was doing, i jsut put a buncha crayons on foil an dheat...

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Tue May 31, 2005 8:24 pm
favorite ammo

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by tatorassassinator » Sun May 01, 2005 11:19 am
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What is your favorite ammo? My favorite ammo is PVC rockets, golf balls, and rocks. Paintballs are awesome because they spread just like a shotgun.

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Pycreat, random hard objects, random objects, spuds.

Pycreat is hard as... well, it has a tensile strength of 1000 PSI, and a compressive strength...
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Last post by boilingleadbath
Tue May 31, 2005 2:42 pm
How to make the best union.

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by rsgpit » Tue May 31, 2005 1:30 pm

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I made a small union, but you have put the burst disk between the threads of the piping. Is this right?, or is there a better way to make a union....

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Right after the union, im gonna bond a hinge to the inside of the barrel, and attatch a bolt or nail to the hinge, and then attatch a spring to the...

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Last post by rsgpit
Tue May 31, 2005 2:29 pm
Combustion Meter

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by CS » Tue May 31, 2005 9:44 am

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Im 99% sure that some one has attempted this or made one. I just wanted to make one of these so i could measure the pressure (force) of the...

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yeah, most people use them on their hybrids to record max pressure, and the flow valve is called a check valve, you'd want a spring check valve, not...

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Last post by spudshot
Tue May 31, 2005 10:03 am
Silencer?

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by No.Va » Thu May 26, 2005 4:25 pm

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Hey everyone, I just recently completed my first spud cannon, it has a 3' by 14' chamber and a 2' by 36' barrel, I installed a fan and a spark jump...

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I have made barrel extensions and they are just as quiet as silencers. For your barrel extension use wall isulation for the filling it works very...

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Last post by CS
Tue May 31, 2005 9:00 am
hybrid question

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by iamthewalrus » Mon May 30, 2005 8:58 pm

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ok, im not making a hybrid right now(i dont trust my combustion skills that much yet and i like living) but i was wondering, after u do a 2x or 3x...

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alright, with normal atmospheric pressure at sea level you have about 14.7 psi, when you inject say a 2x mix you need to double that air so you'd...

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Last post by spudshot
Tue May 31, 2005 3:53 am
6" diamiter chamber?

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by Boot » Sat Feb 26, 2005 4:05 pm
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I was planning on using 6 diameter pvc pipe for my chamber on a propane combustion gun but I have not seen another gun with a large diameter chamber...

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yes, it ABS. I'm not completly finished with it yet, still need a few modifications.
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Last post by Cool
Mon May 30, 2005 4:42 pm
blow gun info?

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by unoriginalusername » Sat May 28, 2005 9:59 am

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g'day fellas

so i've stumbled upon the use of blow guns as triggers/vlaves in pneumatic cannons.

i have a few questions.

1. i've seen blowguns...

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When i use ones that say use only 30 psi and under for over like 90 they start leaking after wards, and i have to take it apart, wipe everything...

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Mon May 30, 2005 10:28 am
spark jump

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by iamthewalrus » Thu May 26, 2005 8:26 pm

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this my be a totally opinionated question, butmaybe theres science behind it. i was just woundering if there is a best lenght for the spark to jump....

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A larger spark has a greater chance of ignting fuel that is not mixed properly, because it covers a large area, but if you using a chamber fan, it...

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Last post by BillyBobJoe
Mon May 30, 2005 8:39 am
Pneumatic Questions

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by Cole » Thu May 26, 2005 11:49 pm

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Ok I have some questions about pnuematic potato guns. Is there a way to make an auto bb gun without having it hooked up to a compressor. Will a...

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if you want to know how a blow gun worx un do the bit under the leaver thing that you press (the bit with a small peice of metal rod coming out)
i...

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Last post by Aaron ?????
Mon May 30, 2005 2:17 am
New Valve Idea

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by saladtossser » Thu May 26, 2005 3:56 pm

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what if a sprinkler valve was modded with a pop-off valve, i will work like a reuseable diaphram.

I will add a picture to explain very soon...

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125 may be the max tested pressure, but plasticex009 has taken them hydrostatically to either 200 or 300 psi. and the toro ones are rated to 200 psi

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Last post by spudshot
Sun May 29, 2005 6:15 am
pneumatic solenoid modding

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by unoriginalusername » Sat May 28, 2005 12:00 pm

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okay, so it seems it best to modify a solenoid with a blowgun.

what type of hose should i use?where can i get it from? cost?
is the compreession...

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1. any air hose rated over 100 psi, about 1/4 -3/8 hose
2. the compression chamber is connected to the valve using the opening that the arrow on the...

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Sat May 28, 2005 1:37 pm
Material for diaphragm

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by The Ogre » Thu May 26, 2005 8:10 pm

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I'm makin a cannon its built but I'm havin trouble makeing a diaphragm for it,
the valve type is more or less a super enlarged orbit watermaster...

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if you're using a test tee, i believe they're very thin or DWV, either way, its not very safe at all, only use parts labeled NSF-PW. also i dont like...

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Fri May 27, 2005 4:59 am
BB gun pneumatic

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by Cole » Thu May 26, 2005 5:19 pm

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I have an old bb rifle, couldnt I just add a chamber to the existing chamber of the bb rifle and have a semi auto bb gun?

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I am going to try it out, ill report back when my project is finished. Wish me luck.

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Thu May 26, 2005 6:06 pm
nail gun

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by teeka » Tue May 24, 2005 11:37 pm

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Someone said to me the other day that if you wanna make a semi - auto bb gun, you could take the valve out of an air compressor nail gun, because...

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hmm, you could probably get a cheap nail gun on ebay (like an old one or somehting) and take one out of there? or maybe a hardware store or garage...

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Thu May 26, 2005 4:38 pm

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