Wood small gun

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Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:40 am

I had a day off today because my school was having a report writing day, anyhow i was bored and after being on spudfiles recently and i had a attack of got spud fever and just had to make something so this is the result

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i wish i had some specs on it but i guess i was just building it off cuff so i dont know the size of every thing but i can tell you the pilot is 3/4 inch ball (obvious) the chamber has a ID of 1 inch (it was the biggest bore i could do) the barral is 1/4 copper tube duno how long (i didn't measure)

atm moment i'm having problems with the piston sealing but hope fully will soon be fixed :D

what do u guys think? ideas on 1 inch pistons would be good too
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Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:51 am

So... it's a wooden pneumatic?

I think you just one-upped Eddbot. Good job!

As for the 1" piston, I would build it with threaded rod and washers.
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Fri Jun 12, 2009 6:53 am

yep pretty much, all i had lying around and yeah i'll try that piston ides thx
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Sat Jun 13, 2009 1:37 am

I hope you realize this means war...
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Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:13 am

ARGH!!!!
hahaha sure :)
who's going to make a wood hybrid?
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Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:05 am

Eddbot wrote:I hope you realize this means war...
Oh come on, he's made a bloody wooden pneumatic. :D
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Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:30 am

I want to see who'll make a wooden railgun. That would be a feat and two halves.
Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?
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Sat Jun 13, 2009 11:59 am

I want to see who'll make a wooden railgun. That would be a feat and two halves.
I suppose if we could get a tree to feed off of iron rich soil, it may absorb slight magnetic properties.

It could happpen... in my dreams!
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Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:30 pm

That's one hefty pilot ball valve you have there... :wink:

Love the wood usage...still a little too neat to compare to Edd's infamous ghetto wooden combustion.
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Sun Jun 14, 2009 3:37 am

Sweet thanks guys, and yeah ur right about the pilot but all i had. A wood rail gun would be cool and impossible.

mm maby i need to blow torch it a bit to 'ghetto it up' :P
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