STAG-1

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Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:01 pm

<div align="center">STAG 1

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This is my first cannon. It's a 4x12" Sch40-PW PVC chamber, 4x2" ABS reducer, short section of 2" Sch40-PW PVC, 2" Sch40-42 female threaded adapter, a 4" Sch40-PW female adapter and a 4" Sch40-PW (yes, pressure rated) clean out plug. Of course I can't forget the shell made of 6" Sch40-PW pipe and end caps. After I had glued together the initial chamber I found out from Spudtech forum members that even thought I used transition glue the reducer has a high probability of separating from the chamber. So I built the shell. I machined the end plugs to have nice holes in them and proceeded to glue the shell together with the chamber. I then filled it with expanding foam in hopes of containing chamber failure. I later had to cut the huge gaping hole you see because of a design fault. 2 disposable cameras through an ignition coil had sufficient voltage to jump through wire insulation and 1" of foam, but I suspect a bubble formed around the wires leaving only some kind of gas between them. So I cut out the hole with the intent of building an ignition system into it and placing a piece of Lexan over the hole. Before this happened I decided I wanted multiple sparks, a stun gun and propane ignition, so I proceeded to build STAG2.

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This is a shot inside of the STAG1 chamber. You can see the expanding foam between the chamber and the chamber shell. Also not the ABS reducer and the rusting sharpened electrodes.
This is a shot inside of the STAG1 chamber. You can see the expanding foam between the chamber and the chamber shell. Also not the ABS reducer and the rusting sharpened electrodes.
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Thu Apr 21, 2005 7:59 pm

i like the idea of the expandable foam. seems safer.
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Sat Sep 10, 2005 12:19 am

You know I've never herd of a disposibe camera used as a igniter but its brillient. its powerful and basically trash.
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Sat Sep 10, 2005 12:33 am

If you never used one why do you call them "basically trash"? They look nice if you put them in a box.
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Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:17 pm

By "basicaly trash", I would suspect that this person ment that they arn't worth much - or something to that extent.
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Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:42 pm

wow nice pieace off work... psssst did i say my line right O ur on well um hahahahaha nice pieace of crap o and y u have exposed srews in the barrel :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:25 pm

well im still trying how to rig the camera but whe i do ill post
any help search engines suck :twisted:
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Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:30 am

yeah very nice, it looks really safe, i rapped my guns chamber in a whole roll of duct tap(on sale for $2.00) because my parents are really safety conscious and if they saw it break i doubt they would let me make another one. :)
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It has been shown that duct tape accomplishes nothing. However, if they think it will help, just smile and nod...
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bubblebathman wrote:wow nice pieace off work... psssst did i say my line right O ur on well um hahahahaha nice pieace of crap o and y u have exposed srews in the barrel :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
please tell me that was a joke, or maybe you are a pneumatic uset who never tried combustion, but if your just a noob, please have some background knowledge you know.

for the maker of this cannon, i like the foam thing, gotta do that on my next project.
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Sat Mar 25, 2006 3:20 am

good idea with the foam thing and oh camera thing does work good.
u have exposed srews in the barrel
he probably knows that stupid.
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Thu Mar 30, 2006 7:59 pm

i still dont get why you cut a hole in the side
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Sun May 07, 2006 11:23 pm

oooo i like the fail-safe design with the expanding faom....very good i might build something like it.....maybe...i know my parents would like it
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Fri May 19, 2006 1:58 pm

that is so flip confusing. does it shoot far. pm me if u can tell me . but it lookes realy ausom
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Wed Aug 30, 2006 10:05 pm

i like the idea of extra safety and everything but honestly it seems like a bunch off extra work that would make this harder to adjust and change to your cannon later on. as long as your useing sch40pvc i wouldnt say its all that necisary unless your useing something like nitrocellulous for fuel...
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