First cannon [ TDC-10 ] (with videos now!!!)

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:46 pm

That is a great first cannon.

Looks like it packs quite a punch. The sound's awesome too.

keep up the good work.

Happy Spuddin'
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:25 pm

Hey! This Cannon is CRAZYY!! :!: !! Im going to make a cannon VERY SOON and im looking at tons online. Yours is DA BOMB! How the heck can you make it and what do i need to buy to make it? Its ok if you wanna keep it your special secret haha. But if u think its ok....GREAT! :D
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:52 pm

ndgamepro wrote:Hey! This Cannon is CRAZYY!! :!: !! Im going to make a cannon VERY SOON and im looking at tons online. Yours is DA BOMB! How the heck can you make it and what do i need to buy to make it? Its ok if you wanna keep it your special secret haha. But if u think its ok....GREAT! :D

ok, here is xD

to make the spud:
2.5" x 3" increaser reducer ( this is the front fitting)
2.5" x 4" increaser reducer
2.5" x 45" pipe for barrel
4" x 20" pipe for chamber
4" cleanout plug
4" fitting cleanout adapter
Lighter
glue
Wires
very small pipe (to pass the wires inside to the chamber)
two screws
three 1" end caps
a 1" pipe
and two 1" Tee fittings


the rest is with u ;D
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:13 pm

Very nice distance. I am surprised that you managed to find the spud!
Awesome cannon, well done. 11/10 :D
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Fri Jan 25, 2008 10:24 pm

Hey thanks a bunch! Were can i Get the wire? Will it be at a lowes or somthing like that? :?
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:30 pm

what is the deal that you stuck on the end of the barrel before loading it? and what do you use for fuel?
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:38 pm

That thing on the end was a sabot. Since he has the badass muzzle on the end, he uses the sabot to cut the round. As far as the fuel, his original post said he uses propane.
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:44 pm

That 200 meter+ shot was great! I hope my first combustion turns out that good. I like things that go BOOM! BANG! KAPOW! Echo's across the fields. Nice!!!
Do you plan on building anymore cannons?
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Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:34 pm

Wow that blows my cannon out of the water
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Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:39 am

thanks... I am brazilian but i live in japan....

i thought firearms were illegal in japan, or are spud guns not considered firearms over there
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The only type of firearm which a Japanese citizen may even contemplate acquiring is a shotgun.[5] Sportsmen are permitted to possess shotguns for hunting and for skeet and trap (p.27)shooting, but only after submitting to a lengthy licensing procedure.[6] Without a license, a person may not even hold a gun in his or her hands.

From some website.
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Sun Feb 24, 2008 3:13 pm

hey very nice cannon i almost made my first simple cannon.

i have one question.

can any body give me plans how to make that gas lighter ignition like here i want that too coz bbq ignitors etc damn hard to get in The Netherlands....


plz help me. i think i make topic of it
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Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:51 am

Juicy :P very nice design, looks very clean and neat aswell. :D
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:20 am

really like your cannon man, just one question, how do you put the trigger on?
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Mon Mar 24, 2008 8:46 am

hey, thnaks..
errm... the trigger is just a lighter...
take out the gas tank and just add some wires to the chamber...
srry for my bad english xD
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