Silverdooty's Last Combustion
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:29 pm
On 11/16/07 a man I knew as Big Graham Rogers passed away. Spudfiles knew him as Silverdooty. In these parts he was known simply as Big or the "cranky old silver-haired shit".
Big was born 11/15/07, when he rested his eyes for the very last time he was just over 70 yrs old. Big had been battling cancer for the last twenty years. Big had first battled prostate and testicular cancer in the 1980's, then several bouts of skin cancer and finally it was an inoperable brain tumor that stole his last breath from him.
I have known Big since I was 15 and over the last 25 years I have helped Big run his ranch and several of his construction businesses. We have hunted, skied, fished, and drank many a tequila and IPA together. Over the last year arthritis and cancer had taken it's toll on Big. He was no longer strong enough to handle any actual firearms so he turned his attention to launchers. Many of his launchers weren't perfect and most were made into other forms of 'art'. Most of our friends have recieved a simple combustion from Big over the last year and all seem to love to get together and plant 'taters. Big was just amazingly good at getting people interested in just about anything he was doing.
Big was 6'11" 280lbs. when he passed away.
Just a couple of Big's cannons
Ridge Ruckus
Big used this cannon to piss off a neighbor who lived on the other side of the ridge from him. He never really fired anything at her house, but he would tell her he had been planting potatoes in her yard.
4" ID chamber
5' 1.5" ID barrel
camera flash ignition
metered propane
chamber fan
Big's grandson with the Ridge Ruckus
BlueFoam Piston
I'm not sure how many shots this piston has left in it. He would usually get about 120-150 shots per piston. He didn't leave any spare pistons around before he left.
Big had several large combustions in progress and a 4" piston. Many of his projects we don't even know what they were going to be. Valves and PVC all over his shop.
RIP Big Graham "Silverdooty" Rogers
Big was born 11/15/07, when he rested his eyes for the very last time he was just over 70 yrs old. Big had been battling cancer for the last twenty years. Big had first battled prostate and testicular cancer in the 1980's, then several bouts of skin cancer and finally it was an inoperable brain tumor that stole his last breath from him.
I have known Big since I was 15 and over the last 25 years I have helped Big run his ranch and several of his construction businesses. We have hunted, skied, fished, and drank many a tequila and IPA together. Over the last year arthritis and cancer had taken it's toll on Big. He was no longer strong enough to handle any actual firearms so he turned his attention to launchers. Many of his launchers weren't perfect and most were made into other forms of 'art'. Most of our friends have recieved a simple combustion from Big over the last year and all seem to love to get together and plant 'taters. Big was just amazingly good at getting people interested in just about anything he was doing.
Big was 6'11" 280lbs. when he passed away.
Just a couple of Big's cannons
Ridge Ruckus
Big used this cannon to piss off a neighbor who lived on the other side of the ridge from him. He never really fired anything at her house, but he would tell her he had been planting potatoes in her yard.
4" ID chamber
5' 1.5" ID barrel
camera flash ignition
metered propane
chamber fan
Big's grandson with the Ridge Ruckus
BlueFoam Piston
I'm not sure how many shots this piston has left in it. He would usually get about 120-150 shots per piston. He didn't leave any spare pistons around before he left.
Big had several large combustions in progress and a 4" piston. Many of his projects we don't even know what they were going to be. Valves and PVC all over his shop.
RIP Big Graham "Silverdooty" Rogers
