Tennis Balls

A place for general potato gun questions and discussions.
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Weasel
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 12:51 pm

What size barrel do i need for a tennis ball? i am not a super great mesurment guy and i figger i can save myself from myself and just ask.
i am also incredibly lazy (off topic) if any of you know what size i need or if you have made a tennis ball launcher befor your info would be used with great joy.

my friend wants to use it for baseball practice (pop flys) we are gonna launch the tennis ball way up into the air and he can practice catching. after i make it mabye ill post some pop fly videos lol
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:05 pm

2.5" sch 40 PVC is the right size
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Weasel
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 3:47 pm

thanks this gun is gonna be great i cant wait to show you all!!!!

thanks again for the info
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 4:21 pm

It's called the search bar for a reason; it helps you to search for information like this.
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Weasel
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 5:16 pm

its called experiance and my search bar dosent know what size i need but on the other hand.... PEOPLE WHO SPEND THEIR SPARE TIME LAUNCHING TENNIS BALLS MIGHT.

and my search bar doesnt like your attitude

i just bought my clear sch 80 chamber 4" for only 25$ its pretty sweet
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:29 pm

is it just me or is there no such thing as a 4"x2.5" reducer?!? i asked my search bar and he has no fricken idea! as usual! does anybody know of a website that sells odd sized fixtures?
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 8:43 pm

alright cut the attitude with BLB. you should have used the search bar, but because you're new i cut you a break. your search bar could have told you the size of tennis balls, but apparently you were to busy being an arrogant ass to check it.

there may not be a 4x2.5" reducer, i dont know, but if you cant find one, combine 2 reducers, like 4x3 and 3x2.5
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Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:46 pm

http://mcmaster.com
Part number=4880K616
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Weasel
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Mon Sep 05, 2005 1:52 pm

thanks drac

i did find the size of a tennis ball with the searchbar it told me about the forums and i asked on the fourms and found out.

and how was i suppose to feel? i ask a simple question that takes 1 sec to answer and i get harrased about the importance of search bars? couldent he have just noticed my question had been answered and gone on with his life? i guess not he had to try and make me look like a noob and take time out of his life to do somthing that dident help anyone. so naturaly i dident apreciate it and for that matter im not an arrogant ass thats why i tried to get help from people i thought had some common respect. i apologize for getting a little sarcastic its just my nature

thanks for the info guys
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Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:21 pm

check mcmaster.com for the fittings your looking. they tend to carry off the wall stuff for potato guns. and the 4'' clear chamber is a sweet idea for night time spudding. I have one about 18'' long on my gun but that isnt the complete chamber size.
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Wed Sep 14, 2005 8:09 pm

ya i just got the fitting, it was hard to find to, it was in the bathroom at our highschool football game, i looked at it and i was like DANG THATS IT and pulled the gutter out and me and 2 friends yanked it off and slaped it on my gun when i got home. now im just getting the clear barrel and ill be ready to roll
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