What is your favorite spud cannon building supply?

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Fri Mar 09, 2007 6:56 pm

so what is your favorite spud cannon building suply?

i'd say mine is all around just the pvc lol. that or the ignightor. (S.P.)
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:14 pm

you mean material?

steel or pvc.
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Umm, has anyone said beer? Ok then, beer.
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:31 pm

What?

The favourite base component of a cannon?

I thought you meant suppliers... It would make more sense too...

Meh... My favourite bit is uh... copper pipe...
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:00 pm

well, tools too. tolls definitely help. :lol:
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:04 pm

Nah.

A nice 1m length of 15mm copper pipe polished up makes an excellent blowgun all on its own. Can't say that for an adjustable spanner can ya?
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:12 pm

id say the most imporatant and my favorite part of a gun is the valve......
4" piston valved cannon-half done..( i spilt my cement...)

Hybrid- 75% done. need to build propane holder and drill/tap sparkplug hole..
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:18 pm

well, there is really no "most important" part of a gun.

a valve wont do you any good without a chamber, or barrel,
and vice versa.
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I havea fetish for pressure guages
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:45 pm

the fuel ... does that count?
if not, then the electronics (stungun)
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:56 pm

zeig did you make this topic just to get 400 posts .....lol jk.... id say copper does look quite nice, but Pvc is the golden standard.
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Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:57 pm

Some nice 6578 harden steel pipe is nice to work with. And for supplyers I use Lincoln Supply. There a contractor supply place.
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Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:37 am

Any kind of metal tubing, (be it copper, aluminum, steel, brass, etc.), because they make far superior barrels than standard pipe sizes.
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Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:56 am

Yeah, K&S brass tubing is sold in 32nds of an inch increments, and can hold lots of pressure. great for precision barrels for marbles and stuff............. airsoft bb's are a little loose but hey, it works. 19/32 tubing fits batteries nicely.........
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Sat Mar 10, 2007 8:19 pm

I'm still going with beer.
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