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Show us your pneumatic spud gun! Discuss pneumatic (compressed gas) powered potato guns and related accessories. Valve types, actuation, pipe, materials, fittings, compressors, safety, gas choices, and more.
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This is my cannon, the ARC. I made it a while ago out of spare parts and make shift fittings just to have a little fun. It was ghetto but it was powerfull, it had a modified sprinkler valve and all.

Now I have got some more parts for it and it works like a charm :D

It has a 40mm barrel about 3 feet long, a 75mm chamber little over 2 feet, modified Hunter Jartop sprinkler valve, over and under configuration, 0-100psi pressure gauge, scharder fill valve and 3 white cable ties :P

I finished it a few days ago so I will really test it on the weekend and make some nice vids of a TV getting destroyed :twisted: I tested it today, the recoil was impressive, it suprized me. It is nice and light, comfortable to hold to and very user freindly.

Now for pics.
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Thu May 10, 2007 2:45 pm

sweet. what size sprinkler is it?? i like the look of this gun kinda looks like that one t shirt gun in the contest
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Thu May 10, 2007 2:55 pm

you should replace the cable ties with big jubilee clips :shock:
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Fri May 11, 2007 5:29 am

Ooh. That is nifty. But what's with the first picture? Are you hiding your camera in a paper bag?
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Fri May 11, 2007 5:56 am

mega_swordman wrote:Ooh. That is nifty. But what's with the first picture? Are you hiding your camera in a paper bag?
haha nah i thinks the camera is looking through a hole in a potato.

nice cannon man, ya should be proud of it

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Fri May 11, 2007 9:07 am

Nice gun, where did u happen to get that blowgun from? Im looking for one of that style but having a hard time finding one.
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Fri May 11, 2007 3:26 pm

spanerman wrote:you should replace the cable ties with big jubilee clips :shock:
What is a jubilee clip?
Nice gun, where did u happen to get that blowgun from? Im looking for one of that style but having a hard time finding one.
Well this seems to be a universal blowgun made for various companies and put under various names but you should be able to find them around. I would have preferred to use those small ones with the red rubberized trigger but I have not seen those where I live. Don't really remember where I got that one but I live in South Africa so it wouldn't matter anyway.
Ooh. That is nifty. But what's with the first picture? Are you hiding your camera in a paper bag?
Actually that was a latex glove container found with hair dye products. It was oblitorated after it hit a target, it was filled with stones. Just thought it would make an interesting pic.

I am going to make some videos tomorrow and will get many damage pics. I will also explain how to make a co2 fill station for cannons out of an unregulated paintball co2 tank. The trick is to fill slowly, that way all the co2 expands, warms up and you can fill to whatever pressure you want safely.
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Fri May 11, 2007 4:08 pm

Nice cannon man. Looking good as ever. :P
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Fri May 11, 2007 4:29 pm

you may now jubilee clips as hose clamps...
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Fri May 11, 2007 4:35 pm

Thanks for all the comments guys :D

Hose claps are not flexable enough for my liking, they can bend the PVC and look funny sometimes. I have some big ones. The cable ties look better to me.
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Ok, I haven't edited any video yet but I took some shots (2) at a TV, the glass was much thicker than I thought it would be. Was fun.
Still have to shoot it some more, the thing is barely limping. So here is some pics of the TV and co2 set up.

I made the co2 set up from a paintball remote coil, a spyder ASA and a scharder valve adapter line(< making up words but you know what I mean)
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Sun May 13, 2007 7:41 am

awesome! I would like to have one of those for my bb rifle.

this thing is cool. TV's and computers are harder to penetrate than you'd think, eh?

and this one will have some interesting music. :wink:
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Tue May 15, 2007 9:11 pm

i cant tell didi you use a ball valve as the trigger or a sprinkler valve
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Tue May 15, 2007 9:16 pm

He used a sprinkler valve for the triger.
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Wed May 16, 2007 1:38 am

pyromaniac wrote:He used a sprinkler valve for the triger.

*to be accurate,he used a blowgun for the trigger.
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