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.
MaxuS wrote:I had a 1/2" QEV going spare, so I thought I would use it.
The zip ties are just holding it together whilst I stick on some hose clamps.
Fair enough, although I might just have used the QEV as the main valve. It might have been a little more reliable.
To comment on your soldering, the work around the 45 street elbows looks a little messy, other than that it's good.
Great gun!!! that would be an awesome christmas present!!
I making something like that too. Im trying to solder my copper too only it wont hold on. Do you have any advice on how to solder my copper tubes????
JJ pyro wrote:Great gun!!! that would be an awesome christmas present!!
I making something like that too. Im trying to solder my copper too only it wont hold on. Do you have any advice on how to solder my copper tubes????
Put a light coating of soldering flux on the inside of the fitting, (after cleaning with some steel wool pad), this will help draw in the solder. Put the heat on the middle of the fitting, or you will solder one side and melt the other out. Make sure your useing solder for plumbing, (copper), there are different kinds.
Check the wiki, there is probly tips on soldering, or links to them.
nivekatoz wrote:Nice gun .....but you should solder everything together...or something????
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When I say solder things together, I ment the subassemblies not the fittings.......
This is somthing I would expect out of 5 Star General. Nice gun btw I do really like the look of it. I too would have used a QEV as your main valve just because I have no experience with pistons and I have read a lot that they are a pain in the rear to get to work properly.
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Yup, this one certainly was a bitch to make work properly, its so very annoying because it would work, then it would stop working, then it would work, then stop working for no apparant reason. Fixed that problem, the washer was getting caught on the edge of the 22mm pipe inside the reducer tee. So yeah, works well now.
I cleaned up the solder joints, and gave it some wire wooling, looks the tits now..
It certainly dishes out some power, one question if i may.
At the start of the video i see text that says your ammo is lead with bb tips, when i look at the slugs in the still pic they look more like hot glue (unless the colour of lead has changed recently). Also if they were made from lead with a bb tip they would tumble in flight due to the heavier weight of the lead compared to the steel bb.
Hot glue (bb tipped) in this case would make far better (accurate) ammo, they would also have a higher velocity.
Now there is a question in there somewhere....
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I would just loose the bb tips if you want to keep making the slugs out of lead, the bb's do a great job of concentrating force only if the slugs are flying true. By the look of the corrugated iron you were shooting at your rounds are hitting the target sideways, you need the ass end of the rounds to be lighter than the front.
Having said that-Whatever floats your boat!
America, the greatest gangster of all time. With 200 million odd foot soldiers at it's whim and call.
When you fill your car with refined oil remember that it has been paid for with blood and guts, some from your own countrymen, most not.
Ill see if they work 
