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nadjatee1996
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Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:45 pm

JSR style...well..the epoxy part is his style xD

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Damage with a battery at kinda close range (2 yards?) it busted through the box behind that too and now I can't find the battery. It was on my second shot that the bottle popped. This is fired at an estimation of 35 PSI.

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The first Shrader valve I used, it was too short, so I had to use my longer one that my dad got for me. Note the amount of epoxy on it. Because of what I thought was a leak, this isn't the first coat of epoxy, this was the third. (Other two was sawed off with Dremel, a pain in the butt.)

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Looking down the makeshift sights xD

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The busted bottle

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The support I had to add because I ran out of epoxy, its .5 in PVC cut in half and taped

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The hose+valve+part of the barrel+part of the support. The epoxy on the bottom is because I thought there was a leak there, I gotta cut it with my Dremel now.

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The whole shebang
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Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:45 pm

wow does that ever look sketchy!
I'd at least use a soda bottle to reduce the chances of it bursting, but personally i wouldn't go near that thing, i doubt the handle can take much pressure
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Sadly, this is all I got,so cut me a little slack, willya? I'm switching that bottle out for a soda bottle as soon as I can. I'm buying a proper blow gun trigger ASAP as well. Also, the hose thing is fine, its all right and won't break anytime soon
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Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:15 am

Wow that is extremely ghetto. Im impressed :D
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Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:21 am

XD, thank you for complimenting on its ghetto-ness
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Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:57 am

Well with a fresh coat of paint and a wooden stock this will....probably still be very ghetto.

I wouldn't want that anywhere near me.
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Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:01 am

Hey, it won't bite, and naah, it looks cool as is, no wodden stock, I like to keep it real. But my next few projects might involve a stock...or stocks...
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Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:55 am

nadjatee1996 wrote:JSR style...
wow does that ever look sketchy!

I said NOTHING! :P :wink: :lol:
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Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:47 am

Gippeto wrote:I said NOTHING! :P :wink: :lol:
There, worse than Rickrolling. :P :D

Actually, it doesn't look as bad as I expected :)

2 or 3 litre soda bottle can safely be taken to 100 psi or so without blowing up, and gives you the possibility of more than one shot per fill.
I ran out of epoxy
I'm not surprised :D
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Oh man, it's been a while since we had a Ghetto Award winner! Safe or not, it's a great use of found objects. :o Here's your trophy, sir. http://www.launchpotatoes.com/images/ghettoaward.JPG
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Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:24 am

Congratulations nadjatee1996, it's not every day or every ghetto gun that earns the "Ghetto Award".

Nice tape...eeerrrr cannon! :P
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That photo is so bad that his photography deserves better. Here is a better photo of the award you can be proud of.
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A little photo editing to correct some color problems.
A little photo editing to correct some color problems.
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:
Gippeto wrote:I said NOTHING! :P :wink: :lol:
There, worse than Rickrolling. :P :D

Actually, it doesn't look as bad as I expected :)

2 or 3 litre soda bottle can safely be taken to 100 psi or so without blowing up, and gives you the possibility of more than one shot per fill.
I ran out of epoxy
I'm not surprised :D
I can't even open the link..it freezes up Chrome >.>

Oh, and thanks...now to build a real gun xD
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:There, worse than Rickrolling. :P :D
I want the 10 seconds of my life that I wasted on that link....BACK! :lol:

Erased from memory would also suffice. :wink:
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Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:17 pm

lol..what was it?..RONANKEATINGROLLING?lolwut? <- I haven't said that in months, like actually said it...
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