ghetto can cannon

Boom! The classic potato gun harnesses the combustion of flammable vapor. Show us your combustion spud gun and discuss fuels, ratios, safety, ignition systems, tools, and more.
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666lucky693
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Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:00 am

its built from 3 cans that have the bottom drilled out of the top 2 and a touch hole in the bottom can it dosent shoot any thing it just makes a bang and shoots a flame
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the cannon and fuel and starter Aka matches
the cannon and fuel and starter Aka matches
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touch hole
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Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:05 am

my dad used to make these. they work much better with the old cans that didnt have the taper on the edge
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Mon Jul 09, 2007 8:07 am

i heard bout that too i just built this cause i had nothing to do
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 3:45 am

nice and ghetto. i like simplicity.
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:05 am

This was how spud guns were first made apparently. Getting back to the roots.... :lol: A nice vintage you have there!
really good quote/phrase here
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 8:15 am

yea thats y i made it
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 9:29 am

nice! Do you have a photo of the flame?
really good quote/phrase here
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 10:15 am

there really really dangerous apparently. cans ain't made off steel anymore
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 11:46 am

I always appreciate a ghetto cannon that just makes a band and a flame. Have you ever thought of putting in way too much fuel so you simply end up with a huge flame?

I have a ghetto coke bottle combustion floating around here, which was a highly complicated system of a grill sparker and a coke bottle.
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:17 pm

i accually put propane into it and lit the top it was cool
and i broke it cause of that all the tape melted or i would have took a pic of the flame
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Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:43 pm

haha, woohoo for dodgy cannons! Youve got to love that risk of knowing your hand's life is limited!
really good quote/phrase here
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Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:14 pm

no they are safe i have no progectile
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Wed Jul 11, 2007 4:01 pm

sweet thats sounds awesome
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