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Lewbo
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Fri Sep 15, 2006 4:50 pm
this is my first cannon, which is made from this toy foam missile launcher, re-enforced by duct tape. i made a pistol grip, and added a piezo igniter.
i didnt have any of those 'sewer caps' so i cut the top off a pepsi bottle and acctached it to the end with a $hit load of duct tape.
and here is the pistol grip with piezo wired up and inserted into the cannon with two push pins

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SpudStuff
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Fri Sep 15, 2006 5:47 pm
Thats pritty nice. I couldn't see the Bottle at first. Youy should paint over the tape.
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Lewbo
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Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:54 am
i would if i could buy spray paint, and i would probably end up f*cking it up if i tried to paint it with a paintbrush and all
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killagorrila99
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Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:05 am
What are you talking about? Its spraypaint, You dont need a brush.
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MrCrowley
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Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:55 am
hes saying he cant get spray paint but if he used normal paint he would screw it up coz he sucks with a paintbrush.
p.s im not saying you suck lol im just explaining it to killa

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Lewbo
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pyrogeek
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Thu Sep 21, 2006 12:05 am
Yeah, all the stores have this little thing about not selling a lot of things to people under 18, spray paint being one of them.
My advice to Lewbo would be to look around and try to buy spray paint at a small hardware store, or someplace that wouldn't typically have kids buying stuff from it. Like Walmart won't sell me butane for my lighter, but this other store (Menards, a home center in my area) will.