SpudFiles

Ok Ok, 1st thing first

I payed 46.20 for my guns materials, and this isent including my BBq igniter, and PVC glue

Now, is it just me, or is bunnings bloody expensive or what??

if so, can all u aussies out dere help me with were YOU shop, for your materials???

Thanx
gonkz

Yes it is expensive, iam from the UK and find it really hard to find materials, from decent suppliers mine so far has cost me over a 100quid and it hasen't got a barrell yet.

Hope you find some decent suppliers good look fella!!

Animal

ive got a really cheap irrigation shop near me and the guy that works there is nice too he wants me to bring my new gun in to show him

P.S. bunnings is expensive i ended up spending nearly $90 australian
on a simple combustion cannon but it did have 3 changable barrels tho

That not too bad i have to send off for mine through mail order it cost £15 every time i order for delivery what ever i buy

Animal

Dont worry too much dude, here in America, we have had all these hurricans and stuff, and the cost of PVC is heading for a 50% increase. All building materials is getting a 15-50% boost in price. Yes, I know this due to reading the paper.

Hell ya it has increased. The local stores prices increased right around 50% for PVC parts. Im glad I decided to stock up on SDR21 before the hurricance hit New Orleans. I think the one in New Orleans made it increase the most that and gas prices. When you buy PVC parts for your cannon you have to figure about half of your expenses go to gas (no its not that bad.) Just a off topic thought but has the price of gas increased in the UK and australia to or is it just in the US?

I live in Tennessee, and gas is cheaper in New York and L.A. The US prices vary from state to state, norther states and westerns states get thier gas from elsewhere, souther states get it from, you guessed it, the coastal areas. And in other countries the gas prices are different cause they use the taxes for thier national health care and stuff. Not an expert on that stuff, just using foggy info I have gathered up.

[quote="Ballad_Black"] the cost of PVC is heading for a 50% increase. All building materials is getting a 15-50% boost in price.

omg, i am so glad i stocked up on like 10 ft of 4, 3, 2, 2.5, 2 sch 80,.75,.75 cpvc and .5. that whole load cost me proably 150$ im glad i bought it then cuz i probably saved 75$

Yea, i'd scan the news paper article I saved about it, but I dont have a usb chord. But im sure you can fin it on news web sites somwhere.

Sorry for the off topic - for pimpman22 the price for gas is forever fluctuating over in the UK but at the mo it seems to be ok even though it is still a rip of at 90-04p per litre around £3.60 per gallon

Animal

Yea, In australia here the petrol was about $1.20 per litre, then after the hurricane, it climbed to about $1.46 per litre. It really sucks if your driving V8's here. All aussies were angry about the petrol prices, they were planing boycotts (unshure of spelling lol) of all major petrol stations to bring the price down. but its about $1.31 now but.

gonkz

problem with boycotts on that is the fact of, you have to band a whole nation together and make sure no one buys it for a few days. And its not a sure thing. We keep going further and further away from spud guns, lol.

oh well

we have to find something to talk about wen were not playing or talking about our spud guns lol

Hell, if anything, it has been an educational and informative topic, lol. Where else ya gonna find this stuff outside the news, lol. Oh yea, post number 50. lol.

The original post had to with economics, all we did was go from PVC to gas. When I originally when I asked the question about gas I forgot that everybody but the US uses the metric system. So basically telling me the prices didnt make a differnce because I dont really know how that transfers over to dollars per gallon.