help with my cloud

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bob-a-lu
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:36 pm

ok i am making a cloud out of a peanut butter jar. i know its ghetto but its a jumbo sized jar(for more ammo). i was wondering if i could use a keyboard duster with some vinyl tubing running into the gun in stead of a compressor. would that work? :idea:
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:05 pm

As long as its a steady flow of air it should work, But it also depends on the chamber size & the distance you want them to go. But it should work.
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:09 pm

I did that for a film canister cloud. It worked, but the BBs didn't go but about 12 ft. Buy a 7gal airtank at lowes for like $25 and pump it up with a bike pump. Then just get a hose for it and a blowgun, and you are done!
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:10 pm

thanks guys!! 8)
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:32 pm

I believe a jumbo peanut butter jar will be too big to use without a large capacity air compressor, or a regulated CO2 system.
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Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:31 pm

thanx redneck. i changed it to a 6" diameter medicine bottle. i took off the white child, lock put in a pen tube, and put in some vinyl tubing. now all i need is more bbs and a duster.
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