thecicadas first piston dart gun!! GDSPG

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thespeedycicada
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 3:32 pm

This is my little ghetto dart shootin piston gun i made it in twenty minutes i have no clue if it will work but im sure it will leak a bit.it is half inch pipe from a ballvalve gun the barrel is some old aluminum pipe thing from a fire extinguisher and its piloted by a blowgun.The piston is an eraser that i cut to fit the barrel perfect.

Damage pics tomorrow (hopefully :roll: )
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the curing barrel.
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pilot and schrader.
pilot and schrader.
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waiting for the epoxy to cure.<br />the periodic table should show how much of a nerd i am=p
waiting for the epoxy to cure.
the periodic table should show how much of a nerd i am=p
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S.P.E.C.S update mk 1 construction begining in febuary all the maths for it are done plans are drawn up and parts are listed.
NEXT project:auto piston valve.
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 4:27 pm

mmmmm...... toes....

Looks like it has potential.
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 5:13 pm

Yes, indeed

Some of the greatest toes have started life-in-the-spotlight right here on Spudfiles!!

I see your feet have grown all the way to the ground.
You must be tall :D
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Oh my friggin god stop being so awesome, that thing is pure kick ass. Most innovative and creative pneumatic that the files have ever come by!

Can't ask for a better compliment!!
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:34 pm

Looking good there might I suggest you turn the blow gun, to face forward, and put a drop or 2 of epoxy in the blowgun so that it exhausts some what quicker. I can see the front of the cannon just begging for a fore grip. and a mock sight couldn't hurt. :wink:
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 6:42 pm

Looks like what I just made except I vent through my schrader valve.
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:07 pm

seudo411 wrote:Looking good there might I suggest you turn the blow gun, to face forward, and put a drop or 2 of epoxy in the blowgun so that it exhausts some what quicker. I can see the front of the cannon just begging for a fore grip. and a mock sight couldn't hurt. :wink:
How does epoxy give a blowgun more flow?
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 8:10 pm

Looking good there might I suggest you turn the blow gun, to face forward, and put a drop or 2 of epoxy in the blowgun so that it exhausts some what quicker.
Was that sarcasm or what? or did this :wink: give it away?
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 9:01 pm

seudo just to let you know epoxy is an adhesive :wink:
current projects: co-axial piston valve.Status DONE!
S.P.E.C.S update mk 1 construction begining in febuary all the maths for it are done plans are drawn up and parts are listed.
NEXT project:auto piston valve.
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Sun Jan 13, 2008 10:39 pm

it will leak a little through the blowgun, they have an inlet and an outler, you are suposed to have the bigger hole in the blowgun conected to the gun.
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Mon Jan 14, 2008 11:30 am

I will now sincerely apologize for possibly the most ambiguous suggestion ever, the idea behind the epoxy : At the part of the blow gun where the trigger makes contact with the plunger in the blowgun valve assembly, it is possible through using epoxy to allow the plunger to be depressed fully with a shorter squeeze of the trigger. By building up a bumper between the plunger and trigger, it shortens the distance.

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Mon Jan 14, 2008 1:41 pm

I'm deeply impressed and honoured that you named this gun after me - thank you.
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