Grape Shot

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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Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:39 am

That looks just like a coffee machine.
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:22 am

I'm afraid your wrong SpudChucker24,coffee machines try and look like this spudgun,it's so beautiful.
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:31 am

Good god thats incredible. It looks like some high tech distilling apparatus. Thats a piece of art...
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:39 am

by the way the title is misleading, I was expecting something along these lines.
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:18 am

I completely agree with you
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:34 am

yes it does look like a distilling apparatus..... a propane powered still.... Are you into moonshining ? :D as much as I am ?

yes JSR I was talking about the same thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape_shot
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:19 am

looks beautiful, but the first thing I thought was "expresso machine"!
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:43 am

schmanman wrote:looks beautiful, but the first thing I thought was "expresso machine"!
Oh come on, since when do coffee machines have such a long barrel :D
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:49 am

schmanman wrote:looks beautiful, but the first thing I thought was "expresso machine"!
as did i :D

but its so damn shiny like, copper is great and all, but this is just BLING :D
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:56 am

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:Oh come on, since when do coffee machines have such a long barrel
You've obviously never seen a coffee machine I've fixed then...
Does that thing kinda look like a big cat to you?
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Ragnarok wrote:You've obviously never seen a coffee machine I've fixed then...
"oi Rag, gissa cuppa coffee!"

"Sure, could you hold that cup and stand *pulls whiteboard out from behind back and does a lot of calculations, graphs etc.* 247.59 yards away please"

*whooosh*
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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:39 am

rofl, owchie, gut.. hurts.. so.. bad :D :lol: :D
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:
Ragnarok wrote:You've obviously never seen a coffee machine I've fixed then...
"oi Rag, gissa cuppa coffee!"

"Sure, could you hold that cup and stand *pulls whiteboard out from behind back and does a lot of calculations, graphs etc.* 247.59 yards away please"

*whooosh*
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Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:19 am

Damn dude...I'm not a fan of combustions but that thing looks like a work of art. Well done.
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Fri Feb 15, 2008 4:37 pm

wo that thing looks really awsome i salute you to your good work
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