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Petitlu
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Mon May 21, 2012 4:59 am

I'll get it this afternoon!

I will do tests on lighters and electric arc!
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Mon May 21, 2012 5:18 am

I guarantee your first 24 hours of ownership will be spend filming EVERYTHING in slow motion ;)

I remember I only stopped because the battery went flat hehehe
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Mon May 21, 2012 5:22 am

I think too!

At the same time I do a test projectile for Neverlost!
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Mon May 21, 2012 10:06 pm

Ladies and gents, I give you... Orange boy!

Needs some finishing and a final coat of paint, though this is proboably going to be lost on its first shot anyway... glad I didn't go for fluorescent pink, otherwise it would have really looked like a female pleasure device!
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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Tue May 22, 2012 12:16 am

Excellent!

question: it vibrates?
:D :D
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Tue May 22, 2012 12:17 am

Jeez...with that aerial thingy it looks like it's meant to provide pleasure whilst aborting an unwanted baby :shock:


Looking forward to the test flight :P
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Tue May 22, 2012 12:30 am

:D

At least, JSR gave me every chance that I found!

EDIT :
mine, polycarbonate, it has a steel ball inside, otherwise it is hollow

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Tue May 22, 2012 12:51 am

Petitlu wrote:question: it vibrates?
loooooong story ;P
MrCrowley wrote:Looking forward to the test flight :P
Don't we all :P
Jeez...with that aerial thingy it looks like it's meant to provide pleasure whilst aborting an unwanted baby


Well women always claim to be good at multi-tasking...

Reminded me ofthis :D
mine, polycarbonate, it has a steel ball inside, otherwise it is hollow


Looks good! What was it?
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Tue May 22, 2012 1:02 am

the body is a polycarbonate tube that serves to protect neon.
the cone is a yellow cap tube of glue "resists all"
the gray is a tip for Gardena watering

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Tue May 22, 2012 1:20 am

hahaha very interesting combination of stuff :D It has a poor ballistic coefficient because of low sectional density, but it should still fly a couple of hundred metres with enough pressure behind it :)
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Tue May 22, 2012 1:34 am

performance was not the goal!
:wink:

"hahaha very interesting combination of stuff"
I do not workshop or machine tools so I do with things that already exist! :D
I like to have a metal lathe as you ...

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Petitlu wrote:I do not workshop or machine tools so I do with things that already exist! :D


I've been there :)
I like to have a metal lathe as you ...
If you only want to make small parts, something like this is compact, precise, well made, reliable and doesn't cost and arm and a leg either:

http://cgi.ebay.fr/PROXXON-Prazisions-D ... 5ae62d063a
Compil Casio EX-ZR100
hehe excellent, welcome to the high speed club :D your test shots will be a lot more interesting now!
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Tue May 22, 2012 3:00 am

Proxon I know, but I also lack of space, I should put the metal lathe on my desk ... :(

Proxon I know, but I also lack of space, I should put the metal lathe on my desk ...

I will study the user manual of the camera!
in fact, the battery is empty!
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Tue May 22, 2012 3:11 am

Lack of space doesn't have to be an excuse, check these compact workshop solutions out! http://www.sherline.com/shops.htm

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Heck, even a kitchen :D

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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Tue May 22, 2012 6:35 am

Petitlu wrote::lol:

within an hour I think I have that camera at home!

http://www.boulanger.fr/webapp/wcs/stor ... or=CS3-967

1000fps ! :P


Damn.. that seems like bang for the bucks... thnx.. did not know of this cheap little baby :-).. think ill look in to that in a near future :-)

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:
On another note, natas - you have machine tools, a nice big combustion cannon and seemingly loads of space to shoot over... maybe some projectile optimisation would be good for you ;)


Neh.. so far im pretty happy with potatoes (remember i have only been spudding for a few weeks, i just build my first cannon) :-)

Just want to have some fun, not kill anything :wink:


I can see me making some kickass ammo at a later stage, i already have a few shells on the drawingboard with changeable steel tips... first thing im gonna make is probably gasoline ammo tho, Bang AND Fire.... perfect :-)
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