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Here's my first pneumatic gun. It has a 40" 1.5" chamber. I have a Lawn Genie Model 54004 on it right now, unmodded. I know I need to mod it, but I'm waiting for the cash to come in. Right now, I use either the 1" barrel for potatos or batteries, or the 1/2" barrel for marbles. This thing can shoot just as far, if not farther than my combustion. (Modeled after the Green Hornet for AdvancedSpuds with a few differences) I had most of the pipe, so the whole gun, including the sprinkler valve cost under $20. I know the marble barrel is short and bent, but the lady gave me 6.5ft and I could only salvage around 5ft, it was bent so bad. Included are some damage pics with a Fisher Price picnic table. First shot was just a potato from the 1", and second is with a marble in the 1/2". Both were with 90 psi.Image
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Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:43 pm

not a bad gun good damage to 8)
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Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:47 pm

This is a good first Cannon. I like the way you did the trigering inside a pipe instead of a project box. Are the batteries in the fish food thing. It looks very ghetto. Word 8)
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Fri Nov 17, 2006 6:50 pm

Yeah, just ghetto rigged it till it's modded.
Batteries are in the yellow container- 3 9v's.
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Looking sweet, Keep up the DAMB good work! I look forward to more from you.
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Wed Dec 06, 2006 2:23 am

definatly keep the fish food container i think it gives your gun character..
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Good job.
Man I bet those marble get going fast in 5ft of barrel. You should paint fish on it and give it a name.
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Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:59 pm

what psi do you use,

If the pipe is rated 180psi, how many can you fit in there safely.
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very nice gun ,very clean but for the next one you make you should change the chamber to barrel ratio, in a pnumatic a good c:b ratio is anything from 2:1 to 4:1, of course a little overkill never hurt
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Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:15 pm

give it a barrel support, it looks like it might crack off any second.
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Explosions-R-Us wrote: I have a Lawn Genie Model 54004 on it right now, unmodded. I know I need to mod it, but I'm waiting for the cash to come in. Right now,
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you do know that modding it costs no money at all right?
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Besides the blow gun, the air hose, hose clamps and various nipples and brass fittings, sure it costs no money at all!
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all you need is a blow gun or a 1/4 inch ball valve.
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Sun Jul 15, 2007 4:36 pm

You guys do realise this was posted over 6 months ago, right?
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:lol: Whoops! But still...
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