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Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:29 pm

you guys have to check this out:

http://www.docsmachine.com/nonPB/mortar.html

I would imagine most would find it quite interesting.
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:33 pm

UMM I WANT ONE!!!!!!! That is totally sweet!!
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:36 pm

wow, thats is awesome. Shame the guy didn't build a stand for it, it would look so much better (not that it doesn't kick ass as is).
Wonder how much that cost? looked like sch80 steel pipe, and i know that 2 inch thick steel costs a pretty penny. Maybe he got lucky and found that stuff at a junkyard.
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:39 pm

I think this is one of the few threads that actualy needs to be titled in all caps for full effect.
I dont think they would let him use it atthe local alley though.
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Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:56 pm

This makes me hate that my huge pipe is just a tiny frickin' bit too small for bowling balls. :x
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:09 am

Another common practice is to use old welding cylinders. As funny as it is, people usually use ones that will not pass hydro.
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I was actually thinking just that BC Pneumatics. I have a 10lb and a 5lb CO2 cylinder that won't get used (I have 2 twenty-pounders). Maybe this is just the thing to do with them. Finding decent projectiles may be a problem though.
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There are more refined was of doing things :wink:
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:37 am

it says that it is made of sewer pipe lol pretty cool
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:01 am

Wow... that is awesome. It makes one want to make some black powder guns that launch concrete-filled tin cans. I know, we don't discuss it here...
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:37 pm

yes it is... um, sad that we dont talk about gunpowder, but oh well. i just thought it was an interesting thing to post here.
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:46 pm

wow......that is just soooo cool i would kill (not realy) for a video of that thing working
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:11 pm

wow they dont even use that much powder!!!
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Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:27 pm

Killjoy wrote:wow, thats is awesome. Shame the guy didn't build a stand for it, it would look so much better (not that it doesn't kick ass as is).
Wonder how much that cost? looked like sch80 steel pipe, and i know that 2 inch thick steel costs a pretty penny. Maybe he got lucky and found that stuff at a junkyard.
It looked like a sawed off used air tank,(co2, or nitrogen) ingenious idea, stuff is pressure rated to a gizzzzzillion psi. LOL more like 4000. Perfect for a cannon.
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