My first Combustion

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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Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:12 am

local guns looks the same like that...
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Tue Dec 19, 2006 12:12 am

its the simplest spud gun...
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Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:33 pm

It's not the simplest there is, and don't double post, especially on old, dead, topics.
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Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:04 pm

He also meant it to be simple as it was his first and he is a very good pneumatic builder,I love all his guns, I don't see any of your 'complex' spudguns or any spudguns for that matter spit_spud.
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:36 pm

Nice gun! I really like these big ones, but my mom doesn't let me have one, hehehehehe, what is that piece of woos on the bottom of the chamber used for?
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 9:24 pm

That is one good cannon bro!! Simplicity is the invention of nesesaty its cool it goes and i bet it lets off a pritty good bang! Well i spose thats what its all about!! Well It is it me anyways. and that is a cool setup on your end cap!! faster is always better!!

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Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:00 am

hey i have yet another question

are there different types of bbq sparkers? and i mean bbq sparkers not like stun guns. because the one i have is annoying because the copper wire keeps disconnecting. that looks like a good ignitor. where did it come from?
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:03 am

Yeah there are different types of ignitions you can buy from eletric witch uses a AA battery to just the plain friction ignitors and you can get a good ark on em too.
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ok. but can i put ducktape on the part where the wire goes on and it stiltl works? cause id assume the electrical current would still go through. aaannnnd where could i get one like the one you mentioned?[/list]
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Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:19 am

This is how mine set up i dont know why you'd need any duct tape?
You just drill a hole in your end cap big enough for it to screw in. Put a bit of silicone around it to seal it then liquid nails the bace plate under the screw so it earths out and the WA LA! you have a cheap and very efective ignition. You can pick them up from a hardware store DIY where ever your from or even BBQ shops stock them the cost about 10 to 15 dollars Australian.

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Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:38 am

so what keeps the chamber from launching the wood back out at you?
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 8:47 pm

id say its screwed or glued to the end cap! so it would act a but like a stock.
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Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:41 am

@ Bubba05 : The piezo i bought yesterday looks exactly like that except im clueless as to how and where the spark will be. I duno how to connect it so that i can have 2 wires going to screws in my CC.
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Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:45 am

Bubba, in view of the message legible on that cap, doesn't it strike you as strangely ironic that adorning your launcher with dark rants is in itself a very emo thing to do?
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:55 am

(@ Bubba)

Odd.

It seems that your cannon is anti-emo, any reason for being so?
not that im one myself,
But I had a friend who just died, and she was sorta emo. but thats another matter.

Anyway, the original gun on this topic:

very basic, but as some company says (i forget which one), original is best.
Keep it up.

--Skinner
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