Mike writes "I had a bunch of free time, not knowing what to do, so with all parts that i found laying in my basement, i made a spud gun.I get Make Magazine, so thats where my inspiration came from, they have a nice pdf on there website, and article in there magazine about building a spud gun. It strays a bit from the normal plans for a spud gun, but it does work". Link.
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Aug 21, 2005 11:12 AM
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Nice use of improvised parts. However, I have to wonder at how much has really been achieved here. After all, cannons powered by explosives have been around since the middle ages.
I once made a pneumatic gun for a Battlebot. See the bottom of this page: http://tinyplanet.com/robots.php
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looks pretty unsafe to me, id suggest against firing it... as a veteran spudder i cant reccomend any less than properly solvent welded schedule 40 (NOT cellular core!) pvc. i have a pretty nice propane metered one with interchangeable barrels, 100k volt ignition, chamber fan, and a pretty cool paint job. the best place to research the stuff is probably at the spudtech.com forums. not sure how active they are nowadays but it at least used to be the most professional group of spudders on the web. although i do applaud the use of found materials, i would not fire it unless youre being extremely careful with it.
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OK, kids! Let's make a pressure vessel with some hot glue!
Very very not a good idea.
As far as wondering how much has really been achieved here, who really cares? I thought I was pretty clever when I repaired my spud gun with a beer bottle cap and some duct tape. I know I'm not doing cold fusion here, but it's a good way to spend an afternoon with a sack of potatoes.
That other way to spend an afternoon with a sack of potatoes, well, let's just say that the potatoes won't respect you in the morning.
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OK, kids! Let's make a pressure vessel with some hot glue!
Very very not a good idea.
As far as wondering how much has really been achieved here, who really cares? I thought I was pretty clever when I repaired my spud gun with a beer bottle cap and some duct tape. I know I'm not doing cold fusion here, but it's a good way to spend an afternoon with a sack of potatoes.
That other way to spend an afternoon with a sack of potatoes, well, let's just say that the potatoes won't respect you in the morning.
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I should not be the least bit surprised to see you up to something like this. It looks like you had a lot of fun with that thing. It it your new security system? Your grandpa would have gotten a big kick out of reading about your latest escapade! Keep it up BUT... be careful!
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