My Potato Gun
05-19-2008, 06:40 PM
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Im my spare time today my friends and I decided to make a potato gun.
I has not launched a projectile yet but it does work and safty precautions will be taken when we do launch it.
90% of the materials were found at home depot (PVC pipe)
The others were the ignitor from a mini grill and some wire.
I has not launched a projectile yet but it does work and safty precautions will be taken when we do launch it.
90% of the materials were found at home depot (PVC pipe)
The others were the ignitor from a mini grill and some wire.
05-19-2008, 06:47 PM
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now that brings back some memories.. we modified that design a bit after we got bored and starting launching trailer hitch balls using compressed air reservoir tanks with a trigger to launch stuff. lmao.gif
05-19-2008, 07:34 PM
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That is an OK gun. i have made some pretty amazing guns, but I am a plumber/pipe fitter and have access to better material. That is a good starter gun, although the Pizo ignitor will probably evetually plug up with what ever you are using to go boom. Have fun, but take a minute to look at the gun every few shots, because the PVC will eventually start to break down, I am pretty sure that is only schedule 80 PVC
05-19-2008, 07:46 PM
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Its a grill ignitor, and im using PROPANE, I took the fitting of the mini grill and the mini tanks, I spray a small burst in it and BOOM.
Got any pics of yours?
Got any pics of yours?
05-20-2008, 05:39 PM
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Got some vids. These arent the best shots we had. The farthest werent caught on tape. Had one shot go 500 feet easy. We were using a foam ball and a rock on top of the ball.
05-20-2008, 06:17 PM
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sweet! I'd like to see that thing shot in mortar mode, or a handle on it so that it's more natural to shoot it by hand. Great fun!
05-22-2008, 08:59 PM
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Well the other day my friends and I went to Fire off the potato gun some more and on our way our we decided to go down a path that we had seen many times before but never investagated. Keep in mind he has a 07' Pontiac G6 GTP coupe, lowered, fwd. And we decided to go off-roading.
^^^ Check the potato gun under the wheel, LOLZ haha.gif.
Anywayz we got it stuck and after about an hour and me callin in to my work to tell them i would be able to make it in, we were free by the help of my dad with his Jeep. Big thx to my pop. Just another chapter in the dumsh*t book on our part. BTW i fixed the sud gun and were contemplating making a 3incher (diamater of barrel) to be able to launch cans.
^^^ Check the potato gun under the wheel, LOLZ haha.gif.
Anywayz we got it stuck and after about an hour and me callin in to my work to tell them i would be able to make it in, we were free by the help of my dad with his Jeep. Big thx to my pop. Just another chapter in the dumsh*t book on our part. BTW i fixed the sud gun and were contemplating making a 3incher (diamater of barrel) to be able to launch cans.