home made potatoe gun!!!!
02-07-2005, 11:14 PM
#13
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Re:home made potatoe gun!!!!
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thats mine. electronic firing, 2" accumulator, 1/2" breech load barrel. Max you can get with hairspray is like 15psi, i ran 120psi.
im thinking of selling it since i havent used it in 2 years.
http://img11.exs.cx/img11/8509/dsc003901nu.jpg
thats mine. electronic firing, 2" accumulator, 1/2" breech load barrel. Max you can get with hairspray is like 15psi, i ran 120psi.
im thinking of selling it since i havent used it in 2 years.
02-08-2005, 12:00 AM
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Re:home made potatoe gun!!!!
I made a gun that shoots tennis *****, much more fun because they are round and get a good seal, they get a bit fried do to heat tho.
My next one will be one that shoots golf *****, they are really cheap and will cause some damage to targets.
My next one will be one that shoots golf *****, they are really cheap and will cause some damage to targets.
02-08-2005, 02:07 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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Re:home made potatoe gun!!!!
Originally Posted by Cray91
You guys ever think of just using real guns?? The bullets fly for miles, and they will ---- ---- up.
No need to ----- foot around with veggies and sporting goods.
No need to ----- foot around with veggies and sporting goods.
02-08-2005, 03:57 AM
#18
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Re:home made potatoe gun!!!!
Originally Posted by junkyard racer
This is the ultimate potato gun. this is a one of a kind.
story time, my buddies and i were really into potato guns back in the day, and we could never figure out how to get around using an igniter and a flamable substance. his dad was a plumber so we had access to LOTS of useless pipes and ----. we made a gun that used air instead of flamables. bacially make it the same way, but put a valve in there, and on the holding tank, put a valve stem. we have went nuts with these, put gauges and all kinds of ----. our furthurest shoot was about a half a mile. 100-125psi in a small chamber will launch a potato far as hell. I made this one when i was home for christmas, we had about $10 in the entire thing. i was gonna make a write up, but we forgot the camera, and were to excited to wait to make it. :P anyways here it is...
now the best part about it is, you can fill the tank up, and use it whenever. you also know exactly when shes gonna fire. you dont have to keep clickin and ----. this one is a little different, -with the inlet, but its all we had. it worked though.
story time, my buddies and i were really into potato guns back in the day, and we could never figure out how to get around using an igniter and a flamable substance. his dad was a plumber so we had access to LOTS of useless pipes and ----. we made a gun that used air instead of flamables. bacially make it the same way, but put a valve in there, and on the holding tank, put a valve stem. we have went nuts with these, put gauges and all kinds of ----. our furthurest shoot was about a half a mile. 100-125psi in a small chamber will launch a potato far as hell. I made this one when i was home for christmas, we had about $10 in the entire thing. i was gonna make a write up, but we forgot the camera, and were to excited to wait to make it. :P anyways here it is...
now the best part about it is, you can fill the tank up, and use it whenever. you also know exactly when shes gonna fire. you dont have to keep clickin and ----. this one is a little different, -with the inlet, but its all we had. it worked though.
we use to steal all the parts from the local contruction site for our hairspray type ones, picuture a shop vac with a barrel coming out of it, thats the size of the last one I built, I took it to school in grade 9 for a science project, lol. It was raped in several layers of carpet incase it were to explode. The first couple times we shot it the bottom blew off and the hole gun shot a good 4 feet into the air. I had several ignition points inside the gun cause I was having problems with incomplete burns. The gun had so much power it would regularly blow the barrel right off the gun (break the abs plastic, lol) We experimented with different sized guns and barrels and there is pretty much a limit of about 2 city blocks with the hairspray types. we would have tried it with oxyacetalyne, but it would haver surely exploded.
You can get more distance out of the air powered ones, but the cost is higher since the electric butterfly valves you need are over 70 bucks for a small sized gun.
I've seen a couple truck mounted air powered guns with huge tanks that supposedly shoot over 2 miles. At this point you are no longer shooting potatoes but blocks of ice, lol.
I"ll see if i can get pics of my old one, I built it before digital camaras were the ----.
02-08-2005, 03:59 AM
#19
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Re:home made potatoe gun!!!!
Originally Posted by kain
pfft just use propane and pressurized air
also, you get a better shot when you spray the ---- in throuigh the barrel, then push the potato. it compreses the mixture and makes it go up considerably.
also, you get a better shot when you spray the ---- in throuigh the barrel, then push the potato. it compreses the mixture and makes it go up considerably.
02-08-2005, 08:02 AM
#20
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Join Date: Apr 2004
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Re:home made potatoe gun!!!!
get a bigger holding tank? you need to learn there littke buddy 
the bigger the holding tank, the more time it takes to get out. believe me, our best ones had small holding tanks. in that small tank, we put about 100-120psi.
and that valve works perfect to. but who knows, you said its not, so that must be right
the bigger the holding tank, the more time it takes to get out. believe me, our best ones had small holding tanks. in that small tank, we put about 100-120psi.
and that valve works perfect to. but who knows, you said its not, so that must be right
