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Old 06-20-2011, 11:54 AM
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I dug up some pics of my potato cannon-

uses propane and a meter valve- and the 4 spark combustion rail system I designed using the electrical components from a gas range the barrel is double-wall with foam insulation in the barrel void- the combustion purge fan came out of a desktop computer.
I'll post some finished pics later- right now it's black, has a pipe stand and a remote user control box
I swear I can hit the moon with a potato-

anyone else into launching produce at the spped of sound
 
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Old 06-20-2011, 01:13 PM
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Yes but mine is basic and hand held. That looks awesome can you e-mail me the pic's and spec's that you have to mitchell@easttexasatv.com so I van see it when I get home on my real computer. The screen on this blackberry is kind of small

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Old 06-20-2011, 03:49 PM
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beergut, how come you didn't enter that into the tool house contest?
what's next? punkin chunkin?
 
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Old 06-20-2011, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Jaster94
beergut, how come you didn't enter that into the tool house contest?
I wanted to- I have so many cool projects- from custom made 4 cylinder 2 stroke mini sand rails to a motorized skateboard I built 20 years ago before anyone even heard of'em- but all of my pics ended up on cd's and I have dozen's of cd's all over the place- I just didn't get around to digging the pics out in time


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what's next? punkin chunkin?
is that a dare
I'm somewhat an expert at getting things airborne... and at rolling polaris atv's (beating scoot to the punch )

this is a sweet pumpkin cannon!






hehe- and one of my favorites to watch in slow motion

 
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Old 06-20-2011, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by beergut
I dug up some pics of my potato cannon-

uses propane and a meter valve- and the 4 spark combustion rail system I designed using the electrical components from a gas range the barrel is double-wall with foam insulation in the barrel void- the combustion purge fan came out of a desktop computer.
I'll post some finished pics later- right now it's black, has a pipe stand and a remote user control box
I swear I can hit the moon with a potato-

anyone else into launching produce at the spped of sound
nice I have had 3 over the years but nothing close to yours. got me in the mood to make another one now.
 
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Old 06-20-2011, 10:43 PM
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by the way beergut, i DO appreciate your service to the country. i guess it's a good thing the marine in you will never leave......you still like to blow stuff up......don't know if the punkin chunkin would be considered a dare, . but you'd have to clear that with your wife, i mean, boss....
 
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Old 06-21-2011, 03:47 AM
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Originally Posted by beergut
I dug up some pics of my potato cannon-

uses propane and a meter valve- and the 4 spark combustion rail system I designed using the electrical components from a gas range the barrel is double-wall with foam insulation in the barrel void- the combustion purge fan came out of a desktop computer.
I'll post some finished pics later- right now it's black, has a pipe stand and a remote user control box
I swear I can hit the moon with a potato-

anyone else into launching produce at the spped of sound
Why am I not even surprised that you have the world's most dangerous potato cannon ?
 
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Old 06-21-2011, 05:08 AM
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Originally Posted by cncpro
Why am I not even surprised that you have the world's most dangerous potato cannon ?
wait- are you saying there's another way to "mash potato's"


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by the way beergut, i DO appreciate your service to the country. i guess it's a good thing the marine in you will never leave......you still like to blow stuff up......don't know if the punkin chunkin would be considered a dare, . but you'd have to clear that with your wife, i mean, boss....


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Old 06-21-2011, 07:59 AM
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I used to have one. It fired on hair spray… untill it blew up in my face.
 
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Old 06-21-2011, 08:04 AM
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I've fired a pneumatic one that was surprisingly powerful and also a WD-40 powered one.
 

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