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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steel spuds
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Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:30 am
this is my steel advanced combustion
dimentions
combustion chamber
22cm long
10cm diameter
made from truck exhaust with end caps welded on it the back is off a 44 gallen drum and there some electrical thread on the barrel just has a gas heater igniter on it and a chamber fan out of a old computer.Runs off propane and the bulk of the regulator is some pipe with fittings bronze welded on the ends. If you are wondering what the big patch is it is where i cut the hole to put the chamber fan in because it started off as a very simple combustion and that was the only way i could do it without haveing to weld it back up. The hole thing cost me pretty much nothing as i had most of the materials at home.
probly should clean it up and give it a paint job but i kind of like the look now
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steel spuds on Tue Jun 03, 2008 3:43 am, edited 2 times in total.
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MrCrowley
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steel spuds
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rna_duelers
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Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:34 am
Looks like an Improvised Anti Vehicle mine or something
,but it goes well with it,the raw look adds to it's character.
Damage pics or videos?
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psycix
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Tue Jun 03, 2008 7:13 am
That cannon looks raw and though! At the first look I thought it was a hybrid lol!
How does it perform?
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SpudFarm
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Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:45 am
nice!
where are you from? your "bad" (not bad but as mine)
and that you use metric also gives me some interest.
raw cannon as other members said. love the rough edges etc on it
"Made in France"
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MrCrowley
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Wed Jun 04, 2008 12:30 am
steel spuds wrote:oh and spudfarm i am from nz
Another Kiwi! Where 'bouts in NZ are you?
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starman
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Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:20 am
Looks like the rusty tin woodman...
..parts stuck on there with chewing gum...
However, it actually shoots!! Good on ya steel spuds.
Welcome to Spudfiles!
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steel spuds
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Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:40 am
Another Kiwi! Where 'bouts in NZ are you?
hi there i am from Taranaki
Thanks starman the stuff that looks like chewing gum is bronze put on with a oxy-acetylene torch
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uncomplientspud
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Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:55 pm
I like it, looks like it could eat you and then shot you out.
Only thing you might want to change in the future is your propane tank, you might want to mount it to the chamber to get it out of the way. Other than that good job
