My first cannon

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Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:01 pm

KRN wrote:The whole thing is painted orange. Except the valve handle.

*Ahem* ....pics?
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Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:00 am

Here it is paint job and all. (tightened bit more at the valve)
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So there you have it cannon number one completely finished.
Thank you Franklin:) <3
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Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:08 am

Haha i tihnk its cute that you call him franklin in front of his big macho friends.

If that had happened in real life i could see him going "shut up guys, its nothing. Just leave me alone ok"
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Now that's a different look. It does have sort-of a dressed-up but tough snub-nosed look to it. I think it's the all metal construction. You could almost use it as a walking cane.. :wink:

Nooow, how about a little shooting and damage video?
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Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:16 am

Haven't seen an orange cannon in a long time, nice job.

What pressures have you been taking it up to?
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The gun looks great as it is, but it could benefit from a longer barrel. You also could replace the ball valve with a modified sprinkler valve. Maybe a mini-project for you and Frank? :D
Yeah, we wouldn't want to anger the bees, now would we??

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Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:48 am

Hey can you post some vids? Shooting vids, damage... and dry fire... I want to build some Over and Under design based on Ball Valve.

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neeewwww wrote:Hey can you post some vids? Shooting vids, damage... and dry fire... I want to build some Over and Under design based on Ball Valve.

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What are you asking for?
I really don't understand.
The performance is nothing spectacular and its really quite simple.
this cannon could easily be adapted for over under using 2 elbows.
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Tue Jul 22, 2008 6:12 am

@frandrede: I dont wanna know how he built... I wanna know it´s performance... damage. I KNOW that the ball valve fail a lot in comparison of Sprinkler, Piston and else. Here I don´t have easy access to Sprinkler or QEV. So I want to compare the performance of the ball valve versus the price of QEV.

*Edit: I found at Youtube something to compare... thanks.
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:06 am

I wonder if JSR's foot-phobia would apply to Karen if she posted pics with her feet in them like so many people do. Maybe he even has a foot fetish if it's a woman's feet.
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:31 am

Haha thats kind of weird. I would say girl foot would be ok...
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@neeewwww im a girl
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:35 am

He obviously did not bother reading the thread. He instead deciding this would be a good place to ask his personal question.
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iisthemuffin wrote:He obviously did not bother reading the thread. He instead deciding this would be a good place to ask his personal question.

He's also Brazilian, so is probably doing his best with english.
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Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:53 am

starman wrote:
iisthemuffin wrote:He obviously did not bother reading the thread. He instead deciding this would be a good place to ask his personal question.

He's also Brazilian, so is probably doing his best with english.
Seems he speaks decent english. Broken, yes. But he could atleast read through the read.
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