Pill Bottle Cannon

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85Dave
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 7:34 am

minis are great fun to start on, this ones mine...only a day old

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I tried firing it but it wont go...I know my spark is strong cuz I can see it light the inside of the chamber but I believe the air/fuel mix is simply off

I did get a puff the first time I tried it with nothing loaded but now nothing

back to tweaking...



other than all that it looks great for a mini
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:07 am

Ok great you probably need to vent it.
My mini I couldnt get to work and I was like what is wrong then. I observe the spark jumping to the back and figured it out real quick.
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:46 am

yeah, minis need a very very low amount of fuel. you spray into it, you agitate it quickly for a second or two, and then put the cap back on. works 100% of the time.
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Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:10 pm

I MADE A MINI BUT IT DIDN'T WORK. I TOOK APART SOME MARKERS AND SOME PENS AND GOT WHAT I NEEDED OUT OF THE PIECES AND THEN USED SUPER GLUE TO GLUE THE PIECES TOGETHER. I JUST NEEDED TO MAKE A BIGGER CHAMBER CAUSE IT WASN'T BUILDING UP ENOUGH PRESSURE.
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85Dave
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 12:55 am

update on mine, I glued another marker chamber to the first one and that made it bigger with more pressure. result = fire every time and a nice range

shot a wad of paper towel about 15 feet!

now to add some real ammo lol
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:34 am

Arrrggghhh!!!!!!!!!

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO POST IN ALL CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's incredibly annoying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh and nice mini, you should post some pics of the updated mini.
I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.
Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time. I think I've forgotten this before.

Add me on msn!!! insomniac-55@hotmail.com
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