richardworrall
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5271826118365465358&q=potato&pl=true
next doors cat better start running!!! 
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fragpot
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Registered: 29th Feb 04
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I had a spud cannon when i was a kid, we put oxygen in it and it shattered the combustion chamber and vapourised most of the PVC. Lighter gas works great though.
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Adam-D
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thats ace. i know what im making 
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Nismo
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if this is the ones that fire whole spuds i made one a few years ago , they are crazy , dangerous crazy aswell , i kept putting to much hair spray in mine and it would cumbust and send a 4ft flame and mash patatoe out the barrel 
I nearly blew my hand off aswell 
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dave17
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im going to check this out when i get in, looks cool
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Adam-D
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still funny
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by fragpot
I had a spud cannon when i was a kid, we put oxygen in it and it shattered the combustion chamber and vapourised most of the PVC. Lighter gas works great though.
What gas did you mix with the oxygen to do that?
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gavin18787
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i remember seeing this on telly somewhere. Think it may have been something to do with clarkson. Wouldnt suprise me if it was
where do you get the pipe from 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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smack
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yeh me and my mates had one a few years back, well dangorouse.
we used hair spray and sometimes youd get a blow back and a flame shooting back at you.
was amazing
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gavin18787
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where did you get the parts? im well up for making one 
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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smack
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can get them from all over , i think he got his from like a diy store, just a bit of plastic drainpipe you need.
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gavin18787
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i think a trip to B&Q, focus or something may be in order
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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myke
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i've got this week off, so pretty sure i'll be having a bash at this shit.
can you get the piezo bbq igniter things from b&q?
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smack
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http://nathan.viconix.com/spudmachine/what_i2.gif
thats more what ares looked like.
You can get them clicker things from places like tescos , saisburys.
Dont try using matchs or lighters
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Nath
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Man thats awesome!! Funny when he hits that guys house and he comes over and moans!
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16vOllie
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i just saw vid.....an have quite a bit of free time think ill be makeing one lol
going down wicks in a bit lol
[Edited on 15-05-2006 by 16vOllie]
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myke
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i've just made the basis of the gun, but haven't been able to find a bbq igniter yet.
any ideas where to look anyone?
pics are uploading.
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
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4" and 2" tubing for combustion chamber and barrell
reducer and screw on end cap
about to shorten the pipe with a cutting disc on a dremel
chamber with end cap and reducer attached
finished article (pic didn't come out too well)
sharpened barrel to allow easier spud coring
scarily this little lot came to over £40 with a bottle of plastic cement on top.
only wanted a few feet of small and one foot of large, but they come in 3m lengths, so had to buy too much. I thought it would total at about £15. oops 
soon as i've got a spark ignitrer sealed in i'll give it a blast.
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chris_uk
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do what they did..
mount a spark plug in the tube and wire it up to a button..
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bradfincham
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we used a cooker igniter in ours!
after 3 months of abuse the thread on the cap broke and the whole thing blew up in my mates hand with plastic shardes flying into his arm
we all found it hilarious
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3CorsaMeal
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pmsl @ you making one
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Baz-Zico
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http://www.mshamash.com/spud/spudgun1.html
http://www.geocities.com/spudgunner_6/
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Jonny P
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this WILL be my saturday project Got plenty of pipe hanging around aswell
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by bradfincham
we used a cooker igniter in ours!
after 3 months of abuse the thread on the cap broke and the whole thing blew up in my mates hand with plastic shardes flying into his arm
we all found it hilarious
that is exactly what happened to mine
the thread gave way and wham bamm blow up time on my arm
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
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sounds like its not something to bodge
Drives supercharged Tec with torque
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