Spud Guns [Read: bazooka's]

truslack · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Karma :

After seeing Titots video on youtube of a spud gun, I wondered how many people have made these beasts?

Not sure if I've posted it on here before, but here is mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ubKcBaBVJo

(note the "ow" as I get hit by the tennis ball in the night vis one Very Happy

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Anyone made one before?
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

I've got one. Blew itself apart the first few attempts until I got it glued properly. Scorched my fingers when it blew the piezzio ignitor out once.

I keep meaning to rig something up with a sparkplug and an ignition coil, or ideally an old magneto so I can get a good, healthy spark. That's what's letting it down just now. Only fires maybe one attempt in three.
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bennett211085 · Crazy Courier Joined: 17 Aug 2006 Karma :

Tell me how I make one please. Thumbs Up

CoronaBoner · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Jul 2005 Karma :

HAHA I was expecting a little gun not a spudzooka! Laughing

Like above, how is it made?
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truslack · World Chat Champion Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Karma :

That's a really good video explaining how to make them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZZYZlvXO_o

Mine blew apart when I got round to trying to fire a spud - the back cap shattered. It made chips on a mesh fence though Very Happy

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Tennis balls are good, mine could fire them a good 300m - note the pics of the garage door! The balls travel at 150+ mph!

[edit] I used lynx and a piezo gas hob lighter, glade air freshener gives a bloody big bang!
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pa_broon74 · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2006 Karma :

Folks.

Would a flash unit from a camera work, should get a good healthy spark from that... Just a big capacitor...

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gmanxiii · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Nov 2006 Karma :

pretty good but this is a proper spud gun. its cheap, reliable, comes fully assembled, its iconic, you can hide it in your actionman lunchbox and theres nothing like getting a small lumps of potato in someones eye (cheese is quite a good ammo too).

https://www.otherlandtoys.co.uk/images/spud800.jpg
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