[John-Boy]

This is my fully welded stainless steel spudzooka, its simply 2 pieces of stainless pipe, 1.5 foot 4.5" diameter combustion chamber to reducer to 3 foot 2" Barrel. The cap on the end in a giant hex nut with a stainless plate welded in. The switch is powered by a single AA battery and is wired up to the spark from a superser portable gas heater.

To load its simply a matter of placing a potato etc. over the muzzle and pressing a snug piece into the barrel before using a plunger to push it til it meets the reducer. To prime it i use hairspray, 3 squirts is the perfect amount! To fire you hit the switch and Boom, Simples

I might upload a vid of this onto my youtube channel if i get a chance!! It shoots more than 100m easy and can shoot a frozen potato through 12mm plywood at 10m. Good fun....

 

[mxred91]

That is so cool. I could spend an afternoon shooting that. Looks like a lo of fun. John boy are you a welder? Is that all TIG welded?

 

[John-Boy]

That is so cool. I could spend an afternoon shooting that. Looks like a lo of fun. John boy are you a welder? Is that all TIG welded?

Thanks MX, No im not a welder, but i put my hand to this one with the supervision of an engineer i work with!! All my design and measurements, the switch was his idea as he had made one previously.

 

[NoSugarRob]

i bet thats fun

 

[slingshot awesome]

LUCKY @#$%[email protected] i want one

 

[John-Boy]

i bet thats fun

I bet its not

Im not a betting man, but if i was i would loose on that bet!!

 

[Flatband]

JOHN=THAT IS ONE SERIOUS POTATO SHOOTER BUD!!! Good God man,that is a work of art! The ones we made as kids using PVC. you loaded the hairspray into (Aqua Net

) prayed and ran!!! Flatband

 

[Dan the Slingshot Man]

that is a cool patato shooter. Really nice weld to

 

[Devoman]

VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO

 

[John-Boy]

VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO

I will try to get one of it!! Its currently on loan to a friend. A destruction video would be awesome!!!

 

[Matt]

Now THAT is what I call a spudcannon! Really cool of you to go all the way, and make a quality piece of work, instead of just going the easy way with plastic tubes and so on (Those are really great fun too, put just not as awesome as yours)

. And btw, I have worked with metal for some years now, and done a fair bit of TIG welding, all I can say is, you´ve done a very good job on that cannon!

/Matt

 

[FURGLE]

thats the best spud cannon ive seen yet john

 

[shawnr5]

Very cool. Mine have all been PVC and have recently been pneumatic. I'll post a couple of pictures later. Your design and work are very clean. This is a beautiful potato gun.

 

[lightgeoduck]

VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO

I will try to get one of it!! Its currently on loan to a friend. A destruction video would be awesome!!!
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I see that you are logged on

so you must be uploading that VIDEO now

I wouldn't mind watching that in envy

If you ever have a BBQ I will bring the BEER and POTATOES

Cheers

LGD

 

[John-Boy]

VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO

I will try to get one of it!! Its currently on loan to a friend. A destruction video would be awesome!!!
[/quote]

I see that you are logged on

so you must be uploading that VIDEO now

I wouldn't mind watching that in envy

If you ever have a BBQ I will bring the BEER and POTATOES

Cheers

LGD
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No not uploading unfortunately, my friend is having a lot of fun with it recently and is reluctant to give it back

But i will have to get it on cam, it is a nice piece of kit

( i don't like beer, bring cider instead

)

 

[mxred91]

Seems like this could work with slingshots, aerial target launcher

 

[John-Boy]

Seems like this could work with slingshots, aerial target launcher

we actually brought it clay pigeon shooting before, shooting spuds out and trying to hit them with a 12 bore o/u, no chance they were far too quick

But we actually busted a few clays with it, loading it with a small spud as wadding and a handful of small pebbles

 

[gamekeeper john]

looks like good fun, and well made to, john