[pure-silver] Re: Worlds Fastest Camera Defies Gravity...
- From: "Gene Johnson" <genej2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 19:10:40 -0700
I search my emotions for a trace of surprise at Uncle Dick's expertise in
the field of spud cannons but can find none. None at all :)
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From: "Stein" <rstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 6:41 PM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Worlds Fastest Camera Defies Gravity...
> Dear Ray,
>
> I tremble at the keyboard, not knowing who is reading this, but...
>
> Potato guns are made from large PVC tubing and plumber's fittings.
> Available from hardware stores in many nations. The tubing is the
thick-wall
> type - you get a long piece about 3 in. ID for the barrel and a shortpiece
> of 5 in ID for the chamber. Also a step-down adapter for these two sizes,
a
> threaded end cap for the 5 in. and a can of PVC cement.
>
> The barrel and chamber glue into the adapter and the end cap and its
> seal completes the chamber. As a firing mechanism you dismantle a
> piezo-electric BBQ lighter and drill a small hole into the chamber for the
> sparking element, sealing it with silicon caulking compound and taping the
> squeezer handle to the outside of the chamber. Trunnions and/or shoulder
> mounts may be added to taste, as can black paint.
>
> To load you unscrew the end cap, push a tight-fitting potato through
the
> breech to the start of the barell, fill the chamber with a liberal spray
of
> hairspray, and quickly fit the screw cap.
>
> Aim down range and squeeze the BBQ lighter handle.
>
> Do not use black power, smokeless, detcord, ampho, petrol, or anything
> else in the chamber. Do not use anything heavier than a potato as a round.
> Do not aim it at your friends while drunk. Or at highway multinova cameras
> from concealment. Or at wedding parties.
>
> Also do not succumb to the temptation to build a rifling bench ( one
> twist in 72 inches ) or increase the wall thickness of the tubing or make
> patched rounds with a precision potato cutter or discarding sabot
zucchinis
> because while it will be fun you will wear the patience of both your wives
> and the local police sergeant out and then there will be trouble.
>
> Uncle Dick
>
> PS: Never believe what you see in movies when they show you soldiers
loading
> a muzzle loading cannon - and never, ever stand next to Frenchmen or
> Dutchmen when they are loading a muzzle loading cannon. Just don't.
>
>
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