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http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/cannon/my_cannon.html

Only because the ABS pipe may explode - otherwise - pretty cool!

Tom

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"surftom" wrote in message
ups.com...
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/cannon/my_cannon.html

Only because the ABS pipe may explode - otherwise - pretty cool!

Tom


Pretty cool, indeed!

I'm not convinced he has to worry about a failure of the pipe, not the way
he's going about his fun ------especially when he's already experienced a
failure---confirming what I've been lead to believe about ABS. It doesn't
fail the same way PVC does-------which is why ABS is acceptable for
airlines. You maybe have heard of the green stuff sold for the purpose?

Harold

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I gotta send you guys some pictures of my CO2 powered "anti tank gun"

I make my own projectiles from molded foam.


BTW, did I mention I'm into paintball? :)



Oh, here, I found some old pictures from when I was working on it. The
project wasn't completed yet, but it will give you the idea.

http://home.mchsi.com/~mnotlyon/tank/c9.jpg
http://home.mchsi.com/~mnotlyon/tank/c10.jpg
http://home.mchsi.com/~mnotlyon/tank/c11.jpg
http://home.mchsi.com/~mnotlyon/tank/c12.jpg





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"surftom" wrote in message
ups.com...
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/cannon/my_cannon.html

Only because the ABS pipe may explode - otherwise - pretty cool!

Tom


Pretty cool, indeed!

I'm not convinced he has to worry about a failure of the pipe, not the way
he's going about his fun ------especially when he's already experienced a
failure---confirming what I've been lead to believe about ABS. It doesn't
fail the same way PVC does-------which is why ABS is acceptable for
airlines. You maybe have heard of the green stuff sold for the purpose?

Harold

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surftom wrote:
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/cannon/my_cannon.html

Only because the ABS pipe may explode - otherwise - pretty cool!

Tom


A before O or up you will go

time for steel pipe

THICK steel pipe

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Having blow up lots of guns experimentally, I can tell you that the
woman with the torch lighting the balloon is in the wrong position.

One wants to be to the rear and to the side.

Just to the side is about as bad a position as possible, as fragments
break off and go sideways with enough velocity to go through plywood.
Clark

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For choosing to fight, one gets the horrors or war, stress, and possibly
death.
For choosing not to fight, one gets subjugation, humiliation, and
possibly death.
Choose your fights carefully.