Spud gun

[bentothejam1n]

My friend and i just made an aerosol spud gun. our bbq sparker isnt working as planned. Anybody have some tips on the sparker or anything in general

[bentothejam1n]

ah i realized it is too humid out

[Swampy]

use a dead BIC grill lighter plus Aqua Hair spray works the best.

[Will Wood]

HPA > aerosol
By far
redo it!

200 is more than enough too..

[MoeMag]

consistency


Dual ignition with adjustable gap

(not my pics... but like one I made a few years ago. check out spudtech.com)

[quick_spyder]

I'm gona have to go with MoeMag on this one. Propane is by far the best propellant.

[bentothejam1n]

on the next "build" i think we are going to make it hpa. i can only imagine how far propane or hpa would go

[oneworld]

When i make all of mine i just use a simple lantern sparker( you can buy them at walmart/any camping store) just drill a hole, glue it in and it will make a pretty decent spark.. hasn't failed me yet.

[MoeMag]

When i make all of mine i just use a simple lantern sparker( you can buy them at walmart/any camping store) just drill a hole, glue it in and it will make a pretty decent spark.. hasn't failed me yet.

YUP! done that too... I really like those, tho never seems like the flints last long enough.

But HPA potato guns are really fun too... the first one I ever made was a HPA one that ran off a shop air compressor... there was some PVC pipe that just happened to be the right ID for these things called paintballs I would find in the desert. Thus I made my first paintball gun and that is what started me on the whole paintball trip about 8-9 years ago.

It was about 16 inches of 3/4 pvc with a ball valve and a tire stem... that would go to the 1/2 inch that fit the paintballs. I would pump it up to about 160psi and off they went. I think back on it and those things must have been doing well over 400fps.

Propane just burns clean, and it explodes really loud with fire... hard to beat that.

[personman]

When i make all of mine i just use a simple lantern sparker( you can buy them at walmart/any camping store) just drill a hole, glue it in and it will make a pretty decent spark.. hasn't failed me yet.

I third this... they make HUGE sparks opposed to the hit-and-miss spark that the bbq igniters make.. but the flint does run out after a while. I believe they come with a few refills and are only a few bucks.. I drilled a hole in my end cap and just put mine there.. seemed like the best place

[oneworld]

yeah, there only $2.77 here..and it comes with 2 extra flint. i would like to to a HPA one.. but i dont know what im doing there, and would probably hurt myself.

[angrysasquatch]

If you're just gonna make a simple combustion one, I'd suggest quickstart. In the winter it gets to ~ -30c around here, and boy, do those spuds go far! I'm still trying to nail my friend's cottage across the lake