having a Beavis moment

[coolbri70]

have one of these at work, i was curious as to how far this might toss a potato and dont want to try for fear of being terminated:facepalm: maybe someone has tried this

 

[sam60]

Re: having a Beavis moment

I've never used one of those, but my ABS Fitting and grill igniter version can shoot a potato about 700' with hair spray. A little farther with 10% WD-40.

I am not a red neck..

 

[coolbri70]

Re: having a Beavis moment

it's a tire bead seater, it kicks like a 12 guage when you open the valve

 

[sam60]

Re: having a Beavis moment

it's a tire bead seater, it kicks like a 12 guage when you open the valve

I noticed that by the pic. How far does it toss a potato ?

 

[coolbri70]

Re: having a Beavis moment

The next time the boss leaves me unsupervised I will find out. I have the idea now I must find out

 

[Scott Danforth]

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it should toss a potato about a block minimum
Heck, my PVC bead launching / tee shirt launching cannons for Gasparilla will toss a potato half a block with only 1/8th the air volume. They shoot ice cubes about 3 blocks.

 

[GTS225]

Re: having a Beavis moment

The next time the boss leaves me unsupervised I will find out. I have the idea now I must find out

Ummmmm...maybe that's why he does the supervising?

Start out with low pressures, and don't aim at the porta-john. The hair spray fuels only generate about 30psi in a PVC cannon. You do that with a full 120psi, and that potato will be GONE!!!

Roger

 

[halfmoa]

Re: having a Beavis moment

I've never used one of those, but my ABS Fitting and grill igniter version can shoot a potato about 700' with hair spray. A little farther with 10% WD-40.

I am not a red neck..

I made the switch to integrated propane and never looked back. Less hassle and way WAY less mess.

To the OP, I've never used a bead seater as a launcher but there's a whole bunch of guys that have air launchers and they're impressive. If it wasn't cost prohibitive I'd have made one already.

 

[kenmyfam]

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Only had a hair spray spud cannon but that looks like a lot of fun if you ae in the middle of nowhere.

 

[coolbri70]

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i'm going to think of an excuse and get the boss to let me bring home for the evening just gotta think up some excuse

 

[matt167]

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My brother and I built an air cannon years ago. Had to either cut down the potato to fit in the barrel we used ( 2" IIRC ), or it would launch caulk tubes perfectly. 100 PSI, we could launch about a football field

 

[halfmoa]

Re: having a Beavis moment

i'm going to think of an excuse and get the boss to let me bring home for the evening just gotta think up some excuse

Well, that depends on the type of boss you have. I've worked in a few places where, "Hey boss, can I take this home for the weekend and see how far it'll launch a 'tater?" would've worked just fine.

Maybe you can leave off everything after the conjunction and see how that goes?


Oh yea, video is nice too....just sayin'.

 

[Woodnaut]

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The next time the boss leaves me unsupervised I will find out. I have the idea now I must find out

Of course. What could possibly go wrong?

 

[sam60]

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Of course. What could possibly go wrong?

Boss has a boat also and is a member here with a user name that the employee won't recognize.....

 

[MH Hawker]

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I probable shouldn't post this but i cant help my self.

Yahoo! Video Detail for 900 mph Pumpkin

 

[Grub54891]

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My spud gun will launch em about 200 yards on hairspray.