Tuesday, January 31, 2017

G40 Devin Kohl Day 6

Making a Potato Gun

Materials List.
1  4 inch clean out cap
1 clean out adapter
1 4ft PVC pipe
1 4 inch union which goes from 4 inch to 2 inch
1 3ft section of 2 inch PVC pipe
1 Package of PVC cement/primer
1 Flint lock igniter
1 Bag of Potato
1 Can of Hairspray


Procedure to Make a Potato Gun


1.  Glue 4 inch PVC pipe which is about 2 ft long to the clean out adapter.
2.  Glue the 4 inch pipe to the 4 by 2 union.
3.  Glue the 3 ft section of 2 inch pipe to the 4 by 2 union
4. Drill a 3/4 inch hole for the igniter into 4 inch cap
5.  Insert Igniter into the 4 inch cap. Fasten with crimp nuts on both sides of cap
6.  Insert potato of right size to fit into 2 inch hole. Jam potato down pipe
7.  Spray hairspray into 4 inch adapter quickly attach the 4 inch cap.
8.  Flick igniter and watch fly.

2 comments:

  1. Wow! Cool Project! Very detailed
    Can you post any pictures?

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