[SEL] A real buzz

[FRM8198 at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/14/2005 2:14:23 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
bill at antique-engines.com writes:

For us  it was a tennis ball cannon - 4 or 5 beer cans, duct tape, lighter
fluid  and a tennis ball.
DAM that thing stung if you were hit - and it would fire  that ball for
over a city block if done right.


We can't forget the "Potato Gun".  It was  constructed from PVC fittings and 
pipe.  The ignition source was a striker  from a Coleman Lantern. The 
propellant was a little starter fluid sprayed  into combustion chamber.  The 
projectile was, of course, a potato  stuffed into the barrel.

Francis  Maciel
Santa Maria, CA