[SEL] A real buzz
Dave Croft
dave.croft at ntlworld.com
Mon Nov 14 16:16:55 PST 2005
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> 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
The little trick we used as kids was to half fill a glass tablet bottle with water & put in
a lot of Calcium Carbide* stuck under the lid. (*Carbide cycle lamp powder)
We carefully carried these to the canal & shook them for about a minute so the acetelene
could build up pressure.
Then we thew them in the water just before (If we were lucky) the bottle exploded with the
pressure stunning the fish.
Small things amuse small minds. Is this why people collect Magtags?
Dave Croft
Warrington
England
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