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J29020
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:29 pm
Ok guys, this is my first cannon. Its an 86" pneumatic

. The barrel is 46" inches long with 1 1/2" pvc. The air chamber is 21" inches long with 3" pvc (not counting the small 2" and 1" sections to neck it down.) To fill it with air im using an air compressor adaptor and a drain valve (the ones used to drain water from a compressor) and as for a valve I just have a mod. 1" sprinkler valve.
"Its broken because I built the middle two small

(lowes only had 1" valves) but thats not hard to fix"

Ill have to make some supports for it.
any questions or comments?

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integral
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:38 pm
looks nice man. good paint job. maybe get rid of that useless solenoid
mount it on a tripod and make it a turret guarding ur door! waiting for some damage pics/vids.
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Fnord
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:38 pm
AHH!!
Those images are huge! 1mb+ each.
Try to cut the file size down less than 300k or they will probably get removed.
save them as jpgs with ms paint and it should still be decent quality
I have dialup so I didnt even get to see any of them.
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J29020
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:17 pm
Thanks
Im building a new one tomarrow (galvanized)
and oh yeah I cant take off the soleniod because of the hole underneith it. (guess I could plug it)
and oh yeah sry about the huge picture sizes im really new here.
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paaiyan
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Thu Apr 05, 2007 10:23 pm
It's cool, just open them with ms paint and resize them down to a decent size, even if they are monstrous they will get compressed on the page so there's no need for them to be that big. just cut them down and resave them as jpegs.
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pyrogeek
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 1:00 am
Nice cannon. I'm lovin the flat black.
How did your male fitting break? Hit it against something?
I'm weird, I know it, you don't need to tell me.
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Flying_Salt
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:04 am
Hey I just noticed that pyrogeek's post was at 00:00.
You know, I really hate it whenn these first cannons completely own mine. Nice job.
Now if you'll excuse me, my scroll bar/wheel is flipping out as I type this...
EDIT: I realized it was those montrous pics that were loading and moving the window. Kudos to me.
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mega_swordman
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:29 am
Now that my good sir, is a very fine looking cannon. Great Job, and don't forget about those pictures.
"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." George S. Patton
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lukemc
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Fri Apr 06, 2007 9:45 am
i see you have a guitar you play? ive been taking lessons for about 2 years now.
"Those who are different change the world. Those who are the same keep it that way"
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J29020
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:38 pm
thanks,
thanks,
thanks,
the cannon broke actually one day when I dropped it

but anyways yeah I play, ive been taking lessons for about 2 to 2 1/2 years also.
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TwitchTheAussie
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Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:40 pm
Damn man thats a seriously nice cannon. I love the matte finish. And mount it on a tripod or building it a stock would really set it off man.
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