For convenience, reliability and power, nothing beats a stun gun.

Stun guns come in a variety of voltages from 50,000 to 600,000. A 50k volt spark will ignite a chamber just as well as a 600k spark and are ideal for use as the ignition for a potato gun.

Lower voltage stun guns provide battery economy, fewer insulation problems and obvious safety benefits.

This guide provides clear step by step instructions, aided by color photographs, on how to construct the ideal ignition for your Spudzooka or potato cannon using a stun gun.

Get started on your potato gun ignitor today with this easy to read handbook.

This sounds simple enough, but making a cannon that can shoot long distances (E.g., 100+ yards) can be a bit tricky.

The purpose of this document is to guide the reader through the production of a number of different types of cannons.

Section 2.0, 2.1, and 2.2 deal with the three types of cannons I’ve built to date.

If you just want to build a cannon, these are the sections for you. These cannons are probably not the most powerful that can be made, but they have all been built and tested.

They’re easy to build and easy to fire, unlike some of the vague net–info I’ve seen floating around.

Hopefully I’ve been precise enough that anyone with some a little talent and time can successfully build a cannon that can fire impressive distances.

If you’re interested in theory or experimentation with unproven designs (by this author, at least), check out later sections.

While I’ve never had any serious accidents with my cannons, I recognize that this it not a harmless sport!

I feel that although the simpler cannons are fairly safe (assuming standard precautions are taken), the more advanced models can generate TREMENDOUS pressures in the barrels.

This guide will have you an artist of cannonry in next to no time.

You will discover inside:

• 1.0 Introduction and Disclaimer
• 1.1 Equipment list
• 1.2 Credits
• 2.0 Tennis Ball Cannon v1.0
• 2.1 Tennis Ball Cannon v2.0
• 2.2 Tennis Ball Cannon v2.5
• 3.0 Other Designs and Ideas
• 3.1 Alternative Fuels
• 3.2 Alternative Designs
• 3.3 Assorted Ideas

This guide includes instructions for making the diaphragm that controls the firing of the object.

Testing of hairspray spud guns revealed they can develop no more than 10-20 PSI chamber pressure. Most are built from schedule 40 PVC pipe. 3" PVC pipe has a burst pressure of 260 PSI.

People have suggested using other fuels to boost pressures higher, however this is much to dangerous. More volatile fuels can be very unpredictable and create pressures that would shatter the PVC pipe.

Compressed air can be regulated to exact pressures making it an excellent propellant. The trick is releasing a large volume of air at once to launch the projectile.

The monster that beats ALL other potato–cannons. Using compressed air, it will fire a potato several hundred yards. The potato will emerge at lethal speeds of greater than 400 feet per second.

An excellent, comprehensive manual on how to make the ultimate potato cannon.

Includes exhaustive parts and tools list, helpful tips, photographic illustrations to aid comprehension, assembly and usage instructions, firing instructions, technical calculations, and troubleshooting.

This is the guide to making the ultimate Spud Gun!

With this fantastic, informative guide.

This manual details the construction of a gas–powered tennis ball cannon with ignition switch, and the construction of the recommended propellant generator.

Full diagrams are included with this comprehensive instruction manual.

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Information detailed in this guide:

INTRODUCTION

• Safety
• Use of Commonly Available Materials
• Reliability and Ease of Use

THE CANNON

• Bill of materials
• Supplier Suggestions
• Useful tools and Supplies
• Fabrication Instructions
• Barrel Assembly
• Combustion Chamber Assembly
• Igniter Assembly

THE PROPELLANT GENERATOR

• Bill of materials
• Fabrication Instructions
• Electrode Array
• Gas Collection

LOADING AND FIRING THE CANNON

An exploding projectile can be made for this type of cannon with a CO2 cartridge.When the cannon is fired, it will ignite the end of the fuse, and shoot the CO2 cartridge.

The explosive–filled cartridge rocket will explode in about three seconds.

This manual contains the instructions for the construction of an exploding–rocket projectile cannon.

This manual contains the construction and usage instructions for a very short mortar constructed for the express purpose of skyrocketing soft drink cans straight up into the air.

Information covers: construction materials, construction procedures, launch materials/procedures, theory of operation, load and safety notes.

It is crude, prone to rupture during use, and consumes rather inordinate amounts of Pyrodex.

But it sure is fun, and it makes an incredible amount of noise when it goes off!

Table of Contents;

• Overview
• Construction Materials
• Construction Procedures
• Launch Materials
• Launch Procedures
• Theory of Operation
• Load Notes
• Safety Notes