Homemade = Done

Build a homemade water gun or water balloon launcher and tell us about it.
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Post by BlueSmudge » Mon May 17, 2004 12:31 am

that's right, I finished my homemade. It only exploded twice though. Its so heavy it tor itself apart when I was pumping. I drilled in some silicone covered screws for suport. It will be ready for action by tomorrow! When I have time I will get some pics. Tell you how it goes!
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Post by MilkMan » Mon May 17, 2004 12:44 am

Awesome.
What is the "x" of the nozzle.
Also, what is the capacity?
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Post by Neuro » Mon May 17, 2004 2:31 am

if it tore itself apart while you were pumping you probably forgot to use pvc primer/cement. :Hey, that's funny.:
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You can pretty much ignore the times on that, I rarely ever have Xfire on when I play. I should, though.
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Post by BlueSmudge » Mon May 17, 2004 2:53 am

No, I used PVC primer, and universal cement there because I conected PVC to ABS. I used ABS for the main portion of the reservoir. To fix it I put screw into the piping where the PVC meets the ABS so that the glue doesn't have to responsable for the suport, just the seal.
It's still drying, but I tried a dry shot. I pumped only 10 times, and for like 3 secondes there was this huge gurgle, and a wush of air. I pumped it 30 times, and it sounded like a continous blowgun for 10 seconds. Something tells me this will be awesome!
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Post by BlueSmudge » Mon May 17, 2004 4:09 am

sorry about the double post. I thought I needed it...


IT WORKS!!!
IT WORKS!!!
IT WORKS!!!
IT WORKS!!!

sorry about the all caps. I thought I needed it...

Its awesome! so awesome. range at least 40 feet, thats on at least 10x! probably 20x! I'm so exited. I never thought it would work! I havn't taken real stats yet. But it has one shot per tank, with no drop off! the shot time is well over 10 secondeds. And thats with a huge outpoot! I'll probably get pictures tomorrow. I doubt its as good as im saying. but I think it is! IT WORKS!!!
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Post by SSCBen » Mon May 17, 2004 9:49 am

The exclamation points aren't neccesary. Also, Mdriver, people tend to want output more than X, X really is just for comparison to other guns.

Also, never ever pressurize a gun when it's drying. Never. All that does is create holes in the glue. If you want to test your gun, do it 2 or more hours after it has been glued, as it says on the PVC Cement bottle.

Get the pictures asap!

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Post by Monsoon » Mon May 17, 2004 11:45 am

The 'X' rating is cmpared to the SS 50's nozzle, isn't it?
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Post by SSCBen » Mon May 17, 2004 8:03 pm

X is compared to the XP 70's output, which is one ounce a second.

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Post by Monsoon » Mon May 17, 2004 11:37 pm

Ohhhhh, I always assumed it was the SS 50s. Anyways, I want to see a pic and stats for the homemade.
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