Fun for the whole family.
Pvc air cannon explosion.
Make sure it gets to within an inch about of the u connector but don t push it into the u connector.
Here is how to build an electric air cannon for film and recreation.
Use a broomstick to push whatever your ammo is down into the barrel.
Ben recently built an awesome high power air cannon out of pvc pipe.
One of those jobs is compressed air.
Load the air cannon.
When using pvc pipe with compressed air you run serious risks.
Inspired by the pvc based designs of spud gun enthusiasts but leaving out the potato i ve found a better approach.
Despite how much it can do there are certain jobs that pvc pipe just can t handle.
Bottles of water for the kids bottles of liquor for dad kitchen utensils for mom food for the dog the dog kidding stuffed animals for the little tykes.
Pvc piping is inexpensive versatile and strong considering how much it costs.
A two stage chamber sealing quick exhaust piston valve air cannon that you can build out of common plumbing components for about 100.
I call it the boom stick.
Here s a full list of parts.
How to build a generic air cannon.
Instead i use pvc to make a air cannon to shoot tennis balls and ping pong balls.
There is not much wood in this project.
Air cannon operation instructions 1.
The most dangerous of these is that of explosion.
Pressurize the air cannon.
For the cannon you will need a bike an air pump and pvc hence the pvc air cannon.
Pvc air cannons are great and everyone should build one of these at some point in their life but w.
6 feet of 3 diameter pvc pipe 1 1 1 4 pvc ball valve.
In this video i build a powerful air cannon out of pvc pipe what else.
The total build costs around 70 assuming you have basic hand tools and it takes 24 hours for the glue to cure.
Use an air compressor or bicycle pump to fill the air tank to about 80 psi.
Unlike my first airgun this one uses a solenoid valve from a lawn sprinkler system.
