Automatic Marshmallow Gun

This instrutable will teach you how to create an automatic marshmallow gun out of 1/2 inch pvc pipe. This is my first instructable so feel free to give me suggestions of what i could do better.

Step 1 Materials

To make this gun you will need:
2 1/2 inch pvc caps
2 1/2 inch pvc elbows
2 1/2 inch pvc tees
4 5-inch sections of 1/2 inch pvc pipe
1 11 inch pvc pipe (barrel)
1 8 inch pvc pipe (hopper)
1 9 inch pvc pipe (mouth piece)
cotton balls

Optional:
Electrical tape (for looks)

Comments

[ssamuel3]

check out this cool video on how to make your own marshmallow gun that shoots 80 MPH.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLaOxtU0gBs&feature

[RoboTable]

That is kind of really cool.

[tigerdog10]

if you want to make it semi but still have the clip just drill holes in the magasine and put a marshmallow in and after that a paperclipbent straight

[bounty1012]

Reminded me of a swastika when I saw it >.>...

[geodez]

replace L joint at the back with a T joint, then add a piece of pipe about a foot long, after that place the old L joint at the back along with a 4 inch piece of pipe going down, cap that off and you have a stock.

[bob the builder #1]

a good twenty yards? that's sixty feet, an I find it hard to believe you can launch marshmallows twenty yards. please load a video proving the distance then I'll believe you.

[rogueleadr]

look at the physics involved. it works. the impulse of the air blowing leaves it with force for while. the longer the barrel, the longer the distance to a large extent. there are some exceptions though.

[Metal4God]

hey i bet no one has thought about this. hooking up an air compresser to shoot marsh mellows

[blugyblug]

everyone does that, and they shove a modded sprinkler valve piloted by a blowgun all pressured to 120psi shooting golfballs, marbles, batteries and only occasionly marsh mellows...

[Dr. Explosion]

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[blugyblug]

STOP SPAMMING YOUR INSTRUCTABLE AROUND. I dont spam my pure pwnage modded sprinkler valve spud gun around.

[codongolev]

Actually, he was just proving the point that someone has done it and posted it on instructables.

[blugyblug]

Nah he posted it before.. go scroll down you can see that he said "like mine"be4

[codongolev]

oh.

[armorwaxer]

i did and it rocked!!!!!

[littlechef37]

I made one with a bike pump

[rolthox the real rolthox]

i did

[piechowski]

I made one that you pump up with an air compressor to shoot the larger marshmallows. Much easier to fire, and you get a lot of distance:
Air Powered Marshmallow Gun Plans

[pyro13]

i already have

[bobbyk881]

i did

[Metal4God]

OK how about making a true magizene that pushes the marsh mellow up into the barrel

[bobbyk881]

yep i did to

[Metal4God]

stop taking my ideas

[bobbyk881]

you stop taking my ideas

[JMB]

or how about you design that and put it on here

[Metal4God]

i wold but don't have a camera when i get one i will

[demonslayer12]

another mod you could try is take a T, make a grip, put 2 1" pieces on both sides of the T and that way you have 2 grips

[bob the builder #1]

you stole my idea!

[ski4life]

what is the point in buying one if you can make one

[straw hat pirate]

less work and let the experts do it i guess

[ryukaji]

well you don't need to be an expert to make a marshmallow gun... ski4life has a point. just like the instructions say all you really need is 1/2 inch pvc pipe and connectors and a saw and you can make your own. No offense to the author, but where you placed your magazine on the automatic isn't the best. You will get more power and range if the marshmallow has more time to build up speed in the barrel if you placed the magazine farther from the end of the barrel. Your sniper looks nice though.

[DIYmaker96]

A saying in Make vol.4 says "Give a man a fish or teach a man to fish" The quote applies here as well. I cant imagine that this project is so dificult as to require "expert" aid.

[ishish46]

i think the marshmellows will go further if you put the hopper by the mouthpiece before the 1st bend

[bob the builder #2]

hi I'm new here!

[peach_fart]

good for you!

[shylove]

Wars would be quite a bit more mellow with these!!

[enzot2]

I've discovered a great use for old AA batteries. Put one in the hopper, and it pushes the marshmallows down just enough to keep feeding them into the barrel. Umm...be sure to put it in ON TOP OF the marshmallows.

[hawk123]

I myself have 1/2 in. piping although a different kind of gun,(semi-auto)not that it really matters but I still can't get the marshmellows to go all the way down the hopper! What about making them skinnier or cutting them smaller? Anything else? Any advice would help, Thanks! John

[chocolate_zombie]

let the marshmallows dry out or use mini-marshmallows. if they're dry, they wont stick together as much. and, as i said ^{there, use cornstarch. i love the stuff for all of my marshmallow-related escapades.}

[codongolev]

I think cutting them smaller would make them stick. maybe you could put some sort of spring in the hopper to help them along.