This is a tiny little gun I made on the 9th of August. It shoots teeny tiny lead balls made from solder...and shoots them HARD. This can shoot holes in copper flashing and go straight through cardboard boxes. The BANG in frighteningly loud and makes my ears ring for awhile. It also features an easily re-loadable cartridge.
The problem with most homemade cannons is that the hold the fuse enters is large enough to allow quite a bit of gas to escape and reduce the over all firing power. This gun has a unique mechanism that actually seals off the fuse hole after the fuse burns past a certain point. Very efficient and much more powerful than any other miniature I've made.
So far I've manufactured 3 kinds of cartridges. One is just a blank, another holds a single lead ball, and one shoots a bunch of tiny bullets (like a shot gun or something). The last type of cartridge is very effective at blowing MASSIVE holes in all kinds of things like paper plates and zombies.
The explosives used in the cartridges are made of the red powder in cap gun caps (potassium chlorate). Only 4 caps were used per bullet, and I'm probably going to reduce it to 3 because the gun is showing signs damage.
If you are making your own post-apocalyptic style mini-weapons, feel free to pm me with any tips or questions you might have.
The problem with most homemade cannons is that the hold the fuse enters is large enough to allow quite a bit of gas to escape and reduce the over all firing power. This gun has a unique mechanism that actually seals off the fuse hole after the fuse burns past a certain point. Very efficient and much more powerful than any other miniature I've made.
So far I've manufactured 3 kinds of cartridges. One is just a blank, another holds a single lead ball, and one shoots a bunch of tiny bullets (like a shot gun or something). The last type of cartridge is very effective at blowing MASSIVE holes in all kinds of things like paper plates and zombies.
The explosives used in the cartridges are made of the red powder in cap gun caps (potassium chlorate). Only 4 caps were used per bullet, and I'm probably going to reduce it to 3 because the gun is showing signs damage.
If you are making your own post-apocalyptic style mini-weapons, feel free to pm me with any tips or questions you might have.
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1. Is the solder 60/40 rosin core Soldering solder, like the one you use to join electronic parts? Or is it special solder, made for connecting heavy duty metal parts?
I bought a butane torch, it gives out like a blue flame, like ALL blue, and now I need the torch. I'll try to make something like cowscankill's pistol, but with better machined parts and a not so fiddly trigger.
Note: If you live in the US, I already visited Lowe's and Home Depot (hardware warehouses) and they only have flexible copper tubing. I'm a "minor" and even I could bend it! They don't sell brass. If you live in USA, do you know any good chain stores where you got the brass?
that might only be by me
Yes, it is just rosin core electronics solder. The rosin makes the solder "bead-up" better when you melt it on a brick or other fire-proof surface.
Answer 2)
The tubing can be purchased at many ace hardwares around the US. Also, anyplace that sells hobby/ model airplane/ miniature railroad stuff will probably sell it, too.
Good Luck!
wheres the instructable man? :/
Believe it or not, the barrel diameter on this is 1/8 inch. all the tubing can be bought at a hardware store or online (K and S metals, I think)
the tube diameters used are as follows:
3/16in
5/32in
1/8in
Do they also sell the tubing by 1 piece or do you have to buy like a 100 foot minimum D:
bioshock is amazing :P
and $2.00 for a foot of brass 1/8 ''diam
I don't know much about their website though... :)
-Nepheron
1)Do you have to replace the fuse every time you shoot?
2) Can't you just use a regular filled percussion cap as the firing trigger, instead of the fuse?
3)Are the cartridges metal?
4)Is the gun's barrel metal?
5) If you use shotgun shells, won't they damage the barrel because the shot ricochets all over it?
Thanks.
A 2: Percussion caps cannot be purchased by minors (90% of the 'ible community are minors, including me)
A 3: The cartridges are Aluminum. Aluminum tubing is both cheaper and easier to cut Vs. brass tubing.
A 4:The guns barrel is made of 2 layers of 1/32'' brass tubing. The inside dimension is 1/8'' (I think it's measured by ID)
A 5: If you mean the miniature shotgun shells I manufacture, then no. The tiny balls seem to have no effect on the inside (that i can see) The spray pattern on the target is very reasonable. I shot a hot dog (it was soft, ok? I'm NOT planning to shoot a person FYI) at 6'' and nearly cut it in half.
I hope that this helps you! Ask as many questions as you want!
BTW you know the question above you? The halo401 guy is saying something like this. (see pic)
In a percussion cap gun, the subject I was talking about, there is a revolving chamber in *Revolver* models.
He suggests you take the revolving chamber out, and instead put in a single metal tube, to lengthen the barrel and to replace the barrel so it can withstand the powder/ metal balls. The red is the would be extension to the gun, the white is where the revolving chamber was cropped.
Hope this helped
It will work, but it may not be a consistent fire!
Tell me how it goes!
Not 5 RINGS that have 8 small ones in each.
Also, how big is the barrel of the gun? Like, diameter?
I'm thinking about making a very similar one, but with percussion caps.
Got the trigger part down :D
Inside diameter...IDK something like 1/8''
Post some pics when you are done!
Thanks :)
http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6961http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6961
Check the second idea there, the clothespin trigger.
And also this
http://nerfhaven.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6232
Scroll down a little and you'll see the same trigger, but with better explanations.
and at least credit me for showing you that :D