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The Dust Cannon 3000

This is a simple yet cool thing to do that creates a very neat effect with dust. This is my first instructable so go easy :)

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Step 1Materials!

1. a rectangular cardboard box (size is up to you)
2. air compressor
3. a nozzle with a button on the compressor hose (optional i guess)
4. dust (i got mine at a baseball field)
5. x-acto knife
6. something to sift the dust

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11 comments

Aug 28, 2009. 1:13 AMThe Lightning Stalker says:

I hope you know that is special "dust" called Turface which is fairly expensive. Groundskeepers go to great pains to apply that stuff and make it perfectly flat and smooth. There is tons of manual labor involved and shoveling, weeding, etc. that goes into that. What you have done there is prettymuch theft. I suggest you put it back and apologize to the groundskeeper for giving him hours of hard work.

Aug 28, 2009. 7:29 PMZ-and-B-inc (author) says:

How do you suggest that I give back dust I used months ago that blew into the wind? Seriously dude it's ok we only used a little bit from a rarely used baseball field at an elementary school. Calm down it's not a big deal chief.

Aug 29, 2009. 2:57 PMThe Lightning Stalker says:

Nobody's upset here except maybe whoever was on the receiving end of your 'dust gun'. Just for future reference, if you keep making trouble, you're eventually going to get caught, Indian.

Aug 29, 2009. 8:28 PMZ-and-B-inc (author) says:

HOW IS THIS TROUBLE? Here's how my day went: we made the cannon, got maybe 5-6 cups worth of baseball field stuff, hooked up the hose, and shot into the wind for a neat effect (like a fog machine almost). How is any of this really trouble especially since flour is a much better substitute anyway? We used it once and now it sits in my room. You seriously need to stop worrying about what I'm doing and either use the instructable for a fun project or not, simple as that.