Test firing of the pneumatic cannon

August 17th, 2011 by Chris Leave a reply »

The pneumatic cannon is complete!

Ran a pressure test on the tank this morning. Filled it to typical tire pressure and let it sit for an hour. Needle on the gauge didn’t budge. This is a good thing. :)

Here’s the completed unit:

After sleeping on it, I was starting to think that maybe the warning/suggestion on the side of the tubing might apply to me as well. With this in mind, I decided to pull out “The Handyman’s Secret Weapon” to provide some structural reinforcement.

See, all fixed! Warning label gone! :)

You can do some amazing projects with duct tape. About the only thing it isn’t good for is sealing duct work.

We *finally* have some dry weather, so I decided to try a test firing at low power (20 PSI) just to see how it works. Here are the results:

pnu-cannon

That’s about it for now. I’m off on vacation, but will try to post some more snaps when I return.

Drive fast and take chances,

Chris

 

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