[Alberg30] Potato cannon

[Mike Lehman]

This is getting a little scary when we start talking about things like
rifling the barrel. For a serious piece take a look at
http://www.goldmann.com/spudgun.html. Who knew you could have so much fun
with vegetables?

Mike Lehman
840 Mill Creek Road
Arnold, MD 21012
(410) 544-9067 (Home)
(443) 253-7054 (Mobile)

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Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 3:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Alberg30] Potato cannon


> In a message dated 3/7/01 1:48:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> Kim.Chatfield at ev1.net writes:
>
> > perhaps arming your crew with potato cannons and then putting them out
on
> >  trapezes would give the desired competitive edge to windward.  Knowing
the
> >  construction on modern boats a potato poses a serious threat to them,
> >  whereas our hulls will make mashed potatoes!
> >
> >  I made one of those things in high school as a science project and i've
> >  always wondered if anybody knows how to rifle a PVC barrel.
> >
> >  john
> Great thought.And it fits right in with my idea of using semi-cooked
potatos:
> they'll mash right into the grooves and seal off any air leakage!
> As for a technique for creating lands and grooves, I confess I don't even
> know how it's done in regular gunsmithing, but I guess we'd have to start
> with extra thick walled PVC. Might be simpler to put little angled
tailfins
> on the potato. But I'll keep thinking about it.
> Paul
> #23 Ashwagh
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