• caboose2006@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    1 hour ago

    In Washington state potatoes cannons were legal as long as you classified them a “line throwing device”. I.e. something to throw a rope from ship to ship if you like lose an engine or something. So when you go to the lake to play bring a rope and a nail to stick the rope in the potato if the cops come and ask questions.

  • seathru@lemmy.sdf.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    212
    ·
    edit-2
    16 hours ago

    Fun fact: PVC doesn’t show up on x-rays. So when this thing turns into shrapnel and embeds itself in your abdomen; doctors get to just hunt around and hope they find all the pieces.

  • Elvith Ma'for@feddit.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    46
    ·
    edit-2
    13 hours ago

    This is my temporary potato holder. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My temporary potato holder is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my temporary potato holder is useless. Without my temporary potato holder, I am useless. I must fire my temporary potato holder true. I must shoot straighter than my enemy who is trying to kill me. I must shoot him before he shoots me. I will …
    My temporary potato holder and I know that what counts in war is not the potatoes we launch, the noise of our burst, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the hits that count. We will hit …
    My temporary potato holder is human, even as I [am human], because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my temporary potato holder clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will …
    Before God, I swear this creed. My temporary potato holder and I are the defenders of my yard. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
    So be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy, but peace!

    • goldfndr@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      3 hours ago

      Please, more “sets the potato down” and “push a button” substitutions.

      This is my temporary potato holder. There are many like it, but this one is mine. My temporary potato holder is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my temporary potato holder is useless. Without my temporary potato holder, I am useless. I must push a button on my temporary potato holder true. I must set the potato down straighter than my enemy who is trying to set a potato down on me. I must set the potato down on him before he sets a potato down on me. I will …
      My temporary potato holder and I know that what counts in setting potatoes down is not the potatoes we launch, the noise of our button pushes, nor the smoke we make. We know that it is the anywhere you want that counts. We will hit …
      My temporary potato holder is human, even as I [am human], because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its barrel. I will keep my temporary potato holder clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will …
      Before God, I swear this creed. My temporary potato holder and I are the defenders of my yard. We are the masters of our enemy. We are the saviors of my life.
      So be it, until victory is America’s and there is no enemy, but peace!

  • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    14 hours ago

    That reminds me I wanted to build a firecracker shotgun. Still haven’t figured out a sleek way to ignite them though.

    • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      18 minutes ago

      Very rich fuel air mixture and a spark igniter?

      Safer and less fun way, heating element.

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      9 hours ago

      I made a firecracker gun out of lego technics when i was young. The munition was a firecracker too, was pretty fun.

    • _druid@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      14 hours ago

      I’m sure an internal striker could be engineered with some metal bits, maybe a 3D printer, and parts of a zippo lighter. Just shooting from the hip, but I bet there is someone with the knowledge and the time, if you brought the idea up to the correct forums.

      • Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        13 hours ago

        My idea was glueing some copper wire to the bottom of the fuse and using a battery powered ignition mechanism but maybe I’m overthinking it 😅

        • _druid@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          8
          arrow-down
          2
          ·
          11 hours ago

          Perhaps a door mouse could be trained to strike a match before retreating safely to a secondary chamber?

          • despoticruin@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            46 minutes ago

            But then you have to train a cat to buy more matches at the store for the mouse and they always try to eat the money.

  • swampdownloader@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    14 hours ago

    Good ol spud gun. Made one back in the day. My buddy went overboard and had one manufactured out of steel and used ether as a propellant. Was pretty wild compared to the pvc version.