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Cinco de Playo

Bob Noxious — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:55:54 GMT

so we took the burning duck out to the fourth of juplaya
and got the BIG idea to create a duckstick for cinco de playo
basically duck taped abunch of essssplosives an safensanes to a 15' pole goosed it with fuel and lit it on fire. Many refered to the ensuing ridiculousness as the "pole of failure" I however, am inspired to evolve the idea of a spark spitting, mortar launching, blackpowder exploding, burn til dawn fucking outasight duckstick into being.
stay tuned!

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Vortex gun

Steamboat_Ed — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 16:46:47 GMT

Seen on Make today: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/gas-powered_vortex_cannon_as_big_ba.html
Anyone ever built anything like this? Got plans??

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Delta II rocket

XTREME-PYRO — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:05:11 GMT

we started a build this week with my Rocket club.
12"dia X 13' L 1/9 scale Delta II rocket for PLASTER BLASTERS this year.
Try this link. (i'm new at linking stuff)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevlar/2900384968/
This is plaster blaster a few years ago, Our new rocket will be WAY better!

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DO SOMETHING!!!

Steamboat_Ed — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:27:05 GMT

--Hey gang don't let this be my personal blog page; whatcha doing? Share!!

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'09 April Fools Cannon Shoot

Steamboat_Ed — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:56:11 GMT

Back from the adventure; first video now posted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGfIDGb9g9Y

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Fire Calliope Progress

Steamboat_Ed — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:25:39 GMT

Have spent the past few months building a calliope that, eventually, will run on propane. Have it far enough along that I can demo it on compressed air. Here's a link to videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=wanglydiaplt&view=videos

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Kaboom! 3.0

Steamboat_Ed — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:24:15 GMT

Boy, talk about low traffic on this site! The '09 cannon shoot will be this Saturday, just outside of Covelo, CA. Holler if interested.

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Kaboom 2.0!

Steamboat_Ed — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:40:00 GMT

Next cannon shoot is scheduled for April 5 and I'm gettin' my cannon prepped for the event. Learned a lot last time and *this* time I'm going to have a sighting widget mounted on it so I can get a little closer to one of the 'designated' targets, heh. Have been noodling on this problem a bit and am now building a really silly looking thing that may or may not work. I'm using 1/4" steel pipe to make a sighting tube, but to spare my neck and back I've put a kink in it; i.e. I've welded two pieces at right angles, then sawed the back of the joint open. I've tried putting a first surface mirror on this opening and, sure enough, I can see around the corner. Pretty funky tho and would like to know of what others have done. Any takers?

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Battlebots is baaaaack!!

Steamboat_Ed — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:43:39 GMT

--In case you haven't heard the news it's back! They've worked a deal with ESPN and this time it looks to be a *lot* better than the deal with Comedy Central; i.e. more time seeing what the pit crews are doing and less time with the brain-dead bimbos. More deets here: http://www.battlebots.com/news_home.asp#espn2
PS if anyone needs a machinist, weldor, etc I work cheap! :-)

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Kaboom!

Steamboat_Ed — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 05:00:39 GMT

Had fun last weekend; went to an April Fools Day cannon shoot in northern California. Finally had a chance to learn how to shoot my cannon (bought at a tailgate sale many moons ago) without killing myself. Lessons learned:
-50cc of F Pyrodex will send a golfball out of sight!
-Aiming ain't trivial when the ground is sloping in two axes
-Ramrods should be a constant diameter, just in case (no, it didn't happen!)
-Pyrodex is corrosive; barrels need to be swabbed with soap and water, then oiled after use
-And best of all: not all cannon nuts are Republicans, heh.

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Roll call!

Steamboat_Ed — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 02:17:43 GMT

--Hey gang this tribe has gone from a crazy dream to well over 40 members. Soo howzabout sounding off with what you're about, etc, to stir the pot a bit?
--Example: I was working on flame effects for a small art car, but have decided that "licensing" for Playa driving is a pain and will just use 'em around our campsite instead. And adding a whistle makes for a *really* loud flame! Hope to move on to a computer programmable flame calliope when I get the time.

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Fireball shooters

Steamboat_Ed — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 19:46:01 GMT

--Have been taking a whack at building some for my art car project. Not much to report yet as I'm still amassing components, but here's a link to the blog: http://www.nmpproducts.com/artcar0601.htm

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Street Luge pictures

John — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 04:00:49 GMT

I wound up posting the pictures of my streetluge that I built a year and a half ago over on the streetluge tribe. (well since nobody else posts there for some reason why not)

Just wanted to say it..... If you want I could post them here.

As for one of my other dangerous hobbies, A new article was posted in road king magazine.

(I'm the one in the camo utilikilt (second photo down)
http://www.roadking.com/story.php?id=27

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Flaming letters.

Jeeves — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 03:35:28 GMT

anyone have any experience creating a sign with letters of flame?

I'm thinking letters that are 3-5 feet tall, and burn with a steady orange-ish (blue-ish would be ok too, but far less cool) flame at night. Fuel source would preferably be propane.

I've thought about modifying gas grill burners to fit them into a trough of sorts, but I'm not sure how well the propane would spread over that sort of distance.

another option I've looked at would just be steel pipe bent to form the letters, with holes drilled every 1/2 inch to make small gas jets. Also not sure if the flame would spread enough with this...

Whatever the burners turn out to be, they'd probably be mounted in some sort of steel trough to try and dissipate the heat.

Oh, and this whole contraption will hopefully be a 10-12 feet off the ground, so people can walk under it. (I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse...)

any ideas?

Thanks!

-jeeves.
(who usually believes strongly in a policy of safety third, but sometimes lets it slip to 8th or 9th...)

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Punkin Guns

Steamboat_Ed — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:15:27 GMT

--OK, gang I want to build one; first order of business build a "scale model". I'm on a mission to acquire parts to build a 4" bore grapefruit gun. It's got to be "portable", i.e. transportable to events in a trailer. At present I've got a lead on a trailer, barrel material and a 4" quick-acting valve. Next I need a pressure vessel of around 200-300 gallon capacity, that can withstand about 200psi (double the planned 100psi operating pressure for safety). Holler if anyone sees same on the Left Coast. With luck I'll have something working in time to storm the "Vault of Heaven", heh.

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Time for flames!

Steamboat_Ed — Sun, 06 Mar 2005 02:33:57 GMT

--Buildin' me a small-ish art car and am hoping to add something in the way of flames to brighten it up a bit. Hope to use plumbing fittings, bronze wool and propane to get the initial feel for working with the stuff, as I hear it's relatively benign.
--But somewhere down the line I'd like to delve into building a Stamp controlled bank of solenoid valves to drive something really dangerous. Anyone been down this road? Any tips to pass along?

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looking to swap ideas, and meet members in the New England area

ghost — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 22:41:51 GMT

Tribe of fellow dangerous hobbyists,

I just completed the move, and I can now start working with fire and sharp things again. I need to bounce ideas off a few people, and maybe have someone help with a wrench or a torch. Anybody here in the NYC 75 mile radius?

Bob

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New collar!!! My main pic!!What do you think?

Magnus — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 05:18:22 GMT

This is my new design. I am also working on "flame" and "Buzzsaw" designs. Look on my profile for another pic.

Magnus

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Popguns?

Steamboat_Ed — Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:38:36 GMT

--Saw an interesting device yesterday: a piezo element from a lighter, taken out and attached to a piece of wood. Wires from it are attached thru holes in an up-ended plastic film can cap. Spritz explosive vapors into the can (the guy who showed me this was using Binaca breath spray; it smells vile once ignited!), attach can to lid and press trigger. Neat!

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