Tater Rifle of Doom

A buddy of mine Jim and I built ourselves a potato rifle. This is actually our second build; the first one was tiny, and sucked, but it was a good proof of concept.

This newer one is...well, just a wee bit more powerful. The videos really don't give the sound justice; it's quite loud, and can make your ears ring off of a particularly strong shot. A bit quieter than a 22 rifle, I'd say.

Cost a grand total of about 30 bucks to make, more than a third of which was for the grill igniter switch alone. We learned that brass bolts conduct electricity way better than cheap steel screws, which is what we had on the old model.

We need a better fuel though; that hair spray tends to gum up the threads of the back cap and insulates the sparker bolts inside. Spray deodorant might work a little better, although I'll have to test some things out.

The cool thing is, we got video:

Yep, that's my lanky ass loading the sucker up. Just to save space, here's the full set of 14 videos. I put them embedded in a forum entry so I don't choke anyone's bandwidth with this blog entry. You're welcome. :cheers: