blog.tinyenormous.com - 9/4/2009
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The project that really took center stage was his ping-pong ball gun. You can think of this as a variation on a potato cannon, however his is built to run on compressed air, and it runs on much tighter tolerances. It runs off of a compressed air line and a standard wall outlet. After firing a ...
blog.makezine.com - 9/4/2009
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blog.makezine.com —
MAKE subscriber Ross sent us info on this
rather powerful pneumatic ping-pong ball gun, built by Ron...
Kessinger and presented at Denver's Club Workshop - You can think of this as a variation on a potato cannon, however his is built to run ...
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Ping-pong gun packs major punch!
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Ping-pong gun packs major punch!
MAKE Magazine —
... Dang! That'd make for one rough game of table tennis … a very short game as well - eep! =( For more pics, vids, and info, head over to the TINYenormous blog ...
Ping pong cannon blasts through drywall and particle board
CrunchGear —
... leaving hilarious-yet-playful welts.
Built by Ron Kessinger and shown off at a recent maker meetup in Denver, the potentially deadly apparatus looks like the bastard child of a telescope and a harpoon gun.
As if it needs to be said, DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME. Unless you have access to a standard wall socket and a compressed air line, plus all the parts needed to build one of these. In that case, have fun this weekend.
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Gizmodo —
... balls are relatively harmless, most of the time. Even if someone slams one at you with a paddle, it never hurts all that much. This pneumatic cannon changes that. [TinyEnormous via ...
The Lethal Pneumatic Ping Pong Ball Gun
Tech Blog —
... This is no ordinary ping pong ball gun, as "a sheet of drywall was no match for [the ping pong balls], and even particle board failed spectacularly when faced by a 1" sphere of water." Video after the break.
You can think of this as a variation on a potato cannon, however his is built to run on compressed air, and it runs on much tighter tolerances.
[via Gizmodo - Tinyenormous]
Ping Pong Gun Deals Lethal Damage
OhGizmo! —
... It runs off a compressed air line, and can not only fire the balls at a high speed, but accurately as well. Of course, the little balls are most effective when filled with water, at which point they are able to easily pass through drywall and particle board. Though even in their regular, air-filled state they can be quite harmful when fired from this apparatus. Trust me, you don’t want to find yourself staring down the business end of this thing.
[ TinyEnormous ] VIA [ CrunchGear ]
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lethal pneumatic ping pong gun: ’nuff said.
technabob —
... can fire up to 14 shots. It takes a few seconds to load the ammo – i.e. a ping pong ball – and prepare the gun, but there’s no doubt that it’s lethal.
Kissinger also injected water into ping pong balls, creating some plywood-destroying, extra strength ammo.
Here’s the gun in action:
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Don’t try this at home. You might have too much fun.
[via TinyEnormous via OhGizmo] ...
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