As a plumber this hurt my soul to watch, using a vice to hold the pipe, fighting with a flimsy ass saw. Then struggling with the solvent can lid. It's nice to see youtubers I love doing fun DIY projects but Christ this one was painful.
Charlie is like the toddler that is playing with plastic tools, Matt is the dad that enjoys his sons energy, and Danny is the proud mom that is recording
As someone that works in construction and is very familiar with all the products and tools they are using. This was the single greatest thing I've seen all week.
TIPS FOR BUILDING ONE OF THESE!!! for easier loading you can put a bolt through the barrel at the bottom right before it opens into the larger chamber, that way you can get the potato as far down as you can without pushing it into the chamber, the longer it has to travel out of the barrel the higher velocity it will have. another thing you can do to get a better fit is to either take your excess pipe from the barrel and cut a piece down to about 4 or 5 inches and sharpen it on one side, that way you can easily size your potatoes perfectly before you put them in, OR you can sharpen the end of the barrel for the same thing. one of the biggest benefits of this is that when you just try to smash the potato into the end of your barrel, if its not sharp it can cause the potato to split and lose chunks, making it not the tightest fit, and you want the tightest fit for highest velocity. I prefer having a 4-5 inch piece to size the potatoes instead of just the barrel, cuz then you can have one friend sizing potatoes while someone else is shooting, and you can prep a bunch before you go shooting. with the igniter you dont actually need screws poking in from the side. on ours we have the igniter fixed right into the lid and just have the wires sticking in like that with about 2/8 of an inch exposed at the ends, just enough for a spark to jump across, and you can always bend them to adjust. this way you can more easily hold it up with one hand on the gun somewhere and one hand on the back and aim better. its also a lot easier to push in the button with your whole palm instead of just a finger. another benefit of this is youre farther away from the end of the barrel when you shoot it so its way quieter on the ears. we've found that axe is the best to use over hairspray, and just to spray for like 2 seconds. If youre brave you can go longer but I wouldnt recommend it since I know a guy who blew his up doing some serious limit testing with how long to spray. aside from using potatoes as ammo, what works excellently is empty caulking tubes that have about half an inch to an inch left, just for a little bit of weight. its not the tightest fit, but they go like fucking MISSILES. another thing we found was foam stress balls that are a little bigger than the barrel. get them a little wet (but not dripping, or enough that water can leak out of them) and jam that down the end. we were playing a fun game where we'd shoot it up in the air and then a few of us were trying to catch it in empty icecream pales. the ball tho literally goes so high that you cant see it for a few seconds. We're still trying to figure out a way to give the barrel rifling on the inside (which is a spiral pattern of grooves that makes the bullet spin when it shoots, increasing velocity and accuracy) but havent really figured it out yet, if anyone has the means and ingenuity to do it tho, it would be lit. If anyone found and took the time to read this, I thank you. Good luck on building your own potato launcher at home!!
As for the rifling you could make a disc with a blade on one or 2 sides. Weld a rod to it then put on a slow drill. Drill slowly on the way down and reverse for the way back. Not sure how well it will turn out but that's the best idea Ive got without access to a lave
@@jbeezostl Can't say ive ever seen anyone use a pipe wrench on a can before, could imagine it should work well though as long as you can get it to bite.
At a friend's birthday party in middle school, we made a potato cannon and shot spuds into the woods. One of the guests broke his hand because he didn't screw the cap on right and it blew off where he was holding it. Good times.
@@tylercoon1791 reddit kid makes me proud. Just knowing he's become exactly his name, it's enough to make a grown man cry. But not me. I'll cry when I turn 21.
I was thinking the same thing.. I just watched a couple guys working with tools they have no business using.. As soon as Matt said "you were at about a foot and 8 feet" I knew I was in for some comedic genius in this video
@@reeeeeem69420 I used a hacksaw the previous winter to remove a tree that fell over my driveway. Can confirm it's not for anything thicker than planks, but I had little choice since the mini-chainsaw my neighbor offered me just wasn't sharp enough.
The gang isnt exactly what you'd call craftsmen. I mean sure they got it done, but it was partially luck. especially with that bad join on the pvc. But hey we dont come here for high quality buiding skills we come here for a good time and on that they deliver
This brings me back to my dad's old spud gun that we caved in car doors with until he overfilled it with propellant and deafened both of us for a week with the following explosion Good times
Charlie honestly looks like an fbi agent trying to 21 jump street their way into a middle school and try to say their tattoos are sharpies and he was a quick bloomer in the puberty department. then winds up asking a kid when he gets too deep if they want a beer
He's not realy that useless that's his RU-vid persona. NOBODY is that fucking useless in real life :) Charlie's actually smart as fuck, he's probably super useful at loads of the things he does. But it's far more entertaining to see him sucking at everything, the same as seeing him "get cursed" with food colouring was entertaining. It's a show man, not real. Charlie is actually shit hot at stuff!
@@DailyCorvid no man, I don't think he is putting on much of a personality. I am sure he acts more goofy on video, but I don't think he knows much about this sort of work, which is fine. No one just knows this stuff, they are taught and learn, if you aren't given the chance to learn than there is a likely chance you won't be capable. I am sure he is capable at other things, but I don't think this is his strong suit.
Josh Roehl m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JwncAQurlqk.html Stop it. don’t you see the like to dislike ratio. What’s the point of getting so many views if no one likes you.
I was looking for this comment. Its a relatively safe and fun activity to build and shoot these but there are some key safety considerations that need to be used for this to be true.
In every video like this Matt is always looking at Charlie like he’s watching his son win an award for best science fair project and I think that is beyond wholesome
I've said it once and I'll say it again, your videos help me. I have horrible paranoia and hallucinations at night, and when I see shit move it terrifies me. Watching your videos calm me down, nothing else does for some reason. Other than that I just enjoy watching you videos because you're a funny, honest looking guy. Thanks for helping me sleep, Charlie.
@@yelastava6417 I'm sorry to hear that, coming from someone who had the same problem I hope you can sleep easy. Something about charlies videos is just relaxing I guess, like Bob Ross
Write a date on it and decommission it after a year. Those potato cannons sit for a year and get used, they blow the fuck up like a pipe bomb. Source: experience
Jesus' twin attempts to follow in his brothers footsteps. "This is a vise grip" he says as he points at a bench vise. The distant sound of a palm smacking a forehead can be heard from the sky.
"Jesus, unable to find enough leather to braid a whip, builds a potato gun with the help of 2 disciples to chase the vendors out of the temples." -AD 28, colourized
the secret to getting the caps off of pvc glue is to take a set of pliers and tap the side of the cap where the threads of the cap would be. Give it one or two good hits on the side of the lid, and they will twist right off.
My brother and I once made one of these out of thick steel and used a mixture or oxygen and acetylene as fuel from a blow torch, we wrapped ball bearing in a bunch of duct tape and on our tiny test fire, the masking tape ball bearing bullet went straight through the shed roof and was never found. 10/10 weapon.
@Silence wench I just want to be happy well, the only time I've ever spilt it was after moving cinder blocks up and down a hill all day to help brace the PVC. So, spilled it on a hand that was scraped and cut up from that
@@MythicaIl *they’re But your sentence would have been better with “it’s” “It’s a bot, they’re unbanable” if unbanable was a word. Talking about a thing, you say “it” Female, “she” Male, “he” Multiple, “they” There’s exceptions but those are rare, and you won’t need to know them.
i made a P-cannon when i was like 10, back then (a little over a decade ago) the body spray we had as an ignition source had Propane as on of the main ingredients. that thing blew apart sturdy lawn chairs. super fun
My dad and i have made these since i can remember. Its easy, you guys are over thinking it but im glad you all had the fun experience to build one yourself, thats where it all starts. Next time, for the big pvc you hold in your hand, get one that has a 90 degree out the bottom so you can hold it like a hand grip. Keep up the good videos Charlie.
I resonate deeply with this video. Being an HVAC installer, I frequently have to run condensate drains. Opening a new can of PVC Glue is always a struggle. Little tip would be to take something like a screw driver handle and tap around the edge of the cap generously, all the way around it, and then try.
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Not a plumber but I do electrical, and work with pvc often, big pipe is easy to put together as long as you put enough glue on the pipe. Be generous when slapping it on there. Acts like lubricant till it fuses the pipe and cap together
