Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Weekend Project: Water Balloon Cannon”.
Throwing water balloons can be fun, but to win a water balloon war. You need to get some serious distance in this weekend. Project will build a very simple PVC air cannon to launch your water balloons farther than you thought possible to build the water balloon cannon. You’Ll need these simple parts and these tools. First off cut the PVC pieces. There are four pieces of PVC pipe used to build the cannon. This is the easiest part of the build next, the valve stem needs to be installed in one of the ten inch sections of pipe drill, a hole that is smaller than the valve stem and wiggle.
The stem into place start with a smaller hole, since you can always enlarge it if it doesn’t fit once the valve is seated you’ll glue the cannon together, so this project will be under pressure, we’ll be using both primer and cement to join the components gluing. Pvc isn’t too tricky, but it can be messy, set something on the floor to catch any drips. Also, this stuff is nasty use a respirator if you aren’t outside before gluing lay the parts out in their final configuration, apply the purple primer to both the outside of the pipe and the inside of the fitting give it a few seconds before coating, both surfaces with The cement quickly insert the pipe into the fitting press them together turn the fitting quarter of a turn and then hold it in place for 15 seconds.
Repeat the process for each connection. Your cannon is now all glued up, but before using it, it’s important to let the submit fully cure check the label on your cement, but you may need to wait up to 24 hours for a full cure once the cement has cured. The cannon is ready for use, make sure to close the valve before loading the cannon, otherwise, your water balloon will fall into the pressure chamber next, pour in about 4 to 5 cups of water into the barrel. This is an important step which prevents the water balloons from exploding on exit fill a water balloon until it is about 2 inches wide and drop it into the barrel, you may need to experiment to find the size that works the best now it’s time to pressurize The air chamber use a bicycle pump or a compressor with a pressure gauge. The gauge is important to prevent overfilling 20 to 30. Psi is a good amount of pressure, more pressure as a potential to be dangerous. Once the chamber is pressurized open the valve with one quick motion and watch and balloon really go the distance.
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