Building the Shmooball cannon

posted Mar 10th 2009 1:01pm by
filed under: classic hacks, misc hacks

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We’ve been eagerly anticipating this, [Larry] has published the entire build of the Shmooball gun for 2009. This design is more compact and elegant than the one for 2008 and has a slightly more Ghost Buster’s aesthetic about it.  The pictures are great and there’s lots of good tips along the way. We can’t wait to see what they make next year. How about a gattling version?



4 Responses to Building the Shmooball cannon

  • Ryan says:
    March 10, 2009 at 1:32 pm

    See, now we just need one with a Portal aesthetic!

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  • morcheeba says:
    March 10, 2009 at 2:53 pm

    I am so glad I spoke there in 2007, *before* this was made!

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  • Jesse says:
    March 10, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    JAMES LIPTON?!?!?!?!?!?!

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  • Frollard says:
    March 11, 2009 at 11:47 am

    I’ve made plenty of pneumatic canons – and I can say he’s wasting a lot of CO2 – at 100 psi (safe) that storage tank needs only be 1/3 to 1/2 the volume of the barrel, even less for such a small, light schmooball.

    Great design – always room for improvement.

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