How Do You Make A Potato Cannon?
All you need are some easy-to-obtain products from your local building supply store along with a bag of potatoes, and you’ll have hours of fun with a potato cannon that can propel a potato hundreds of yards and even penetrate plywood. Just make sure you’ve got a suitably large open area as well as a target approved for destruction. Step 1 Clean all ends of the PVC pipes, the coupling, reducer, coupling and clean-out adapter with PVC cleaner. Make sure that there is no dust left on the outside any of the pieces. Step 2 Use the PVC glue to glue the coupling to the 24″ pipe. Glue the 4″ end of the reducer to the 24″ pipe. Glue the 48″ pipe to the 2″ end of the reducer. Step 3 Drill a hole in the 4″ PVC pipe about 4 inches from the coupling. Place the lantern flint igniter into the hole and make an airtight seal with epoxy glue. Step 4 Bevel the edge of the 48″ pipe with the rasp file. The edge should slope toward the inside to make inserting a potato easier. Step 5 Screw the clean-out plu
