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**************The*Baron**************
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Build a Tennis Ball Launcher
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***************Presents**************
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Alright folks! This is it! What you've all been waiting for....
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The Tennis Ball Launcher
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In case your wondering just what a tennis ball launcher is, it's a
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nifty little device that you can build in a matter of minutes. It works under
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the same principle as a bullet does except doesn't have the potential to
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mortally wound people. Though I do suspect it would be somewhat painful if you
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got shot right in the stomache with one of these things.
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Anyway... on with the show!
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Disclaimer:
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What the fuck! I'm not going to tell you that this file is for enlightment
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purposes only. What the fuck do I care if you go ahead and make one of these
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things and then knock yourself unconcious and give yourself 3rd degree burns.
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Hell, there alot of fun to play around with... So go and make one today!
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Materials needed to be bought (stolen):
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6 or 7 cans the size of a tennis ball
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I find that Hunt's tomato puree cans work the best. Make sure you clean
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these things out pretty well first!
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Some electrical tape
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A good flammable liquid
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Try Ronsonol lighter fuel. I suppose gasoline would work but I wouldn't
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suggest it... probably blow your freakin' head off.
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A can opener that makes the little triangles
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Like the ones you use to open the big cans of Hi-C.
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Lots 'o matches
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Don't try to use a lighter. You'll burn yourself numerous times.
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Allright... how to assemble this crap to make a good tennis ball launcher:
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I'll assume you have all this crap... don't try to experiment too much.
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I've done these things many times and this is the best way to do it I've found.
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First. Take your cans and cut the tops and bottoms of all of them off
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(except for one... I'll explain what you do with this one later). Clean them
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all out real good. Try to get it so you can't smell the whatever was in it
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anymore.
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OK, Time for the one I told you not to open up. Take this one and with your
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handy-dandy can opener, cut triangles in the top all the way around. There
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should be about 8 triangles all around the top of the can. Then clean this one
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out as well. Then take a hammer and a nail about 5mm in diam. and punch a hole
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about 1/4" above the bottom of the can.
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Now take all these cans and tape them together. Make sure the one with the
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triangles is on the bottom. Line 'em up pretty well. They should look like
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this when you got it:
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That "o" at the bottom is the hole you punched with the nail.
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Congratulations! You now have your very own tennis ball launcher!
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I suppose your going to want to know how to work this thing... Alright, this
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is how you go about it:
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Take your flammable liquid (I really suggest you use Ronsonol lighter fuel.
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It's just the right flammability and has a little spout that makes it easy to
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put the stuff in through the hole). Anyway, put a little of this stuff in the
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launcher through the hole. Don't overload the thing or it won't work. Then take
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those lungs of yours and blow into the hole. This vaporizes the fuel and makes
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it explodable. The more times you blow into the hole, the better the ball will
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shoot. Anyway, do this a couple of times and then take a match, light it, stick
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it next to the hole and watch it fly!
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If you've done everything right, you should hear a sort of muffled bang
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and see a tennis ball flying high in the air. Some of my best shots have gone
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over 500', which is pretty good if 'ya think about it. It's extremely powerful
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and works somewhat like a bazooka when you hold it in your hands. You need 2
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people to do it that way though.
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If you don't get it the first time.. keep trying. It took me awhile to get
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good at it. Once you know what you're doing though.. you can get it about every
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time.
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A few pointers:
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Make sure the tape is on tightly and it's airtight.
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Sometimes, if the ball fits in really tightly, it helps to cut a hole
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in it to shrink it a bit.
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When you put the ball in, push it down about 3 or 4 cans. You have to
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make sure there is enough room for the fuel to vaporize and not down too
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far to keep the ball from escaping out.
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Keep trying!
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If you need any other pointers you can reach me at:
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The Baron's Bistro (708) 869-1501
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