I made a firecracker gun out of lego technics when i was young. The munition was a firecracker too, was pretty fun.
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Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 days ago
That reminds me I wanted to build a firecracker shotgun. Still haven’t figured out a sleek way to ignite them though.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
Very rich fuel air mixture and a spark igniter?
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 days ago
Safer and less fun way, heating element.
Yeah that’s what I’ve been considering now. Not just because of safety but also because it’s reliable since nothing needs to be directly fitted into the chamber. Also more resistant to sutt buildup. Maybe I can repurpose an old vape.
_druid@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I’m sure an internal striker could be engineered with some metal bits, maybe a 3D printer, and parts of a zippo lighter. Just shooting from the hip, but I bet there is someone with the knowledge and the time, if you brought the idea up to the correct forums.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 3 days ago
My idea was glueing some copper wire to the bottom of the fuse and using a battery powered ignition mechanism but maybe I’m overthinking it 😅
_druid@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Perhaps a door mouse could be trained to strike a match before retreating safely to a secondary chamber?
despoticruin@lemm.ee 3 days ago
But then you have to train a cat to buy more matches at the store for the mouse and they always try to eat the money.