The EQUALIZER Pneumatic Cannon
Some stories have a strange beginning. Before we start the story, a bit of background: I enjoy Hard to Classic Rock. (with some Country, Blues, Rap, Scottish, ect. thrown in). OK, the story. The new neighbors started giving free concerts, from their garage, once or twice a week, till 2 or 3am. Bad Metallica or Ozzie, till the wee hours, when I've got to get up before the chickens, is just not a good thing. When the Cops would not come anymore to shut them down, I decided to salute them. I searched the internet for something that would make lots of noise, without blowing me up and repeat reasonably quickly. The Black Backfire Pipe was built from old pipe fittings, a 2 1/2" chunk of exhaust pipe, a car spark plug and unnamed gaseous fuels. This thing was so loud that the band stopped playing after several applications. Har Har. And still no Cops. While searching for the needed noisemaker on the internet, Potato cannon sites came up often. This got me interested. I decided to build one and it turned out very well.
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The Bozzcoil
The Black Backfire Pipe, described above, needed a better ignition system to light the unnamed gaseous fuels. While searching on the internet for a better way to fire this beast, an old engine enthusiast site came up. Some old engines relied on a "Buzzcoil" to ignite the fuel/air mixture. This buzzcoil opened and closed sets of points very quickly, creating a spark that appeared to be constant and made a sound like a buzzer. On the site was a wiring diagram of a newer version of this device: The Bozzcoil.
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High energy coil from GM V-8 with condenser
Metal ruler next to test spark - spark jumped to ruler - then to me!
The Old Dirty Bastard Himself
