Homemade Potato Howitzer
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- Опубликовано: 12 май 2020
- For when handheld spud cannons aren't enough! This thing features adjustable elevation, electronic ignition, propane fuel, all-terrain tires, and a healthy dose of redneck engineering! All built from scrap parts in a weekend for under $50.
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"We're really scraping ze bottom of ze barrel, aren't we?"
"Ja."
yes
@helen joyner "Ze potatoes have gon rotten!"
ve have attracted ze Irish!
@@konnigs2510 "Oh nein!"
@@itsuo163 Yeah.
Imagine going to war and getting hit by a flying potato.
Well u gotta admit the ammo for that Artillery is cheap
Believe it or not, this happened once with an American battleship in WW2.
@@GeorgianPapist514
Ah yes, the Potato Battle
@@panzerboidasixth6892 History is weird. Like when the US wanted to nuke the moon.
@TRISTAN JUDE MOJILIP Moe It wasn't the government or anything, but there were some citizens who thought: "If we blow up the moon, no-one can land on it."
This is only off what I heard, so i recommend looking at other sources.
ATF: Sir what are you building in your garage
Him: Potato Pack Howitzer
ATF: *Confused screaming*
@Ryan Vanderweel my version
ATF: what are you building in your garage.
Me: you mean the ‘tateranater’ i.. I mean what garage where ?
About 20 years ago I built a potato canon that used blank shotgun cartridges instead of gas 🙈🙈🙈🙈
Almost a Potato Shotgun.
Cool!
I once build a potato slug
I would love to hear you explain to the game Warren . " But sir it is potato not lead"
@@User-dc6sm i once built a potato anti tank gun
@@kc11028isded that with the potato slug is a real story
Damn it man, now I must have one! I was an Army Artillery Forward Observer for 8 years and I have to tell you that you’ve made an awesome howitzer. I seldom actually fired the guns, being up “on the hill” mostly, but I did help shoot mortars on occasion when they were short of crew. I also fired several “Sundown guns” for ceremonies, and you have what is close to a 75mm pack gun howitzer. I’d love to have one and adjust fires with it. Making mashed potatoes! Kudos!!
Awesome! Glad you liked it :-)
2 things how in gods name did u see wheels a y pice of folding metal plexy-glass etc. and think yea i can make field artillery with that and 2i will find stuff for a bigger one and i will make a 41/2 ft heavy artillery weapon that shiites watermelons if i can fit the barrel right but i think it'll have to be cantelopes and stuff
@@saveitforparts that's crazy you dickhead I love you
Let the potato Army, begin
Another diy guy wearing sandals in the shop. Lol
Oh no
He's wearing socks.
He’s the boss , he can wear what he wants. Flip flops and socks are top tier boss attire.
It could be worse. He could be wearing a mask outside.
His power comes from the sandals
when your nerd friends invite you to paintball with them show up with this...am ready
Just boil yer taters in water based paint first.
Load it up with paintballs and you have some canister shot...
@@elburropeligroso4689 been there, super fun, just make sure to have a wad and put the paintballs in a folded grocery bag.
Honey, I went to the cemetery yesterday and I kept finding all these smashed up potatoes lying around everywhere.
Now just imagine how this would look on the bow of a boat.....pirates be warned.
That’s what I was planning to do
Convert it to fire from potatoes to 40 mike mikes and you're left with a war machine.
The "stabilizer" thingy are called gun trails. Great cannon!
"Hans did you get ze right gun?"
"Nien, I grabbed ze wrong one.."
"WELL SHISSEA!"
*scheiße
@@Average-Friday-Enjoyer Scheiße*
“Did you bring ze Panzafaust?” “Nien, i brought se Panza Division”
Nein
Now you need a lawnmower faux Jeep to hitch it to. It would be a great combo for parades.
I enjoyed the night shots with the muzzle blast.
You may get even more impressive results by adding a muzzle brake like found on the M198 howitzer.
There are some great examples of the muzzle brake on an M198 in action here:
www.military.com/equipment/m198-howitzer
I'm disappointed in RUclips. They recommend everything under the Sun to me...except THIS!!! How have I missed this video!!??
That's 1 hell of a way to say "GET OFF MY LAWN"! Lol. Good times.
this man could build potato flak canon from the exploding potato
This is ridiculously pointless overkill.
The Internet salutes you!
Pop: Whatcha doin', boy?
Me: Rockin out to potato guided armament reviews.
Pop: Oh....Is that a new band?
Back in the 70’s when I was a kid, there was this one summer where we had this long, on going crab apple war with a group of other kids. We had only one rule...duck! That cannon would have been very handy!
This would be illegal in NY, NJ, IL, CA.
fuck i was going to make this in illinois
I read CA as Canada for some odd reason
Fuck CA, i live in nazifornia and im still gonna build one!
Don’t forget the commonwealth of Massivetwoshits..
That's ok. They can lob potatoes over from neighboring states.
Scrap Mechanic: **uses spud guns as weapons**
This dude: why not try it
Teacher: were doing crafts today
Girls: i hate building stuff
Bois:
Lol
I wish.. Just only if the Australia had american laws
Bruh why do girls hate building stuff lol
I am heavy weapons guy. And this is my weapon. It takes 500 farmers to fire this weapon, for twelve seconds.
The Flash is the loader
HAAAHAHAHAH
@@joeyhlawrence3320 ohmygodwhotouchedsasha
tf2: meet the farmer (original is heavy)
This guy makes me want to be a field artillery officer even more
This may be the greatest video I've ever stumbled across 😂
Never have I enjoyed the word potato so much. Heads up!!! 🥔
The 24 thumbs down are from his neighbors.... :-)
At least, A great part of his neighbors is dead! LOL
[The cemetery]
YT suggestions finally suggested something cool!
cant wait till you make a potato tank or a potato battleship that you sit in
His howitzers made all the difference for the brave dogs, who fought the battle of Chestnut St. against Squrell shock troops.
I like the fact he’s shooting at a cemetery
I would add an Arduino and an electronic gas valve to make a timed gas release, so that you can dial in an exact amount of gas based on the time the valve is open, and always be able to repeat that same amount of gas. You could even have various preset options for more or less gas to hit a target distance. Or go all out with a laser rangefinder too and design an algorithm that calculates exactly how much gas and at what angle is needed to hit that target! Lol
Edit: you'd probably need a pressure sensor also to measure gas pressure, because as the pressure in the gas tank drops after a few shots you'd need to hold the valve open longer to get the same amount in the firing chamber.
This Dude has BRAINS 🧠 and SKILLS! Plus he looks like a Giant version of a Leprechaun!
This dude be straight out of the game scrap mechanic.
a thing you never know you needed, until you saw it. great job
That describes everything at Ax-Man surplus!
really puts the HOW in howitzer
My best friend showed this to me. I love it.
Good job on the cannon. I also enjoyed the music. I almost forgot I wasn't watching beyond the press channel lol. I can't wait to see the future upgrades. It makes me want to build one that looks like an M198 howitzer that I used to shoot in the marine corps.
Convinced that we're living in the best timeline
Epic montage and music combo! LOL
Greatest Idea EVER.
Potato Howitzer...
Potatitzer? Howitato? Powitzato?
Mspud09 powitzer
This guy can easily invade Poland only Whit his smile
I bet a billiards ball would fit perfectly.
Would love to see this with a longer barrel with accurate aiming and modified for paintball. Imagine 2-4 of these call for fire during paintball? That would be epic!
You could theoretically shoot paintballs out of this. If you had some kind of wad, like a piece of Styrofoam, and then added paintballs it should act like a big shotgun.
@@CAMSLAYER13 Years ago, there was a common load for cannons called "Grape Shot" and it was like little cannonballs with, as you said, wadding behind it. I would love to see you use paintballs in this manner!!!
@@waynethompson8416 it's still here, it's called and anti-personel round.
0:11 Lol the squirrel at the top of the tree is like hey man stop shooting my house haha 😂 🐿
Awesome cannon! 3d print some shells!
This awesome construction music reminds me of the game Red Alert, which has amazing music.
HAHAHA that's so sick! I've seen a lot of different potato cannons, but never a potato howitzer. 🤣
this guy is a male mechanic from scrap mechanic, which coinidentally is a game where the only weapons you have shoot potatoes
I love the improvement ideas. Suggestion, if you are going to add oxygen as part of the fuel, then have the actual barrel be all one piece with no holes and inject the gaseous fuel directly inside that barrel and the igniter also inside the same barrel. This will give your gun quite a bit more umph! Might freak the neighbors out a bit as it will also give a much louder report!
But then, not just potatoes, but how about bloated tins of old food? Since the new power will give you a greater range, then you would not have to worry so much about breathing he stench of rotted food! lol
I'm going to show this to my older brother and say "well here's the potato cannon you wanted." XD
It really would be a lot of fun to take that where people are playing paintball, or airsoft, and ask if you can play!
I don't know how much research you've done into performance upgrades but a few things like multiple ignition points spaced equally apart and any cheap body spray for propellent can really give it a boost
The best part about it is that it really acts as fragmentation ammo cuz it makes shrapnel at impact
If the eyes go everywhere then you've got a potato patch at the impact zone!
first video I've seen from you, and you've made a good first impression
40 squirrels living in the nearby trees dislked this video,.
I initially started watching your channel for your boat videos. However, all of your other videos are just as cool. It has been a pleasure to subscribe and see what you come up with next. I still don't know why you don't have 100 times more subscribers. I doubt if it will help but I featured you on my channel. Too many other channels are focused on how to make money from their channel and are all slicked up, you just focus on the fun of DIY and are an amazing improviser. Keep em coming.
Thanks! I should have some more boat videos this summer too!
This is pretty sick!! Late to the comment section but imagine melting down aluminum cans and casting a potato. 🤣
i love that build especially that you got most of it for free. the oxygen is a bad idea because it makes the combustion to fast and the pressure spike to pointy (risk of shattering). what you could do to improve reliable and repeatable combustion is to measure the fuel and mount a small cpu fan inside the chamber to mix the gas since you wanted to have a battery powered igniter anyway. use a 3 dollar arc generator module for that. the box shaped ones are usually plasma and the round ones usually stun. the stun ones are not as electronics friendly and draw more ampere. it has been one year we would love to see a part 2
when i was younger my friends and i would pretend to have wars, now just image having this as a kid
Finally, now I can create an Idahoan militia's artillery sect.
what is that sound we are hearing as you assemble the machine. I’m half heartedly watching. But that sound has my foot tapping, head bobbing, and the old air guitar jamming away. 😂
I should have the music credited in the video, I think the one for the assembly is Ethan Meixsell's "March On". It's on RUclips's royalty-free library so you can probably find it elsewhere on RUclips.
@@saveitforparts Lol, right on. I tried to be vague in my dialogue, so no one would get hurt.
You can caulk the line where the sheild comes together and paint over it so it looks like it’s been welded
I don't know how I got here but I love it lol it's awsome !!!!!!
Nice build montage and beautiful hackjob
Love it
A cannon to protect potatoes from potato thieves.
Amazing how you made this all from free junky parts, unlike any diy youtuber I've seen. Keep up the awesome builds!
when the neighborhood kids just challenges you in a nerf battle but you have this Howitzer
You have inspired me, I shall attempt to create a potato howitzer.
Living next to a Cemetery I bet the dude's got quiet neighbors.
It not only works great...but looks fabulous.
You seem to have a real knack for esthetics.
☮
When I get my own place, I really wanna have a workplace where I can do cool trinkets like these. Kudos for the awesome build you got there buddy!
Use the pure alcohol 96% instead of any goofy plopellent (like your "hair propane"). Feel the huge difference.
P.S. Gasonile - is the best fuel. But gasoline need the RIGHT stoichiometry with air. (6 drops per 1 liter empty bottle)
Excellent PC! You have found a new subscriber, my cousin and I used to build monster spud cannons all the time. Feels.
Baked potato deliveries are going through the roof
This man looks like he defends his home with a musket
just like the founding fathers intended.
The squirrels in that neighborhood live In fear
This is the best thing I've seen on RUclips.
If so this must be your first day on this site, or you’re his father just trying to be supportive. Interesting project by him, probable weird comment by you.
how the hell does this not have a million views already
At last somebody who hasn’t got all the dogs bollocks tools like welders CNC machining water jetting and so on a true engineer 🇮🇪🏴🇬🇧
Bro ur genius! You needed few days but if I try I will need few years to start
I made one similar. It didn't look as correct as that. It was more of a battleship style. I cut the cap threads in 3 positions so that it had a quick unlock instead of unscrewing, I used a steel tube from leftover conduit as a barrel and mine breech loads, but uses black powder.......
It's not as sophisticated but it's loved at 4th of July parties!
For your sight have a look on the shield of the german 75mm PaK 40 anti Tank gun. It has a little hole in the shield for the gunner's sight
As a welder and fabricator, I find this totally friggin awesome. I have seen old army jeep with a .50 cal mounted in back with a propane “pop-pop” system to simulate full auto. Man, you are definitely my kind of guy. I’m constantly bringing stainless and carbon steel scraps home. My wife calls me the “White Fred Sanford “. 😂🤣🙄🙄😎. I own it😁. This is awesome. Much love and new sub from NC. 🤙🏻
And my dad made a real working cannon many years ago. He was a gunsmith 🇺🇸
Two things use a steel pipe. Make every potato the same diameter.
When you feel ready to move up the danger level to 20. Use acetylene and oxygen. This also means the potato has to be in a container. But the range is much more than a football field 🤫
Awesome!!
When bored we filled balloons with that mixture and batted them at those infrared hanging natural gas powered heaters in my fab shop was such a bang some one called 911 and the cops and fire department showed up Whoops !
@@johnsiders7819
Was after Friday beer time?
As playing with hydrogen and soap in a bucket.
Foam that burst into balls of fire.
Oh do this outside trust me it is safer.
@@assassinlexx1993 I remember that from Mythbusters !! no it was just us fooling around once many years ago as a teen I worked in a auto salvage yard We filled a car on its way to the shredder that had all its glass with a Acetylene Oxygen mixture from my cutting torch trail of gasoline lit and ran blew that car all to pieces !! !! broke a window in the office was a Saturday afternoon we were working on the yards stock car for that nights races we gathered up all the pieces and ran every thing thru the shredder got rid of the evidence !!
@@johnsiders7819
You wild man.
Balls as big as coconuts.
I love that it actually works like a howitzer
I love it. I am a Propane technical trainer. I too built a hand held potato gun. I used map gas when everybody else was using hair spray. What I did to get a reliable mixture was I took the turbo torch and I used the venturi that comes with it. I was getting 300 yards out of a 4' x 2" barrel. I had a ball valve I would open, shoot in the gas and then close the valve to fire. I also sharpened the end of the barrel so as I shoved an over sized potato in, it was sized to fit. With the perfect mixture and a tight seal in the barrel, it was epic.
I like the idea of the drilled breach. Perhaps a test could be performed at Sand Land to see which it better.
I actually did make a test / comparison video, it's here: ruclips.net/video/FmIoJznWDzM/видео.html
This .. is .. AWESOME! I'm kinda impressed with how straight it shoots. Granted it looks to be only about 30 feet, but that's still good shootin'.
10/10 for the music lad
I have just returned from the year 2053, and I have seen the devastation of the Great Potatoe Gun Wars. The role the third-generation Potatoe Howitzers played was undeniable.
Years ago we made a propane powered potato gun. We used 2 quarter turn ball valves with a pipe in-between. The way it worked was gas would come in the first valve with the other shut filling the between pipe. Then you close the first valve and open the second valve to release the gas into the combination chamber. This way can be fine tuned by adding length or cutting the pipe between the valves shorter. It took a while to get it right but when it the right volume size it was very consistent.
You need to try a steel wool cannon ball soaked with lighter fluid at night it’s an awesome show!
great job, too much fun. keep up the good work. thanks
This is one of the most awesome videos I’ve ever seen!!!!!!!! 😎
Pretty sure the government watches his videos and there freaking awesome
That is one cool potatogun.
I see you drink the greatest beer ever made I am subscribing to you right now
Ram the potatoe in with a rod. This is the best ever. 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🔥
Amazing build!
This is way to cool, I'm impressed........