Jim Sluka's Page

My Pages:

Spud Gun Related Pages
- Spud Gun Family
- Spud Gun Fueling System
- Spud Gun Fuel Meter from a disposable Butane Lighter.
- Spud Gun Fuel Meter and Ignition System from a Long-handled Butane Lighter
- 35mm Film Canister Popper
- Spud Gun Fuels (gases like propane)
- Spud Gun Liquid Fuels (like gasoline).
- Optimal Fuel Ratio For a Propane Fueled Combustion Spudgun
- Jims_chrono describes a homemade muzzle velocity and rate of fire metering system.
- Piezo Spud describes using a piezo transducer to record the pressure in the chamber of a combustion spud gun.
- Hang Time vs Muzzle_Velocity presents methods for calculating the muzzle velocity of a spud gun based on the hang time.
- Parachute Round Design.
- What is the optimal CB ratio for a fixed barrel size in a combustion spud gun?
- Technical Combustion Spud Gun
  - Build Log (page is incomplete)
  - Closed Chamber Studies
  - Temperature In A Closed Chamber
  - Firing Studies
- Polycarbonate Combustion Chamber
  - Propane Diffusion
  - Combustion Videos
- BB Machine Guns (BBMG)
  - A BBMG with a diaphram valve.
  - Thoughts on getting higher muzzle velocities from a Cloud BBMG.
Other Launchers
- Coil Guns
  - Toaster Gun describes a cheesy magnetic gun built from a toaster.
  - A better designed Coil Gun Rig
- My Gauss Rifle design.
Lego Robotics Related Pages
- A web page that reformats a Lego Robotics RIS program is here.
- A PID Controller For Lego Mindstorms Robots is here.
Fu with High Voltage
- A Buzzer and Flyback Transformer gives high voltages.
Other Pages
- Wav2txt converts .wav audio files into tab delimited text.
- Hydrolysis Rig describes a simple apparatus for the electrolysis of water.
- Images Index contains all of the images, and more, from this web site.
- My Bubble Machine design.
- My Spectometers made from CDs.
- Quotes I've stolen from others.

Some photos:

Rug Rats	Lego Mindstorm Robot

Small Trebuchet:	Snipper Pneumatic Spudgun: BBMG:
Pill Bottle Mini Spudgun (aka "American" Fry Gun):	Coil Gun: