Homemade cannon! (Actually works)

Homemade cannon made from 3/4 inch pipe and some scrap metal. I have no idea what’s in the black powder, my little brother made it. The second batch was improved a little from the first, as you can see.

[@edmondpecotjr.8888]

wait a minute this ain't a foam cannon that shoots soap this is a real cannon that shoots fire I can't wash a car with this video

[@OwensGarage]

Haha yeah please don’t try to wash your car with it😂

[@gotsteem]

We used to make hand held marble cannons when we were kids back in the 70's. 8" x 3/4" galvanized nipple, 3/4" cap drilled for a fuse, regular marble, some tissue wadding and Black Cat firecrackers.. I'd say they were pretty close to being lethal.. The 3/4" nipple would need the inside diameter filed with a rat tail file to remove the casting line. We could put a perfect 1/2" marble dent in 5/8" plywood from 20 feet away..

[@OwensGarage]

Nice! Sounds like fun😀

[@Tsep_]

that bee got destroyed on the second shot

[@OwensGarage]

Lol I had to rewatch the video, I never saw that before!

[@fighter4166]

When the law can't get us a gun.

[@charlesbrown4483]

This is awesome. I’d love to see some videos on the build and of course the damage.

[@rainershamsterimwinterschl168]

Very cool😃👍 Greetings from Germany ✌️

[@user-hb8be5wb4q]

It’s lways good to shoot a cannon close to a wooden building and at your dads ride. Just saying. Great cannon, great vlog, thanks for posting and sharing. Just a note, get a wooden dowel to tamp the powder, then put in your projectile with packing, then ignite and leave the scene. AIM IN SAFE DIRECTION!

[@OwensGarage]

That’s actually my ride... and the last time we shot it the projectile only went 10 feet. Not really sure what was different this time! Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@navneethkrishna6365]

Good

[@bapemo49]

WHAT POWER !

[@OwensGarage]

Yeah! It actually kinda scared me!

[@lemonke5978]

Instead of black powder, do you think rubbing alcohol, gasoline or some deodorant/hairspray spraying could work too?

[@OwensGarage]

I think it would if there was a bigger chamber to fill with it. I don’t think I could get enough volume of it in 3/4inch pipe to work well. If I connected a bigger chamber to the back of the cannon then I do think it would work well with the right air/fuel mixture.

[@faiqahmed-xv7fg]

it wouldn't cause an explosion but just fire and fire only so it won't propel the thing, I recommend you use match powder if you don't have black powder

[@natesv04]

​@@faiqahmed-xv7fglmao guess you've never made a potato gun, hair spray or starting fluid will launch a potato a long ways

[@Forgotten_Boy]

Never gasoline. Never gasoline.

[@jmalone2758]

Ideas like yours is why Emergency Rooms were invented.

[@hopetagulos]

This cannon is so accurate it hit a fly in mid-flight... 2:13

[@djericanthony]

Looked like the second shot was aimed at the tires

[@bluecordprecisiongrading2504]

Time for a shoulder stock

[@OwensGarage]

I’m not sure I’d want it that close to my face...😬

[@bluecordprecisiongrading2504]

@@OwensGarage haha!

[@jaimaabaglamukhi9374]

But no firing results bro

[@OldManMontgomery]

Congratulations! You just in a few hours, did what the first people did in likely a week at least. (The congratulations was not sarcastic.) However, you were smart to keep away from the device. Probably should when firing in the future. The tube and 'breech' attachment has held so far, but may weaken and fail in the future. To improve performance, use a projectile that seals the bore better. That will put more of the propulsive power of the gunpowder to work on the projectile. It will also generate more pressure in the tube, so beware. That tube is smooth bore, so the projectile will have more freedom to depart from the intended trajectory. Better to shoot it in an open field with no cars, cows, sows, or pets running about. Or your little sister. You did make it work. Thumbs up and be careful.

[@Sockmonkey5600]

If ur still alive not sure u should be messing with these types of things! Just by looking where u drilled a hole for the fuse (sparkler) to go tells me that u may not understand everything that’s happening here and that if u continue to wander down the unknown road it could result in a catastrophic failure. Hopefully u wised up or got ur head wrapped around it first before anything happened

[@anonmanji612]

so reckless, testing this dangerous thing near some kids.

[@lgskeete]

😂

[@MCamp-ll9mf]

Growing up, my dad showed me how to make these kinds of things. Grow up.