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pic: Art's other cool toy - a SnowGun!
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Internal thought #1: DUDE! AWESOME!
Internal thought #2: How do you build/run one? Internal thought #3: Is it cold enough to run one in the back garden of Preston? Internal thought #4: Say, let's check Dashboard...(lows after tonight: 34-33) Internal thought #5: Blast. |
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I want a copy of them plans.. like.. now!!! lol
Awesome thing to have. But seriously? White paper.. CD.. upload.. You get what I'm sayin'! :) |
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Ooh, now that is cool. I live in a coastal town that it rains often enough to melt the snow (which means we get out of school earlier than the rest of the state) but it's no fun sledding. I can just see the faces of people who drove by your lawn.
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Hmm... how hard do you think it would be to install a cooler into one of these things?
Snow in 65 degree weather perhaps? :cool: |
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Geez, doesn't that area of CT get enough snow ALREADY? We don't need you encouraging Mother Nature :p
But seriously, that is awesome, and I'd kill for Christmas Morning snow..I can't remember how long it's been since we had one. How much to do my lawn? ;) |
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any chance of dropping by my school some late night and leaving a few feet? I could use a day off..... ; )
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I smell a senior prank.
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So, where are the plans for this thing, or at least a discussion of air/water ratios.
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Keep it away from West Hartford (CT) Art. I'm the one they wake up in the morning to put the closing announcements on the college website! :(
Seriously, snow guns are cool. I like marshmallow guns, too. Had a blast ambushing my son a couple of weeks ago! |
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Those are fun! :) We did one on a small scale at work with leftover/scrap parts. It was smaller than the one you have though.
You need a constant regulated compressed air supply, a constant regulated cold water supply with a misting nozzle, a venturi, and a section of pipe to act as a mixing chamber. The venturi creates a cyclone of air in the pipe and as the cold water mist is added you create snow. You have to adjust the water and air supply to get it right otherwise it just makes a watery mess. The one we had at work isn't around anymore so either someone tossed it thinking it was scrap (right back where it was born from :rolleyes: ) or someone took it home to play with. |
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Guess you'll have to settle for spreading white quilt batting on the front lawn. ;) |
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Well, it'll never be cold enough to do that here, but where do you get such a long lasting supply of compressed air? Surely this thing would empty a tank faster than a compressor could fill it, no?
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You could do this on a smaller scale with a compressor that the average person has. Don't expect to cover the whole yard but you could do a small section. You most likely will have to cycle the snow gun since the compressor may have to play "catch up" at times. The climate also plays a large role. Here in Connecticut with our temps I'm sure I could do a section of my yard with my 26 gallon CH compressor (6 CFM) since it won't be melting fast. I would have no success in Florida though. |
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